Abstract:
A method and coating used to prepare a photo chromically-enabled bifocal.ophthalmic lens. The method and equipment includes injection molding a single vision lens (10e), for example, from polycarbonate. The clamp opens vertically and the top insert (20) is exchanged for a bifocal mold (30) having a base curve similar to the single vision lens. The thermos et coating includes compounds from several acrylate classes, and is applied to the single vision lens. The coating may include a photochromic dye. The coating is also formulated to receive a photochromic solution through an imbibition process.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a mould and a method for the hot forming of a thermoplastic optical lens. The inventive mould consists of two dies (1, 2) which are mounted in a hollow shaft (3), so as to slide along the axis (6) thereof, and which comprise opposing forming surfaces (4, 5). The two dies (1, 2) and the shaft (3) are provided with intrinsic heat transfer means. The inventive method comprises the following steps, consisting in: placing a paraison or preform (P) of said thermoplastic material between the two dies (1, 2) and enclosing all of the latter inside the shaft (3); heating the dies (1, 2) and the shaft (3) to a forming temperature, using the intrinsic heat transfer means thereof (15, 16, 19, 20); bringing the dies (1, 2) closer together, in order to form the material by means of plastic deformation, until a pre-determined relative position is reached, said position corresponding to the desired thickness of the lens; cooling the dies (1, 2) and the shaft (3) to a stripping temperature, using the intrinsic heat transfer means thereof (15, 16, 19, 20); and extracting the finished lens (L) from the mould.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a mould and a method for the hot forming of a thermoplastic optical lens. The inventive mould consists of two dies (1, 2) which are mounted in a hollow shaft (3), so as to slide along the axis (6) thereof, and which comprise opposing forming surfaces (4, 5). The two dies (1, 2) and the shaft (3) are provided with intrinsic heat transfer means. The inventive method comprises the following steps, consisting in: placing a paraison or preform (P) of said thermoplastic material between the two dies (1, 2) and enclosing all of the latter inside the shaft (3); heating the dies (1, 2) and the shaft (3) to a forming temperature, using the intrinsic heat transfer means thereof (15, 16, 19, 20); bringing the dies (1, 2) closer together, in order to form the material by means of plastic deformation, until a pre-determined relative position is reached, said position corresponding to the desired thickness of the lens; cooling the dies (1, 2) and the shaft (3) to a stripping temperature, using the intrinsic heat transfer means thereof (15, 16, 19, 20); and extracting the finished lens (L) from the mould.
Abstract:
A method and coating used to prepare a photo chromically-enabled bifocal.ophthalmic lens. The method and equipment includes injection molding a single vision lens (10e), for example, from polycarbonate. The clamp opens vertically and the top insert (20) is exchanged for a bifocal mold (30) having a base curve similar to the single vision lens. The thermos et coating includes compounds from several acrylate classes, and is applied to the single vision lens. The coating may include a photochromic dye. The coating is also formulated to receive a photochromic solution through an imbibition process.
Abstract:
A method and coating used to prepare a photo chromically-enabled bifocal ophthalmic lens. The method and equipment includes injection molding a single vision lens (10e), for example, from polycarbonate. The clamp opens vertically and the top insert (20) is exchanged for a bifocal mold (30) having a base curve similar to the single vision lens. The thermos et coating includes compounds from several acrylate classes, and is applied to the single vision lens. The coating may include a photochromic dye. The coating is also formulated to receive a photochromic solution through an imbibition process.
Abstract:
A method and coating used to prepare a photo chromically-enabled bifocal ophthalmic lens. The method and equipment includes injection molding a single vision lens (10e), for example, from polycarbonate. The clamp opens vertically and the top insert (20) is exchanged for a bifocal mold (30) having a base curve similar to the single vision lens. The thermos et coating includes compounds from several acrylate classes, and is applied to the single vision lens. The coating may include a photochromic dye. The coating is also formulated to receive a photochromic solution through an imbibition process.
Abstract:
The mold comprises two dies mounted in a sheath to slide along the axis of the sheath and each presenting a forming face facing the other. The two dies and the sheath are provided with intrinsic heat transfer means. A parison or preform of said thermoplastic material is placed between the two dies and the assembly is enclosed in the sheath; the dies and the sheath are heated by their intrinsic heat transfer means up to a forming temperature; The dies are moved towards each other to shape the material by plastic deformation until a predetermined relative position is reached corresponding to the thickness desired for the lens; the dies and the sheath are cooled by their intrinsic heat transfer means down to an unmolding temperature; and the finished lens is extracted from the mold.