EP3551376A1 - Outil de surfaçage à qualité optique - Google Patents
Outil de surfaçage à qualité optiqueInfo
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- EP3551376A1 EP3551376A1 EP17800905.6A EP17800905A EP3551376A1 EP 3551376 A1 EP3551376 A1 EP 3551376A1 EP 17800905 A EP17800905 A EP 17800905A EP 3551376 A1 EP3551376 A1 EP 3551376A1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B24—GRINDING; POLISHING
- B24B—MACHINES, DEVICES, OR PROCESSES FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING; DRESSING OR CONDITIONING OF ABRADING SURFACES; FEEDING OF GRINDING, POLISHING, OR LAPPING AGENTS
- B24B13/00—Machines or devices designed for grinding or polishing optical surfaces on lenses or surfaces of similar shape on other work; Accessories therefor
- B24B13/01—Specific tools, e.g. bowl-like; Production, dressing or fastening of these tools
- B24B13/012—Specific tools, e.g. bowl-like; Production, dressing or fastening of these tools conformable in shape to the optical surface, e.g. by fluid pressure acting on an elastic membrane
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B24—GRINDING; POLISHING
- B24B—MACHINES, DEVICES, OR PROCESSES FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING; DRESSING OR CONDITIONING OF ABRADING SURFACES; FEEDING OF GRINDING, POLISHING, OR LAPPING AGENTS
- B24B7/00—Machines or devices designed for grinding plane surfaces on work, including polishing plane glass surfaces; Accessories therefor
- B24B7/20—Machines or devices designed for grinding plane surfaces on work, including polishing plane glass surfaces; Accessories therefor characterised by a special design with respect to properties of the material of non-metallic articles to be ground
- B24B7/22—Machines or devices designed for grinding plane surfaces on work, including polishing plane glass surfaces; Accessories therefor characterised by a special design with respect to properties of the material of non-metallic articles to be ground for grinding inorganic material, e.g. stone, ceramics, porcelain
- B24B7/24—Machines or devices designed for grinding plane surfaces on work, including polishing plane glass surfaces; Accessories therefor characterised by a special design with respect to properties of the material of non-metallic articles to be ground for grinding inorganic material, e.g. stone, ceramics, porcelain for grinding or polishing glass
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B24—GRINDING; POLISHING
- B24D—TOOLS FOR GRINDING, BUFFING OR SHARPENING
- B24D13/00—Wheels having flexibly-acting working parts, e.g. buffing wheels; Mountings therefor
- B24D13/14—Wheels having flexibly-acting working parts, e.g. buffing wheels; Mountings therefor acting by the front face
- B24D13/142—Wheels of special form
Definitions
- the invention relates to optical quality surfacing for surfaces such as a face of an ophthalmic lens or a camera lens or an instrument for observing distant objects or a face a semiconductor substrate.
- Surfacing means any operation to modify the state of a previously shaped surface. These include polishing, grinding or etching operations to modify (decrease or increase) the roughness of the surface and / or to reduce the undulation.
- a tool for surfacing an optical surface comprising: a rigid support having a transverse surface of e extremity; an elastically compressible interface secured to the rigid support and having a first end transverse surface, a second end transverse surface and a lateral surface
- the tool In order to reduce the roughness of the optical surface, the tool is brought into contact with the latter while maintaining sufficient tool pressure on it so that, by deformation of the interface, the pad conforms to the shape of the optical surface. .
- the optical surface is rotated, its friction against the tool being sufficient to jointly drive the latter in rotation, a variable shift during operation ensures relative movement and scanning.
- the surfacing operation requires an abrasive that can be contained in the buffer or in the fluid.
- the elastically compressible interface compensates for the difference in curvature between the end surface of the tool support and the optical surface.
- the invention aims to provide a high performance surfacing tool in terms of productivity and appearance quality obtained while remaining simple, convenient and economical to manufacture.
