Method for making transparent polythiourethane substrates in particular optical substrates

    公开(公告)号:AU2002351825B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-02-14

    申请号:AU2002351825

    申请日:2002-11-04

    Applicant: ESSILOR INT

    Abstract: A method of fast curing polythiourethane transparent casted substrate, usable for making optical articles such as ophthalmic lenses, which comprises the steps of: 1) Providing a first component A comprising a polythiourethane prepolymer having isocyanate or isothiocyanate end groups and a viscosity at 25° C. ranging from 0.02 to 0.4 Pa.s; 2) Providing a second component B comprising a polythiourethane prepolymer having thiol (SH) end groups and a viscosity at 25° C. ranging from 0.2 to 2.0 Pa.s; 3) Mixing together first and second components A and B and filling a moulding cavity of a casting mould assembly with the resulting mixture; 4) Curing said mixture to obtain a transparent solid substrate, said curing step comprising: a) a first step for polymerizing said mixture to obtain a gel within 1 to 10 minutes; and b) a second step of post-curing the gel to obtain the transparent solid substrate; and 5) Recovering the transparent solid substrate from the mould.

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