EP3134760A1 - Procédé de traitement de surface d'une pièce transparente et pièce ainsi traitée - Google Patents
Procédé de traitement de surface d'une pièce transparente et pièce ainsi traitéeInfo
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- EP3134760A1 EP3134760A1 EP15718969.7A EP15718969A EP3134760A1 EP 3134760 A1 EP3134760 A1 EP 3134760A1 EP 15718969 A EP15718969 A EP 15718969A EP 3134760 A1 EP3134760 A1 EP 3134760A1
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- Prior art keywords
- patterns
- topography
- light beam
- mold
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- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B27/00—Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups G02B1/00 - G02B26/00, G02B30/00
- G02B27/0006—Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups G02B1/00 - G02B26/00, G02B30/00 with means to keep optical surfaces clean, e.g. by preventing or removing dirt, stains, contamination, condensation
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
- B29D—PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE
- B29D11/00—Producing optical elements, e.g. lenses or prisms
- B29D11/00009—Production of simple or compound lenses
- B29D11/00317—Production of lenses with markings or patterns
- B29D11/00326—Production of lenses with markings or patterns having particular surface properties, e.g. a micropattern
- B29D11/00336—Production of lenses with markings or patterns having particular surface properties, e.g. a micropattern by making depressions in the lens surfaces
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B08—CLEANING
- B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
- B08B17/00—Methods preventing fouling
- B08B17/02—Preventing deposition of fouling or of dust
- B08B17/06—Preventing deposition of fouling or of dust by giving articles subject to fouling a special shape or arrangement
- B08B17/065—Preventing deposition of fouling or of dust by giving articles subject to fouling a special shape or arrangement the surface having a microscopic surface pattern to achieve the same effect as a lotus flower
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F21—LIGHTING
- F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
- F21S41/00—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps
- F21S41/20—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by refractors, transparent cover plates, light guides or filters
- F21S41/28—Cover glass
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F21—LIGHTING
- F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
- F21S45/00—Arrangements within vehicle lighting devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, for purposes other than emission or distribution of light
Definitions
- the invention relates to the surface treatment of parts obtained by an injection molding process of light-transparent material and more particularly to the treatment of interior surfaces of windows or windows of projectors and motor vehicle lights which are subject to the appearance of mist (condensed water consisting of microscopic drops of water).
- the mist gives a whitish appearance to an initially transparent and glossy surface and thus alters both the visual rendering of the surface and its optical properties, including the transparency of said surface.
- fogging can alter the photometric properties of the light beams passing through the fogged surface.
- moisture infiltrates in different ways inside the spotlights and fires.
- moisture penetrates the projector housing or fire through the plastic.
- one of the most important sources is the absorption and desorption of moisture by the plastic components of the projector or fire. A few drops of water are enough to cause significant condensation inside the projector or fire.
- Condensation is a physical phenomenon that occurs most often in fairly cold areas. Unlike the halogen spotlight or xenon, the heat generated by the LED projector is not released to the window but to the rear of the projector (caseback). The coldest area of the LED floodlight is therefore located near the projector window. Any condensation therefore directly impacts the transparency of the glass. This can cause complaints from the customer and claims under warranty and ultimately a decline in the brand image of the automaker.
- Texturing refers to both an etching process and the surface condition of a material obtained by the process.
- a textured surface generally consists of a topography of patterns, or asperities, characterized in particular by their roughness, their shape, their dimensions: width (or diameter), depth, their orientation, their periodicity, their extent and density on the surface; ...
- US2012 / 0156431 A1 discloses the use of a thermal photolithography process for texturing the surface of a resin part obtained after injection molding.
- the two approaches that of making the surface more wetting (more hydrophilic) or less wetting (more hydrophobic) are possible for an anti-fog treatment.
- the objective is to favor the spreading of drops of water in order to create a film of water to transparency, translucent, which is important for visibility (eg light beams for designers and lights, vision for windows).
- the objective is to make sure that the drops of water bead more easily on the surface and do not interfere with the vision and transparency of the surface.
- a slip angle (or "roll-off” angle or
- Soliding angle in English terminology, which corresponds to the minimum angle of inclination of the plane (relative to the horizontal) from which a drop begins to slide on the surface. This angle depends in particular on the volume of the drop, because it characterizes the competition between the sliding resistance of the drop and gravity. It is measurable by a drop tensiometer.
