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US 2013/0062795 A1Published application
Method for manufacturing optical element, and apparatus for manufacturing optical element
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorHIRONORI HONJI
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Abstract
A method for manufacturing an optical element includes floating an optical element material in gas to heat the optical element material, and thereafter making first and second shaping molds contact the floating optical element material at the same time, and pressurizing the optical element material by using the first and second shaping molds.
Claims12
A method for manufacturing an optical element, comprising:
- floating an optical element material in gas to heat the optical element material;
- and
- thereafter making first and second shaping molds contact the floating optical element material at the same time, and pressurizing the optical element material by using the first and second shaping molds.
An apparatus for manufacturing an optical element, comprising:
- a heating unit to float an optical element material in gas to heat the optical element material;
- and
- first and second shaping molds to be made to contact the optical element material at the same time, and to pressurize the optical element material.
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