- an optical quality surfacing tool comprising:
- a base comprising a rigid support and a flexible collar surrounding said rigid support, which rigid support has a transverse end surface, which collar has a transverse end surface situated on the same side as the transverse end surface of the rigid support; ;
- an elastically compressible interface comprising a first transverse end surface, a second end transverse surface and a lateral surface extending from the periphery of the first transverse end surface to the periphery of the second end transverse surface; , the first transverse end surface of the elastically compressible interface being secured to the transverse end surface of the rigid support and the transverse end surface of the collar;
- a flexible pad having a first end transverse surface secured to the second end transverse surface of the elastically compressible interface and a second end transverse surface configured to be applied against a work surface, which pad comprises a portion central located at the right of the transverse end surface of the rigid support and a peripheral portion which is transversely beyond this transverse end surface;
- peripheral portion is connected to the support exclusively by said interface and by said flange, which flange is configured so that the tool is elastically deformable between a rest position that it takes in the absence of stress and a position reference numeral where the second transverse end surface of the flexible tampon is pressed against a reference surface which is spherical with a radius of between 40 mm and 1500 mm.
- the elastic nature of the deformation of the tool between the rest position and the reference position means that the tool is not deformed permanently, that is to say that when the tool is no longer pressed against the reference surface it returns to the rest position, possibly with a delay of a few seconds.
- the tool according to the invention is simple, convenient and economical to manufacture.
- the tool according to the invention for example as explained below, so that the tool has the ability to exert pressure relatively uniform on the surface to be worked, which is favorable to the performances of productivity and quality of aspect of the surfacing done.
- said flange is configured so that the tool is elastically deformable between said rest position that it takes in the absence of stress and:
- said surface to be worked is convex
- a first convex reference position where the second transverse end surface of the flexible pad is pressed against a first convex reference surface which is convex spherical to a radius of 40 mm until a second convex reference position where the second transverse end surface of the flexible pad is pressed against a second convex reference surface which is convex spherical 1500 mm radius.
- the tool is thus able to deform elastically from the rest position to the first reference position as well as from the rest position to the second reference position, and thus to deform elastically over a range of particularly wide curvature.
- an assembly formed by a surfacing machine and a tool according to the invention can surface most common ophthalmic lenses.
- the universal nature of the tool according to the invention is particularly advantageous in terms of productivity since there is no need to change tools when changing the curvature of the surface to work. According to advantageous characteristics:
- the value of the force applied on the support coaxially to the tool while the tool is coaxial with the reference surface in order to move the tool from the rest position to the reference position is between 30 N and 180 N;
- said flange is configured so that the ratio of effort to displacement between, on the one hand, the value of the force applied on the support coaxially to the tool while the tool is coaxial with the reference surface to make the pressure pass the tool from the rest position to the reference position and, on the other hand, the value of the displacement of the support between the rest position and the reference position is between 3 N / mm and 15 N / mm with a speed imposed displacement of 25 mm / s;
- said displacement force ratio is between 5 N / mm and 8 N / mm with an imposed displacement speed of 25 mm / s;
- the transverse end surface of the collar is flush with the transverse end surface of the support
- said petals are subdivided by radially oriented slots
- each petal root laterally to said rigid support
- each petal has a thickness which varies according to the distance x at its distal end, with for each distance x the thickness which is constant;
- the thickness h (x) of the petal is given by the formula:
- the width of the petal as a function of the distance x at the distal end of the petal is expressible in the form of a polynomial:
- the petals are truncated angular sector so that the width of the petal as a function of the distance x at the distal end of the petal is expressible in the form of the polynomial:
- the thickness of the petal is less than:
- OMAX which is the tensile limit of the material of the petals
- E which is the modulus of elasticity of the material of the petals
- R which is the inverse of the difference of curvature between the position of rest and the reference position of the tool
- the ratio between the area of the transverse end surface of the collar, that is to say the total area of the surface of the petals, and the area of the corresponding annular surface is between 30 and 80 %.
