Moulding tool for moulding a ceramic green body and use of said moulding tool
AssigneeSchott AG
InventorsYvonne Menke, Ulrich Peuchert, Yoshio Okano, Steffen Reichel
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AssigneeSchott AG
InventorsYvonne Menke, Ulrich Peuchert, Yoshio Okano, Steffen Reichel
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The present invention addresses a mould for forming a ceramic green body useful for producing at least one optical lens consisting of optoceramics. The invention further refers to the use of such a mould. The (negative) form of the mould is close to the final geometry of the body to be formed (near net shape principle), at least regarding one functional area of at least one surface of the lens to be formed, which can be described by the following equation: y 1 = c ( x + b ) 2 1 + 1 - ( k + 1 ) c 2 ( x + b ) 2 + a 1 ( x + b ) 2 + a 2 ( x + b ) 4 + a 3 ( x + b ) 6 + a 4 ( x + b ) 8 + … , ( equation B ) wherein b is a constant and amounts to >zero and describes the deviation of the negative form of the mould from the form of the surface of the at least one lens. The present invention is based on the idea that already when forming the green body of a later optical element a mould close to the final geometry of the body to be formed (near net shape principle) is used, ending up with a green body being already close to the geometry of the envisaged final optical element.
1) Moulding tool for moulding a ceramic green body in the production of at least one rotationally symmetrical lens consisting of an opto-ceramic, wherein at least one surface to be moulded can be described by the following equation
13) Moulding tool according to one or more of the preceding claims, wherein the tool comprises a multitude of negative moulds for simultaneously moulding the green bodies of several equal lenses.
18) Method for the production of an opto-ceramic lens comprising the following process steps
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