- Polycarbonate is a material usually used for the production of headlight glass or vehicle lights because of its properties of transparency and mechanical strength.
- a motor vehicle headlight or fire comprises a housing sealed by a transparent window, and a light source disposed inside the housing adapted to emit a light beam passing through the window.
- the face of the glass, facing the source of light must be textured to promote the wettability of the face and thus reduce the fog inside the box and, secondly, "promote" the propagation of the wavelengths of the light beam, through said face, without altering the photometric properties of the light or deflecting the direction of the light beam in the case of a projector window.
- the object of the invention is to overcome these disadvantages.
- the present invention firstly relates to a process for treating a transparent polymer part surface consisting, in a first step, in etching a determined topography of patterns in relief on the outer surface of a metal mold by a mechanical texturing means, and in a second step, to apply the mold under pressure on the surface of the workpiece to reproduce the negative mold patterns on the workpiece; said topography of the patterns being adapted to the type of polymer on the one hand, to optimize the wettability of the surface preventing fogging of said surface and, on the other hand, not to impact the optical properties of the part.
- the topography comprises multiple scales ranging from nanometer to micrometer.
- the patterns have sinusoidal shapes with a period of the order of a few micrometers defining wavelets whose dimensions are of the order of a few hundred nanometers.
- the period of the patterns is a few micrometers and the dimensions of the ripples are a few hundred nanometers.
- the scale of the patterns is smaller than the shortest wavelength that a light beam could cross.
- the patterns are determined so that the contact angle between the drops of water forming the mist and the patterns is less than 60 ° or greater than 120. As a variant, the patterns are determined so that the contact angle between the water drops forming the mist and the patterns is less than 30 ° or greater than 160 °.
- the texturing means is a femtosecond laser.
- the mold is made of steel and the polymer is a polycarbonate.
- the second object of the invention is a motor vehicle headlamp or lamp of the type comprising a housing sealed in a sealed manner by said window, and at least one light source disposed inside the housing adapted to emit a directed light beam.
- said window pane characterized in that at least one zone of the inner face of the pane, suitable for facing the light source, is treated according to the method according to any one of the preceding claims for on the one hand, to favor or on the contrary reduce the wettability of the face and thus be able to reduce the fog inside the housing and, on the other hand, be able to promote the propagation of the wavelengths of the light beam , through said face, without altering the photometric properties of the light nor deflecting the direction of the light beam.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a metal molding insert
- FIG. 2 illustrates a microscopic view of the surface state of a first zone of the polished insert without texturing
- FIG. 3 illustrates a microscopic view of the surface of a second zone of the insert obtained after texturing of the surface by the method according to the invention
- FIG. 4 illustrates a polycarbonate (PC) test piece obtained by injection and whose central part of its outer surface of length L is textured according to the method according to the invention
- FIG. 5 schematically illustrates the respective profiles, in a cross section along X, of the insert (top) and the test piece (bottom);
- FIG. 6 illustrates a sub-micrometric periodic topography obtained by the method according to the invention, on a metal alloy by femtosecond laser radiation;
- FIG. 7 illustrates a micrometric periodic topography (at the center of the impact) obtained by the method according to the invention, on a metal alloy by femtosecond laser radiation with the superposition of two different nested roughness scales;
- FIG. 8 illustrates the superposition of three scales of nested topographies on a metal alloy (of a submicron scale on a scale of several micrometers), obtained from the method according to the invention.
- the process according to the invention advantageously consists in texturing a metal mold, in particular made of steel, to reproduce the negative mold cavity on a polymer part, in particular polycarbonate, obtained by injection.
- the engraving or texturing of the mold is advantageously carried out using a femtosecond type laser, but other mechanical texturing means may be used such as sanding, machining (milling), etc.
- a femtosecond laser makes it possible to create very short pulses (of the order of a hundred femtoseconds, that is to say approximately 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 13 s). However, this duration of pulses allows very high powers.
- the process consists in optimizing the topography of the surface, that is to say: the extent, the shape, the dimensions (width), the depth, the density and the roughness of the patterns, or asperities , which emerge in relief from the surface considered.
- the scale of the patterns must be smaller than the wavelength of the light beam that must pass through the surface of the glass, in order to maintain the transparent nature of the surface without degradation of the photometric properties of the light beam or diffraction of the light beam which could alter the direction of the beam; an important parameter in the case of a light beam of the low beam or high beam type.