- the invention also relates to an assembly comprising a surfacing machine and a tool as explained above, wherein said machine is configured to apply on the support of the tool a predetermined machine effort of constant value, and said tool is configured so that the value of the force applied on the support coaxially to the tool while the tool is coaxial with the reference surface to move the tool from the rest position to the reference position is between 85 % and 100% of said constant value of the machine effort.
- FIGS. 1 and 2 are views respectively in perspective and in section of a first embodiment of a surfacing tool according to the invention, in the rest position;
- FIG. 3 is a view similar to FIG. 2, but showing this tool while surfacing a surface of an ophthalmic lens;
- - Figure 4 is a perspective-sectional view of the base of a second embodiment of the tool, the transverse end surface of the rigid support and the flange are flat (and non-convex) in the position of rest;
- FIG. 5 is a schematic sectional view illustrating this embodiment of the surfacing tool in the rest position on a concave reference surface
- FIG. 6 is a schematic sectional view illustrating another concave reference surface
- FIG. 7 is a graph illustrating, for this embodiment of the tool, the relation between the applied force F, carried on the ordinate, and the corresponding displacement z, taken on the abscissa, the various curves corresponding to different samples of this embodiment of the tool;
- FIG. 8 is a graph similar to FIG. 7, but showing only two curves as well as two lines corresponding to a certain effort and at a certain distance, in order to explain the behavior of the corresponding samples of the tool;
- FIG. 9 is a schematic sectional view of the base of this embodiment of the tool applied to the concave reference surface of FIG. 5, shown in phantom, the rest position of the base being shown. in broken lines;
- Figures 10 and 1 1 are views similar to Figures 4 and 5 for a third embodiment of the tool, the transverse end surface of the rigid support and the flange are concave in the rest position;
- FIG. 12 is a schematic sectional view illustrating a convex reference surface different from that illustrated in Figure 1 1;
- FIG. 13 to 17 are perspective views of the base of other embodiments of the surfacing tool.
- the tool 10 illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2 comprises:
- a base 1 1 comprising a rigid support 12 and a flexible collar
- an elastically compressible interface 16 having a first transverse end surface 17, a second end transverse surface 18 and a lateral surface 19 extending from the periphery of the first end transverse surface 17 to the periphery of the second transverse end surface 18, the first transverse end surface 17 of the elastically compressible interface 16 being secured to the transverse end surface 14 of the rigid support 12 and to the transverse end surface 15 of the collar 13;
- a flexible pad 20 having a first transverse end surface 21 secured to the second transverse end surface 18 of the elastically compressible interface 12 and a second end transverse surface 22 configured to be applied against a working surface 23 ( Figure 3), which buffer 20 has a central portion 24 which is in line with the transverse end surface 14 of the rigid support 12 and a peripheral portion 25 which is transversely beyond this transverse end surface 14 .
- the flexible collar 13 is transversely beyond the rigid support 12, which is centrally disposed.
- the flexible flange 13 has an outer diameter (large diameter) similar to the outer diameter of the interface 16 and the buffer 20.
- the internal diameter (small diameter) of the flexible collar 13 corresponds to the external diameter of the support 12, the collar 13 taking root laterally to the support 12.
- the rigid support 12 and the flexible peripheral collar 13 are made of one-piece molded plastic, the support 12 being solid at least in the vicinity of the surface 14 in order to have the required rigidity while the collar 13 is of low thickness. wall to be flexible.
- the flange 13 has eight slots 26 oriented radially and distributed equi-angularly, so that the flange 13 is subdivided into eight petals 27 each shaped generally as an angular sector trunk.
- the subdivision of the collar 13 into petals contributes to allow this collar to be flexible in order to conform to different curvatures of surfaces to be polished.
- the surface 14 of the support 12 is flush with the surface 15 of the collar 13 situated on the same side.
- the support 12 has a projection shaft 28 which serves to connect the tool 10 to the spindle of a surfacing machine 29 shown in a simplified manner in FIG. 3 by the arrows 30 and 31 which symbolize the forces driving devices applied to the tool 10 by the machine 29, which will be described later.
- the drum 28 has a cavity 32 for receiving the spindle head.
