Method of additively manufacturing transparent lenses for luminaries
AssigneeEaton Intelligent Power Limited
InventorsJeremy M. Baerga Santiago, Namrata Salunke, Javed Mapkar
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a three-dimensional lens comprises inputting a lens template into a controller, depositing a first layer of lens material onto a work surface according to the lens Template, and successively depositing additional filamentous layers of the lens material onto the first layer. The deposition of layers of lens material is done according to the lens template in order to build the three-dimensional lens with a particular transmission scattering profile for transmitted light.
Claims15
A method of manufacturing a three-dimensional lens for a luminary using an additive manufacturing process, the method comprising:
- inputting a lens template into a controller of a printer;
- depositing a first filamentous layer of transparent polyamide material onto a work surface according to the lens template;
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- successively depositing additional filamentous layers of the transparent polyamide material onto the first filamentous layer according to the lens template to build the three-dimensional lens
- wherein the lens template stipulates a nozzle diameter and a raster angle of the printer to achieve a transmission scattering profile for transmitted light.
A method of manufacturing a three-dimensional lens, the method comprising:
- inputting a lens template into a controller of a printer;
- depositing a first layer of lens material onto a work surface according to the lens template;
- and
- successively depositing additional layers of the lens material onto the first layer according to the lens template to build the three-dimensional lens, wherein a transmission scattering profile for transmitted light is part of the lens template, and wherein the lens template stipulates a nozzle diameter and a raster angle of the printer to achieve the transmission scattering profile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.