- textured zone designates the part of the part reproducing the patterns or “ripples” of the insert; the rest of the room (complementary part of the “textured area”) will be referred to as “non-textured area”.
- FIGS. 1 to 3 An example of topography obtained by the process according to the invention is illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 3.
- FIG. 4 illustrates a piece of polycarbonate, in the form of a bar, obtained by injection according to known techniques.
- the illustrated bar is 40 mm long, 15 mm wide and 3 mm thick. Only its central part on 1 cm 2 is textured, which is not visible in the figure.
- the textured area has a topography of patterns or asperities whose main scale is micrometric (see Figure 3).
- the patterns have sinusoidal general shapes with a period of the order of a few hundred nm, typically 600 nm. These patterns are also known as “ripples” (wavelets). The width of the wavelets is of the order of a few hundred nanometers, typically 600 nm. To "quantify” the quality of the replication / reproducibility of the patterns on the PC, the parameters characterizing the roughness are measured and compared with those of the surface of the insert.
- the main parameters used for the measurement are the following: - Ra, the arithmetic average deviation of the profile, as well as Rq, mean square deviation, give information on the average amplitude of the surface asperities.
- the profile asymmetry factor (or "skewness") of roughness of the PC replica should meanwhile have a value opposite to its measurement in the case of the insert, since the replica must (in the case ideal) have the negative profile of the mold.
- the flattening factor of the profile (or "kurtosis") of the replica should have a value identical to that of the insert, the phenomenon near withdrawal of the material during the injection likely to make the profile of the PC "flatter” than expected.
- FIG. 5 gives a schematic representation of the respective profiles of the insert (mold) and of the bar (part) considered in its textured central part after printing the texturing of the mold on the part.
- the material laser interaction process can also reveal ripples at larger scales (a few micrometers).
- Figure 7 gives an example of such morphologies at the center of the laser impact. In this example, two scales of roughness are superimposed.
- the displacement kinematics of the laser beam can also reveal an additional scale of topography.
- Figure 8 gives a example of a surface texturing with three scales of nested morphologies: such a surface is designated by multi-scale surface.
- the femtosecond material laser interaction process makes it possible to directly texture the polymeric materials for the anti-fogging application, or the injection molds with good multi-scale surface replication properties.
- the water for example in the form of drops, in contact with the surface, has a more wetting or less wetting behavior.
- hydrophilic texturing or even superhydrophilic
- hydrophobic texturing will favor a generation of water pearls that will catch less on the surface and will bead / flow on the latter avoiding or limiting the opacity of the surface.
- a texturing of the mold is chosen which can be replicated on the inner face of the window, ensuring optimized wettability of the latter, and thus reducing or eliminating the drop of water from condensation while keeping the optical properties of the projector or fire.
- the treatment method according to the invention allows "mass" texturing of glass of projectors or fires: once the textured metal mold, it is then possible to produce several panes of polymer transparent textured while maintaining the same conditions of production as those of the manufacture of the glass itself.
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| FR1453755A FR3020471B1 (fr) | 2014-04-25 | 2014-04-25 | Procede de traitement de surface d'une piece transparente et piece ainsi traitee |
| PCT/FR2015/050729 WO2015162347A1 (fr) | 2014-04-25 | 2015-03-24 | Procédé de traitement de surface d'une pièce transparente et pièce ainsi traitée |
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| EP3134760A1 true EP3134760A1 (fr) | 2017-03-01 |
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| EP15718969.7A Withdrawn EP3134760A1 (fr) | 2014-04-25 | 2015-03-24 | Procédé de traitement de surface d'une pièce transparente et pièce ainsi traitée |
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| EP (1) | EP3134760A1 (fr) |
| CN (1) | CN106457707A (fr) |
| FR (1) | FR3020471B1 (fr) |
| WO (1) | WO2015162347A1 (fr) |
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- 2015-03-24 WO PCT/FR2015/050729 patent/WO2015162347A1/fr not_active Ceased
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| FR3020471B1 (fr) | 2017-10-06 |
| FR3020471A1 (fr) | 2015-10-30 |
| CN106457707A (zh) | 2017-02-22 |
| WO2015162347A1 (fr) | 2015-10-29 |
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