- the cavity 32 has a spherical portion 33 generally shaped like three quarters of a sphere and an annular rib 34.
- the spindle head intended to be accommodated in the cavity 32 has a spherical portion end shaped as the portion 33 and a cylindrical portion of smaller diameter than the rib 34.
- the assembly between the shaft 28 and the spindle of the machine is done by simple snapping, the wall thickness of the shaft 28 being small enough to be able to deform so that the spherical portion of the spindle head is housed in the portion 33 .
- the tool 10 When the spindle head is engaged in the cavity 32, the tool 10 co-operates in a ball joint connection with the spindle.
- the diameter of the interface 16 and the buffer 20 corresponds to the external diameter of the flange 13.
- the subjection between the interface 16 and the base 1 1 is effected by bonding between the surface 17 of the interface 16 and the surfaces 14 and 15 of the base 1 1.
- the elastically compressible interface 16 is a foam having a thickness of the order of 9 mm and the flexible pad 20 has a thickness of about 1 mm.
- the diameter of the interface 16 and the buffer 20 is of the order of 55 mm.
- the surface 15 of the flange 13 which, as indicated above, is flush with the surface 14, is shaped in the extension of the surface 14.
- the surfaces 14 and 15 are shaped as a same portion of sphere.
- the end surface 14 of the support 12 and the end surface 15 of the flange 13 are shaped as a sphere portion having a radius of curvature of the order of 1 10 mm.
- FIG. 3 shows an ophthalmic lens 35 whose optical surface 23 is in the course of the surface by the tool 10, in order to reduce its roughness.
- the machine 29 puts the tool 10 in contact with the surface 23 by the surface 22 of the buffer 20.
- the machine 29 maintains on the surface 23, by the exercise of the force 31, a sufficient pressure of the tool 10 to that, by deformation of the interface 16, the buffer 20 matches the shape of the optical surface 23.
- the lens 35 While watering the optical surface 23 by means of a fluid, the lens 35 is rotated as shown by the arrow 36, the friction against the tool 10 being sufficient to drive the tool 10 in rotation.
- a variable shift during the operation thanks to the reciprocating drive force 30, ensures the relative movement and the sweeping.
- the surfacing operation requires an abrasive that can be contained in the buffer 20 or in the fluid.
- the interface 16 elastically compressible, makes it possible to compensate for the difference in curvature between the end surface 14 of the support
- the peripheral portion 25 of the buffer 20 is connected to the support 12 exclusively through the interface 16 and the collar 13.
- the flange 13 is in fact configured to be sufficiently elastically deformable so that there is no need for such elastic return means.
- the base 1 which must both be rigid in the vicinity of the end surface 14, flexible at the barrel 28 to allow the snap of the spindle of the machine and elastic at the flange 13, is preferably PA1 1, POM, PA66, PUR or ELASTOLLAN ® .
- PA1 1 which has a modulus of elasticity E (Young's modulus) of 1320 N / mm 2 and an elastic tensile strength OMAX of 35 N / mm 2 ; and grade 1 164D of ELASTOLLAN ® has a modulus of elasticity E of 300 N / mm 2 and an elastic tensile strength OMAX of 40 N / mm 2 .
- PA66 a grade of which has a modulus of elasticity of 2500 N / mm 2 .
- the flange 13 is configured so that the tool 10 is elastically deformable between the rest position it takes in the absence of stress ( Figures 1 and 2) and one or more reference positions where the surface 22 is fully pressed against a concave reference surface or different concave reference surfaces, as well as in FIG. 3 where the entire surface 22 of the tool 10 is pressed against the surface 23.
- the tool 10 is here able to deform elastically over a particularly wide range of curvatures, since it is configured to elastically deform the rest position as well:
- the first concave reference surface 37 is part of a test support 38.
- the second reference surface 40 is part of a test support 41.
- the elastic nature of the deformation of the tool between the rest position and each of the first and second reference positions means that the tool is not deformed permanently, that is to say that when one stops tackle the tool against the reference surface 37 or 40, it returns to the rest position, possibly with a delay of a few seconds.
