CN216504612U - Aligning device for special-shaped optical element - Google Patents

Abstract

The application provides dysmorphism optical element's aligning device relates to optical equipment technical field, includes: the special-shaped optical element positioning and adjusting device comprises a feeding mechanism, an adjusting mechanism, an in-out mechanism and an aligning mechanism, wherein the feeding mechanism is used for taking out a special-shaped optical element from a material box of a jig and placing the special-shaped optical element on the adjusting mechanism, the adjusting mechanism positions and adjusts the position of the special-shaped optical element, and the aligning mechanism takes out the special-shaped optical element from the adjusting mechanism and places the special-shaped optical element at a target position of a bottom plate on the in-out mechanism. The special-shaped optical elements can be placed at the corresponding positions of the base plate in sequence, the alignment of the special-shaped optical elements in batches can be efficiently and accurately completed, the alignment preparation is well prepared for the subsequent process machining, the product machining efficiency is improved, the special-shaped optical elements are automatically attached to the corresponding positions of the base plate, and therefore materials and labor cost are saved.

Description

Aligning device for special-shaped optical element

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of optical equipment, in particular to an aligning device of a special-shaped optical element.

Background

The optical elements (such as lenses, prisms, reflectors and the like) are basic constituent units of the optical system and have the functions of imaging, light splitting, image transmission or filtering; in the optical and electronic industry, it is often necessary to align an optical element with a feature point of another material to facilitate subsequent processing. For example, a cuboid optical element is to be placed on the bottom plate according to a specific position, the graph on the cuboid optical element is aligned with the graph on the bottom plate, a plurality of cuboid optical elements can be placed on one bottom plate, subsequent multi-piece processing is facilitated, and the processing efficiency is improved. In the prior art, the vision alignment processing of the optical element and the bottom plate is manually carried out, the efficiency is low, the error rate is high, the batch production cannot be guaranteed, and the disadvantage of the manual vision alignment is particularly prominent for irregular-shaped optical elements.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the embodiment of the application is to provide a special-shaped optical element's aligning device, can realize special-shaped optical element's automatic vision counterpoint through automatic feeding, location and counterpoint, qualification rate and efficient.

One aspect of the embodiment of the application provides an aligning device for special-shaped optical elements, including feed mechanism, adjustment mechanism, business turn over mechanism and aligning mechanism, feed mechanism is arranged in taking out special-shaped optical elements from the magazine of tool and places adjustment mechanism is last, adjustment mechanism is right special-shaped optical elements fixes a position and adjusting position, aligning mechanism will special-shaped optical elements follows adjustment mechanism is last to take out, and will special-shaped optical elements places the target position of the last bottom plate of business turn over mechanism.

Optionally, the feeding mechanism includes a three-dimensional material taking assembly and a positioning camera, the three-dimensional material taking assembly can move in X, Y, Z three directions to take materials, and the positioning camera positions the position of the special-shaped optical element in the jig, so that the special-shaped optical element in the magazine is placed on the adjusting mechanism through the three-dimensional material taking assembly.

Optionally, the three-dimensional material taking assembly comprises a jig moving along the Z direction, and a plurality of material boxes can be placed in the jig; the first material taking part moves along the X direction so as to take the material box out of the jig; the special-shaped optical element feeder further comprises a second material taking part moving along the Y direction, wherein a vacuum suction nozzle is arranged on the second material taking part and used for sucking the special-shaped optical element out of the material box and placing the special-shaped optical element on the adjusting mechanism.

Optionally, the three-dimensional take off assembly is moved in three directions X, Y, Z by guide rails, respectively.

Optionally, the adjusting mechanism includes an adjusting platform, and air cylinders respectively movable along the direction X, Y, the shaped optical elements are placed on the adjusting platform, and the positions of the shaped optical elements on the adjusting platform are respectively adjusted by the air cylinders X, Y direction movement.

Optionally, the in-out mechanism includes a platform moving along the Y direction, and a plane rotation platform disposed on the platform, the plane rotation platform being movable along the X, Y direction and rotatable along the Z direction, and the bottom plate being disposed on the plane rotation platform.

