Optical product cure oven

In an optical manufacturing system configured to manufacture one or more optical components, the optical subcomponents having one or more sub-components that are assembled together with an adhesive, a method for curing the adhesive in a pressurized cure oven such that multiple sub-components can be manufactured rapidly, the method comprising the acts of:

• identifying an initial temperature and pressure when the assembled sub-components are in an initial state;
• adjusting the temperature of the pressurized cure oven at a high rate to a target curing temperature;
• if the pressure inside the cure oven is too low at the target temperature compared to an ideal pressure, adding pressure inside the cure oven such that the internal pressure is substantially equal to the ideal pressure;
• and
• if the pressure inside the cure oven is too high at the target temperature compared to the ideal pressure, releasing pressure inside the cure oven such that the internal pressure is substantially equal to the ideal pressure.

In an optical manufacturing system configured to manufacture one or more optical components, the optical subcomponents having one or more sub-components that are assembled together with an adhesive, a cured optical component manufactured by the method comprising the acts of:

• assembling one or more optical sub-components together with an adhesive into an assembled optical component;
• positioning the one or more assembled optical components into a sealable oven;
• identifying an initial temperature and an initial pressure;
• raising the temperature in the oven to a subsequent temperature of about 60° C. in less than one hour;
• identifying an ideal pressure based at least in part on the initial pressure, the initial temperature, and the subsequent temperature;
• comparing the subsequent pressure inside the oven with the ideal pressure;
• and
• adjusting the pressure inside the oven if the subsequent pressure is different from the ideal pressure.