- This elasticity of the tool 10 is provided by the interface 16 and the flange 13, here thanks to its subdivision into petals and the geometry of the petals which has been designed accordingly, as explained later.
- the assembly formed by the machine 29 and the tool 10 can surface most of the common ophthalmic lenses.
- the embodiment of the tool 10 illustrated in Figures 4 and 5 is identical to the embodiment illustrated in Figures 1 to 3 except in the rest position the transverse end surface 14 of the support 12 and the transverse end surface 15 of the flange 13 are planar.
- FIG. 5 shows this tool 10 in the rest position on the second concave reference surface 40.
- the concave reference surface 40 has a radius of 40 mm.
- the carrier 41 to which the reference surface 40 belongs is part of a test device 42 which is useful in the development of the surfacing tool 10 to select the best candidates from samples (prototype tools) made with different sizing and different materials.
- the test device 42 comprises a dynamic member for applying a linear force symbolized by the arrow 43.
- This member comprises at its distal end a head similar to the head of a spindle of a surfacing machine which is engaged. in the cavity 32 of the barrel 28.
- the head of the member 43 is moved at a predetermined controlled speed, for example 25 mm / s, coaxially to the tool 10 while the tool 10 is coaxial with the surface 40.
- a force of intensity F is applied on the support 12 coaxially with the tool 10 while the tool 10 is coaxial with the surface 40.
- the intensity of the force F is measured and recorded during the displacement of the member 43.
- the member 43 is stopped from being driven when a predetermined threshold is reached, for example 160 N.
- FIG. 7 is a graph showing the result of such tests, carried out at a speed of 25 mm / s until reaching a force value of 160 N.
- the displacement z of the member 43 is plotted on the abscissa and the force F on the ordinate.
- Curves C1 to C10 each correspond to a different sample.
- the odd suffix curves relate to samples having the same interface 16 of a first nature.
- the even-suffix curves relate to samples having the same interface 16 of a second nature, which is more flexible than the interface 16 of a first nature.
- the curves having two successive suffixes of which the first is odd and the second is even relate to samples having the same base 1 1, for example the curves C1 and C2 relate to samples having a base 1 1 of a first nature and the curves C3 and C4 of the samples having a same base 1 1 of a second nature.
- the bases 1 1 of different natures differ from each other only by the average thickness of the petals 27, which decreases with the suffixes of the curves (the curves C1 and C2 relate to the samples having the petals 27 of greater average thickness while the curves C9 and C10 relate to the samples having petals 27 of smaller average thickness).
- the surface 40 is not zero, i.e. as long as the surface 22 is not fully pressed against the surface 40, the distance d varies as the displacement z. Then, the displacement z corresponds to the compression of the interface 16.
- FIG. 8 is a graph similar to FIG. 7, but showing only the curves C1 and C10 as well as a horizontal line corresponding to the fixed intensity predetermined force 31 exerted by the machine 29 on the tool 10 (intensity of the order of 80 N) and a vertical line corresponding to the distance d when the tool 10 is in the rest position (distance from the order of 12 mm).
- the tool that concerns the curve C1 does not flex enough under the force 31 to be fully pressed against the surface 40: for the intensity of the force 31 the displacement z is much lower than the distance d in the rest position of the tool.
- the tool that relates to the curve C10 is pressed against the surface 40 well below the intensity of the force 31.
- a tool capable of exerting uniform pressure on the surface to be worked will have an excellent surfacing behavior, which will give it excellent performance in terms of appearance quality obtained on the surface worked and also in terms of speed of execution, the uniformity of the pressure favoring the speed of the achievement of the sufficient removal of material on the whole of the worked surface.
- a tool 10 designed to work a concave surface so that between 30 N and 180 N the value of the force applied on the support 12 is coaxial with the tool 10 while the tool 10 is coaxial with a concave reference surface similar to the surface 40 (40 mm radius).