Optionally, the alignment mechanism includes an alignment assembly moving along the X direction, a sheet taking member is disposed on the alignment assembly, and a vacuum suction nozzle is disposed on the sheet taking member to suck the special-shaped optical element out of the adjustment mechanism and place the special-shaped optical element on the bottom plate.

Optionally, the alignment assembly further comprises a controller, the alignment assembly is provided with a camera alignment part, the camera alignment part shoots the position of the special-shaped optical element on the base plate and feeds the position back to the controller, and the controller drives the plane rotation table to move according to a target position, so that the special-shaped optical element is placed at the target position of the base plate.

Optionally, a glue applying member is further disposed on the alignment assembly, and the glue applying member is used for fixing the shaped optical element on the substrate by releasing the glue after the shaped optical element is placed at the target position of the substrate.

Optionally, the glue dispenser further comprises an irradiation lamp, by which the glue is irradiated to cure the glue.

According to the aligning device for the special-shaped optical element, the special-shaped optical element is placed in the material box, and the material box is placed in the jig; taking the special-shaped optical element out of the jig and the material box in sequence through the feeding mechanism, placing the special-shaped optical element on the adjusting mechanism, positioning the special-shaped optical element through the adjusting mechanism, and adjusting the position of the special-shaped optical element on the adjusting mechanism to perform secondary positioning on the special-shaped optical element; then the alignment mechanism takes out the special-shaped optical element from the adjusting mechanism, and the special-shaped optical element is placed at the target position of the bottom plate on the in-out mechanism by matching the action of the in-out mechanism, so that the characteristic part of the special-shaped optical element is aligned with the characteristic part of the bottom plate, and the patterns of the special-shaped optical element and the characteristic part of the bottom plate are kept consistent. Can place a plurality of special-shaped optical element on the bottom plate, through the above-mentioned action of circulation, place a plurality of special-shaped optical element in proper order the bottom plate corresponding position, accomplish the counterpoint of special-shaped optical element in batches high-efficiently, accurately, for subsequent handling processing preparation of counterpointing well, promote product machining efficiency, laminate special-shaped optical element on the bottom plate corresponding position automatically to material saving and cost of labor.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings that are required to be used in the embodiments of the present application will be briefly described below, it should be understood that the following drawings only illustrate some embodiments of the present application and therefore should not be considered as limiting the scope, and that those skilled in the art can also obtain other related drawings based on the drawings without inventive efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an alignment apparatus for a special-shaped optical element provided in this embodiment;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a feeding mechanism of the profiled optical element provided in this embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of the magazine provided in the present embodiment;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an adjusting mechanism of the profiled optical element provided in this embodiment;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an in-out mechanism of the special-shaped optical element provided in this embodiment;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of an alignment mechanism of the special-shaped optical element provided in this embodiment.

Icon: 10-a feeding mechanism; 10x, 10 z-rails; 101-a jig; 102-a cartridge; 103-a motor; 104-a first material taking part; 105-a positioning camera; 106-second take out; 11-an adjustment mechanism; 110-a conditioning stage; 111-cylinder; 112-a suction part; 12-an alignment mechanism; 121-a motor; 122-a guide rail; 123-glue dispensing; 124-taking the piece; 125-camera alignment piece; 13-an in-out mechanism; 131-a platform; 132-a planar rotation stage; 133-a base plate; 20-shaped optical element.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application.

In the description of the present application, it should be noted that the terms "inside", "outside", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings or orientations or positional relationships that the product of the application is usually placed in when used, and are used only for convenience of description and simplification of the description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and operate, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present application. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like are used merely to distinguish one description from another, and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

It should also be noted that, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "disposed" and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood in a specific case by those of ordinary skill in the art.

The prior art adopts a single optical product for processing, has low efficiency and increases the investment cost of personnel and equipment. This application is directed against above-mentioned not enough, go to discern the position of characteristic part among the dysmorphism optical element through the camera, then adjust whole special-shaped optical element's position, make the characteristic part of every special-shaped optical element can align with the characteristic part of bottom plate, fix special-shaped optical element veneer on the bottom plate through such method, process product efficiency through the later process like this, furtherly, equipment can laminate special-shaped optical element to lean on the body tool automatically, thereby material saving and cost of labor.

The embodiment of the present application provides an alignment apparatus for a special-shaped optical element 20, please refer to fig. 1, which includes a feeding mechanism 10, an adjusting mechanism 11, an in-out mechanism 13, and an alignment mechanism 12, wherein the feeding mechanism 10 is used for taking out the special-shaped optical element 20 from a magazine 102 of a jig 101 and placing the special-shaped optical element 20 on the adjusting mechanism 11, the adjusting mechanism 11 positions and adjusts the position of the special-shaped optical element 20, and the alignment mechanism 12 takes out the special-shaped optical element 20 from the adjusting mechanism 11 and places the special-shaped optical element 20 at a target position of a bottom plate 133 on the in-out mechanism 13.

The special-shaped optical elements 20 are placed in the magazine 102, and one magazine 102 can be used for placing a plurality of special-shaped optical elements 20; the magazine 102 can be placed in the jig 101, and the jig 101 can place a plurality of layers of magazines 102. The feeding mechanism 10 is mainly used for taking the special-shaped optical element 20 out of the material box 102, specifically, taking the material box 102 out of the jig 101, taking the special-shaped optical element 20 out of the material box 102, and placing the special-shaped optical element on the adjusting mechanism 11 by using a manipulator; the adjusting mechanism 11 ensures the secondary positioning of the special-shaped optical element 20 by a mode of positioning firstly and then adjusting; the alignment mechanism 12 takes out the shaped optical element 20 from the adjustment mechanism 11 and places the shaped optical element 20 at a target position of the base plate 133 on the in-out mechanism 13 so that the pattern of the shaped optical element 20 is consistent with the pattern on the base plate 133.

The process is completed through automatic control, a controller can be respectively and electrically connected with the feeding mechanism 10, the adjusting mechanism 11, the in-out mechanism 13 and the aligning mechanism 12, and the mechanisms are automatically driven to act through the controller.

According to the aligning device for the special-shaped optical element 20 provided by the embodiment of the application, the special-shaped optical element 20 is placed in the material box 102, and the material box 102 is placed in the jig 101; taking the special-shaped optical element 20 out of the jig 101 and the material box 102 in sequence through the feeding mechanism 10, placing the special-shaped optical element 20 on the adjusting mechanism 11, positioning the special-shaped optical element 20 by the adjusting mechanism 11, and adjusting the position of the special-shaped optical element 20 on the adjusting mechanism 11 to perform secondary positioning on the special-shaped optical element 20; then, the aligning mechanism 12 takes out the shaped optical element 20 from the adjusting mechanism 11, and in cooperation with the movement of the in-out mechanism 13, places the shaped optical element 20 at the target position of the base plate 133 on the in-out mechanism 13, so that the characteristic portion of the shaped optical element 20 is aligned with the characteristic portion of the base plate 133, and the patterns of the two are kept consistent. Can place a plurality of special-shaped optical element 20 on the bottom plate 133, through the above-mentioned action of circulation, place a plurality of special-shaped optical element 20 in proper order and correspond the position to the bottom plate 133, accomplish the counterpoint of special-shaped optical element 20 in batches high-efficiently, accurately, for subsequent handling processing preparation of making counterpoint, promote product machining efficiency, laminate special-shaped optical element 20 on the bottom plate 133 relevant position automatically to material saving and cost of labor.

The following describes the structure of each mechanism specifically, and specifically, as shown in fig. 2, the feeding mechanism 10 includes a three-dimensional material taking assembly capable of moving in X, Y, Z three directions to take materials, and a positioning camera 105 for positioning the special-shaped optical element 20 in the jig 101 to place the special-shaped optical element 20 in the magazine 102 on the adjusting mechanism 11 through the three-dimensional material taking assembly.