- the tool 10 In an assembly such as that illustrated in FIG. 3, where the machine 29 is configured to apply a predetermined constant machine force to the support 12 of the tool 10, it is advantageous for the tool 10 to be configured so that the value of the force applied on the support 12 coaxially with the tool 10 while the tool 10 is coaxial with a reference surface such as the surface 40 to make move the tool from the rest position to a position where the tool is pressed against this surface, between 85% and 100% of this constant value of the machine effort.
- flange 13 it is advantageous for flange 13 to be configured so that it is between 3 N / mm and 15 N / mm with an imposed displacement speed of 25 mm / s, the displacement-to-displacement ratio between, on the one hand, the value of the force F applied to the support 12 coaxially with the tool 10 while the tool 10 is coaxial with the surface 40 to move the tool from the rest position to the position where the surface 22 is pressed against the surface 40 and, secondly, the value of the displacement z of the support between the rest position and the position where the surface 22 is pressed against the surface 40.
- Each petal 27 has a thickness which varies according to the distance x at its distal end, with for each distance x the thickness which is constant.
- each petal increases between its distal end and its root by which it connects laterally to the rigid support 12.
- the end surface 14 of the rigid support 12 is not deformable and therefore does not conform to the surface 40.
- the flexibility of the flange 13 is such that the surface 15 of the flange 13 conforms to the surface 40, i.e. the surface 15 is fully plated on the surface 40.
- the surface 15 has the same curvature as the surface 40, i.e. for each petal 27 the surface 15 adopts a radius of 40 mm.
- the surface 40 here 40 mm
- Q sp which is the surface charge of the petals 27, supposed constant
- E which is the modulus of elasticity (Young's modulus) of the material of the petals 27.
- the surface charge Q sp of the petals 27 is the ratio between the force intended to be applied to the support 12 (for example the intensity of the force 31, of the order of 80 N) and the area of the surface 15.
- the petals are trunk-shaped angular sector.
- the width of the petal as a function of the distance x at the distal end of the petal is expressible in the form of the polynomial:
- K is equal to with R which is the radius
- the spherical surface against which the petals 27 are plated has a radius R different from that used for the calculation (for example 40 mm instead of 35 mm), the pressure exerted on this surface by the petals 27 remains uniform, but obviously different intensity (plus the radius R is small plus the pressure is high).
- the intensity of the force applied to the support 12 is different (for example 80 N instead of 100 N), the pressure exerted by the petals 27 remains uniform but of different intensity.
- the surface 22 of the pad 20 is fully pressed against a spherical surface by a force exerted on the support 12 coaxially with the tool while the tool is coaxial with the surface to be worked, then the surface 15 of the collar 13 will take a spherical or approximately spherical conformation, and therefore the pressure exerted by the petals 27 on the elastically compressible interface will be uniform or nearly uniform. Consequently, at the right of the flange 13, the pressure exerted by the tool 10 on the surface to be worked (via the surface 22 of the pad 20) will be uniform or approximately uniform.
- the base 1 1 also exerts pressure on the elastically compressible interface 16 by the transverse end surface 14 of the support 12. Consequently, the tool 10 also exerts (via the surface 22 of the buffer 20) on the surface to work a pressure to the right of the support 12.
- the pressure exerted by the support 12 on the interface 16 (which transmits it to the surface to work via the buffer 20) is in principle equal to the ratio between the intensity of the force applied on the support 12 and the area of the surface 14.
- the geometry of the petals 27 assuming that for a working surface having a predetermined radius of curvature, for example 35 mm as above, the surface charge exerted by the surfaces 14 and 15 is uniform that is to say, the surface charge Q sp of the surface 15 of the petals 27 is equal to the surface charge of the surface 14 of the support 12.
- the pressure exerted by the tool 10 on the surface to be worked (via the surface 22 of the buffer 20) will be the same to the right of the support 21 and to the right of the flange 13.
- the pressure exerted by the tool 10 on the surface to be worked (via the surface 22 of the buffer 20) will be different to the right of the support 21 and to the right of the flange 13.