The three-dimensional material taking assembly has the function of moving in X, Y, Z three directions respectively, and can be realized by adopting a guide rail mode, the motor is used as driving force to drive the sliding block to move along the guide rail, the mechanical arm is arranged on the sliding block to realize material taking in X, Y, Z three directions, and the material boxes 102 on different layers in the jig 101 and the special-shaped optical elements 20 in the material boxes 102 can be taken and placed by the mechanical arm. The three-dimensional material taking assembly comprises a jig 101 moving along the Z direction, and a plurality of material boxes 102 shown in FIG. 3 can be placed in the jig 101; the first material taking part 104 moves along the X direction so as to take the material box 102 out of the jig 101; a second material taking part 106 moving along the Y direction is also included, and a vacuum suction nozzle is arranged on the second material taking part 106 and is used for sucking the special-shaped optical element 20 out of the material box 102 and placing the special-shaped optical element on the adjusting mechanism 11.

Illustratively, the first and second take offs 104, 106 may be robotic arms. A motor 103 in the Z direction drives a jig 101 to move on a guide rail 10Z, and a material box 102 with the special-shaped optical element 20 is taken out of the jig 101 by matching a sliding block on the guide rail 10X in the X direction and a manipulator (a first material taking part 104) on the sliding block, and moves to a specified position after being taken out; the Y direction is provided with a slide block on the guide rail in the same way, the slide block is provided with a manipulator, the Y direction is different from the Z direction and the X direction, the manipulator in the Y direction is provided with a vacuum suction nozzle which is consistent with the direction of the special-shaped optical element 20 in the material box 102, and the special-shaped optical element 20 in the material box 102 is sucked by the vacuum suction nozzle.

Before the Y-directional vacuum nozzle sucks the special-shaped optical element 20, the positioning camera 105, specifically a CCD vision positioning device, may be used to position the special-shaped optical element 20 in the magazine 102, and then the special-shaped optical element 20 is vacuum-sucked and moved to the adjusting mechanism 11. When the CCD visual positioning device positions the special-shaped optical element 20 in the material box 102, the CCD camera shoots the position of the special-shaped optical element 20 in the material box 102, and the shot image is fed back to the controller, and the controller drives the manipulator in the Y direction to move to the corresponding position according to the image so as to accurately suck the target special-shaped optical element 20.

As for the adjusting mechanism 11, as shown in fig. 4, the adjusting mechanism 11 includes an adjusting platform 110, and air cylinders 111 movable in X, Y directions respectively, the shaped optical elements 20 are placed on the adjusting platform 110, and the positions of the shaped optical elements 20 on the adjusting platform 110 are adjusted by X, Y direction movement of the air cylinders 111 respectively.

The adjusting platform 110 is used for placing the special-shaped optical element 20 transferred from the feeding mechanism 10, the absorbing portion 112 is arranged on the adjusting platform 110, the cylinder 111 of X, Y is used for pushing the special-shaped optical element 20 to move to the absorbing portion 112 on the adjusting platform 110, the absorbing portion 112 absorbs the designated position of the special-shaped optical element 20, and the placing angle of the special-shaped optical element 20 is further adjusted, so that the special-shaped optical element 20 can be aligned with the pattern on the bottom plate 133 when the subsequent special-shaped optical element 20 is transferred to the bottom plate 133. Meanwhile, the assembly precision of the alignment mechanism 12 and the adjusting mechanism 11 is high, so that when the irregular optical element 20 is transferred by the subsequent alignment mechanism 12, the irregular optical element 20 can be kept in a state that the placing angles of the irregular optical element 20 on the alignment mechanism 12 after being adjusted by the adjusting mechanism 11 are consistent.

Referring to fig. 5, the in-out mechanism 13 includes a platform 131 moving along the Y direction, and a surface rotation table 132 disposed on the platform 131, wherein the surface rotation table 132 can move along the direction X, Y and rotate along the Z direction, and a base plate 133 is disposed on the surface rotation table 132.

Platform 131 accessible motor drive is with along Y direction motion on the guide rail, convenient manual change. The turntable 132 on the platform 131 can move in direction X, Y and can rotate in direction Z, the base plate 133 is disposed on the turntable 132, the position of the base plate 133 can be adjusted by the turntable 132 to cooperate with the subsequent alignment mechanism 12 to place the special-shaped optical element 20 on the target position of the base plate 133 on the in-out mechanism 13.

Referring to fig. 6, the alignment mechanism 12 includes an alignment assembly moving along the X direction, a sheet taking member 124 is disposed on the alignment assembly, the sheet taking member 124 is connected to a motor, and a vacuum nozzle is disposed on the sheet taking member 124 to suck the special-shaped optical element 20 out of the adjusting mechanism 11 and place the special-shaped optical element on the bottom plate 133.

The alignment assembly can move along the X direction by the guide rail, and the matching sheet taking member 124 sucks the special-shaped optical element 20 on the adjusting mechanism 11 by the vacuum suction nozzle, and places the special-shaped optical element 20 on the bottom plate 133. The X-direction guide 122 can be driven by a motor 121, and the pick-up member 124 is driven by a Z-direction motor to suck the special-shaped optical element 20 through a vacuum nozzle. The vacuum nozzle can be designed as a special-shaped nozzle corresponding to the special-shaped optical element 20 to meet the absorption requirement.

In addition, a camera alignment member 125 is disposed on the alignment assembly, the camera alignment member 125 captures the position of the irregular optical element 20 on the base plate 133 and feeds the position back to the controller, and the controller drives the planar rotation table 132 to move according to the target position, so that the irregular optical element 20 is placed at the target position on the base plate 133.

The controller compares the received position image of the irregular optical element 20 on the base plate 133 with the target position image, and drives the planar rotation table 132 to move to the corresponding position according to the comparison result, so that the position of the irregular optical element 20 on the base plate 133 meets the target position requirement.

After the irregular optical element 20 is adjusted to the target position, the irregular optical element 20 needs to be fixed by the glue, therefore, the glue applying member 123 is further disposed on the alignment assembly, and the glue applying member 123 is used to fix the irregular optical element 20 on the bottom plate 133 by releasing the glue after the irregular optical element 20 is placed at the target position of the bottom plate 133. The glue dispenser 123 further includes a lamp for irradiating the glue to cure the glue, so that the shaped optical element 20 can be firmly adhered to the bottom plate 133 after the glue is cured. The irradiation lamp can be an ultraviolet lamp tube, is mainly used for curing products by utilizing the characteristics of ultraviolet rays, and has good curing effect.

In summary, in the aligning device for the irregular optical element 20 provided by the present application, when in use, the bottom plate 133, the magazine 102 with the irregular optical element 20, and the jig 101 are manually placed at corresponding positions of the aligning device for the irregular optical element 20, and the in-out mechanism 13 carries the bottom plate 133 to a designated position; the feeding mechanism 10 takes out the magazine 102 with the special-shaped optical element 20 from the jig 101, and moves to a specified position after taking out; then sucking the special-shaped optical element 20 to the adjusting mechanism 11 through the vacuum suction nozzle of the feeding mechanism 10, and before sucking, positioning the position of the special-shaped optical element 20 in the material box 102 by adopting a CCD (charge coupled device) vision positioning device so as to accurately suck; after the adjusting mechanism 11 adjusts the special-shaped optical element 20 to a proper position, the alignment mechanism 12 moves the special-shaped optical element 20 to a specified position of the bottom plate 133, and guides the planar rotation table 132 to move by using the camera alignment member 125, which may be a CCD alignment device, so as to align the pattern of the special-shaped optical element 20 with the pattern of the bottom plate 133, and then dots the adhesive to the joint of the special-shaped optical element 20 and the bottom plate 133 by the adhesive dispensing member 123, and the adhesive is cured by the irradiation lamp after the dots are dispensed, thereby completing the pattern alignment of the special-shaped optical element 20 and the bottom plate 133; the feeding mechanism 10 sequentially takes out other special-shaped optical elements 20 from the magazine 102 from the jig 101, and the subsequent steps are circulated until the special-shaped optical elements 20 are correspondingly placed on the whole bottom plate 133; after the film source on the bottom plate 133 is fully placed, the cycle is started from the initial step, that is, the bottom plate 133, the magazine 102 with the special-shaped optical element 20 and the jig 101 are manually placed at the corresponding positions of the alignment device of the special-shaped optical element 20 until the alignment of the pattern of the special-shaped optical element 20 and the pattern of the bottom plate 133 is completed.