- the pressure to the right of the flange 13 will be smaller than the pressure to the right of the support 12.
- the tool is off-center with respect to the surface to be worked and it is relatively frequent that the surface to be worked is not spherical, but the behavior of the tool whose petals are configured as just explained remains excellent.
- the surfaces that the tool 10 is able to plan are not limited to the surfaces on which the surface 22 of the pad 20 can be fully plated when the tool 10 and the surface to be worked are centered on the surface. one compared to the other. On the contrary, the tool 10 is able to surface many surfaces on which the surface 22 is then plated largely, but not entirely.
- the ratio between the total area of the surface of the petals and the area of the corresponding annular surface is between 30 and 80%.
- OMAX which is the elastic tensile limit of the petal material
- E which is the modulus of elasticity (Young's modulus) of the material of the petals
- R which is the radius mentioned above.
- the material of the flange 13 is the shade 1 164D ELASTOLLAN® which, as indicated above has a modulus of elasticity E of 300 N / mm 2 and an elastic tensile strength OMAX of 40 N / mm 2 , for a radius of curvature R of 35 mm, the maximum thickness h MAX is 2.33 mm.
- the radius R has been selected as representing the most severe conditions of use of the tool, here the smallest radius of a concave surface. The tool will then be able to work also in less severe conditions.
- the maximum thickness h MAX of the petals is greater, so that petals configured for the smallest radius will be suitable for the other rays.
- FIGS. 10 and 11 The embodiment of the tool 10 illustrated in FIGS. 10 and 11 is similar to the embodiments illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 3 and in FIGS. 4 and 5, except that in the rest position the end surface 14 of the support 12 and the end surface 15 of the flange 13 are concave (and not convex as in Figures 1 to 3 or flat as in Figures 4 and 5).
- the surface 14 and the surface 15 are shaped like a sphere portion having a radius of curvature of the order of 1 10 mm.
- the flange 13 is configured so that the tool 10 is elastically deformable between the rest position it takes in the absence of stress ( Figures 10 and 1 1) and one or more reference positions where the surface 22 is fully pressed against a convex reference surface or different convex reference surfaces.
- the tool 10 illustrated in FIGS. 10 and 11 is able to deform elastically over a particularly wide range of curvatures, since it is configured to elastically deform from the rest position as well:
- first convex reference surface 46 which is convex spherical with a radius of 40 mm;
- the first convex reference surface 46 is part of a test support 48.
- the second convex reference surface 47 is part of a test support 49.
- the flange 13 (and more generally the base 1 1) with the following characteristics:
- each petal between 0.5 and 5 mm.
- the constant K of the above formulas is selected at least partially experimentally, for example as shown in Figs. 7 and 8.
- the 22 of the stamp 20 is not fully pressed against a reference surface such as 37, 40, 46 or 47 but is only partially plated, for example with the part of the surface 22 pressed onto the surface to be worked which has a radius (if the plated portion has the center of the surface 20) or (if the plated portion is annular) which has a difference between the inner radius and the outer radius equal to at least half of the radius of the surface 22.
- the surface 22 has a radius of 55 mm and the plated portion has the center of the surface 20
- the plated portion has a radius of at least 27.5 mm
- the difference between the outer radius and the inner radius of the plated portion is at least 27.5 mm.
- Figures 1 1 to 15 show different variants of the base 1 1 where the petals are shaped differently.
- the slots 26 between the petals 27 have a greater angular amplitude and the number of petals is higher.
- each petal 27 has on the side of the shaft 28 (and therefore on the side opposite the transverse end surface 15) a projecting rib 50 radially oriented.
- each petal 27 is in the form of
- the petals 27 are subdivided by curved slots 26.
- each petal 27 takes root on one end of a U-section arm 51 arranged transversely to this petal, the other end of this arm taking root on the rigid support 12.
- the slots 26 defining the petals 27 have different shapes, for example with corrugations; and or
- the flange 13 is replaced by a flexible collar and elastic, but not subdivided into petals.
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