According to the aligning device for the special-shaped optical element 20 provided by the embodiment of the application, the product is fed in a feeding mode of the jig 101, so that a plurality of products can be fed at one time, and the requirement of saving labor of equipment can be met; the feeding mode of the product adopts the design of a special-shaped suction nozzle, so that the adsorption of the special-shaped optical element 20 is met; the design of the adjusting mechanism 11 meets the precise positioning requirement of the special-shaped optical element 20; by adopting visual positioning and taking the bottom plate 133 as a carrier, a plurality of special-shaped optical elements 20 can be placed on one bottom plate 133, the figures of the special-shaped optical elements 20 are aligned with the figures of the bottom plate 133, the bottom plate 133 and the special-shaped optical elements 20 are processed in the next procedure after alignment, a plurality of small products can be processed at one time, the working efficiency is improved, and the labor cost is reduced.

The above embodiments are merely examples of the present application and are not intended to limit the scope of the present application, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement and the like made within the spirit and principle of the present application shall be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims (10)

1. An aligning apparatus for a special-shaped optical element, comprising: the special-shaped optical element positioning and adjusting device comprises a feeding mechanism, an adjusting mechanism, an in-out mechanism and an aligning mechanism, wherein the feeding mechanism is used for taking out a special-shaped optical element from a material box of a jig and placing the special-shaped optical element on the adjusting mechanism, the adjusting mechanism positions and adjusts the position of the special-shaped optical element, and the aligning mechanism takes out the special-shaped optical element from the adjusting mechanism and places the special-shaped optical element at a target position of a bottom plate on the in-out mechanism.

2. An apparatus for aligning a shaped optical element as claimed in claim 1, wherein the feeding mechanism comprises a three-dimensional pick-up assembly capable of moving in X, Y, Z three directions for picking up the shaped optical element and a positioning camera for positioning the shaped optical element in the fixture for placing the shaped optical element in the magazine on the adjusting mechanism via the three-dimensional pick-up assembly.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the three-dimensional pick-up assembly comprises a fixture moving along the Z-direction, and a plurality of magazines can be placed in the fixture; the first material taking part moves along the X direction so as to take the material box out of the jig; the special-shaped optical element feeder further comprises a second material taking part moving along the Y direction, wherein a vacuum suction nozzle is arranged on the second material taking part and used for sucking the special-shaped optical element out of the material box and placing the special-shaped optical element on the adjusting mechanism.

4. An apparatus for aligning a shaped optical element as claimed in claim 2 or 3 wherein the three dimensional take off assembly is moved in X, Y, Z directions by a guide rail.

5. The apparatus for aligning a shaped optical element as claimed in claim 1, wherein said adjusting mechanism comprises an adjusting platform and cylinders respectively movable in X, Y directions, said shaped optical element is placed on said adjusting platform, and the positions of said shaped optical elements on said adjusting platform are respectively adjusted by said cylinders X, Y directions.

6. An apparatus for aligning a shaped optical element as claimed in claim 1, wherein the in-out mechanism comprises a stage moving in the Y direction, and a surface rotation stage provided on the stage, the surface rotation stage being movable in the direction X, Y and rotatable in the Z direction, the surface rotation stage having the base plate placed thereon.

7. An apparatus for aligning a shaped optical element as claimed in claim 6, wherein the aligning mechanism comprises an aligning component moving along the X direction, a sheet taking member is disposed on the aligning component, and a vacuum suction nozzle is disposed on the sheet taking member to suck the shaped optical element out of the adjusting mechanism and place the shaped optical element on the base plate.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, further comprising a controller, wherein a camera aligner is disposed on the aligning assembly, the camera aligner captures the position of the optical element on the substrate and feeds back the position to the controller, and the controller drives the planar turntable to move according to the target position, so that the optical element is placed on the substrate at the target position.

9. An apparatus for aligning a profiled optical element as claimed in claim 8, wherein a glue application member is further provided on the alignment assembly for securing the profiled optical element to the substrate by releasing the glue after the profiled optical element has been placed at the target position on the substrate.

10. A device for aligning a profiled optical element as claimed in claim 9, wherein the glue dispenser further comprises a lamp by which the glue is irradiated to cure the glue.

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