JP2008223092A - Mold-press-forming die, manufacturing method therefor, and method for manufacturing optical glass element - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mold-press-forming die which has a pair of upper and lower dies and a trunk die for accommodating the pair therein, extremely adequately releases a glass material from the die even when the glass material contacts the internal circumferential surface of the trunk die in a press forming operation, does not cause such problems as the poor extraction, cracks and inadequate shape of a formed body, and as the damage and fracture of the inner surface of the trunk die, even when the article to be formed is continuously press-formed, and is superior in durability; a manufacturing method therefor; and a method for manufacturing an optical glass element by using the mold-press-forming die. <P>SOLUTION: The method for manufacturing the mold-press-forming die comprises the steps of: arranging a cylindrical trunk die 30 in a state of inserting a bar-type electrode 113 through a hollow center in the internal circumferential surface side of the trunk die, in a reaction vessel 110 having plasma-generating sources 114 and 115 therein; exhausting an atmospheric gas in the reaction vessel 110; introducing a gaseous film-forming material containing carbon into the reaction vessel 110; converting the material into plasma to produce charged particles of carbon; simultaneously applying negative bias voltage to the bar-type electrode 113 to introduce the charged particles of carbon to the internal circumferential surface of the trunk die 30 and form a carbon-containing film on the internal circumferential surface. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention is to produce a glass optical element represented by a glass lens by press-molding a glass material such as a glass preform or a composite material containing glass without requiring machining such as polishing. The present invention relates to a mold press mold, a manufacturing method thereof, and a manufacturing method of a glass optical element.

According to mold press molding in which glass materials such as glass preforms or composite materials containing glass are press-molded with a precision-molded mold to produce glass lenses, no mechanical processing such as polishing is required. A complicated working process can be simplified, and a glass lens can be manufactured easily and inexpensively.
In recent years, mold press molding has been widely used not only for manufacturing glass lenses but also for manufacturing other glass optical elements such as prisms, mirrors, and gratings.

  In such a mold press molding, a glass optical element is manufactured by pressing a glass material between a pair of upper and lower molds having opposed molding surfaces and transferring the molding surface shape of the upper and lower molds, In this case, generally, a cylinder die that prevents the vertical axis from being displaced and restricts the mutual position in the direction orthogonal to the press axis is also used. Moreover, in order to eliminate the need for centering the glass optical element after press molding, such a barrel mold may be used so that the inner peripheral surface thereof regulates the outer peripheral shape of the glass optical element.

However, when the glass material comes into contact with the inner peripheral surface of the body mold during press molding, the glass material is fused, and defects such as defective take-out of glass molded products, cracks and shape defects, and the inner surface of the body mold May cause problems such as damage or destruction.
As a countermeasure against this, Patent Documents 1 to 3 and the like propose that at least the body inner peripheral surface with which the glass material is in contact be subjected to a process for preventing the glass material from being fused.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-1444849 JP 9-235127 A JP-A-9-31655

  Here, Patent Document 1 discloses an optical element molding apparatus in which a carbonaceous thin film is provided on at least a part of the inner surface of the body mold that contacts the optical element material during molding. And, as a method for forming the carbonaceous thin film, 1) press and rub carbon black, graphite, charcoal, etc., 2) by vapor deposition, 3) apply oil and other organic substances, and heat this to hatch. 4) The method of burning the material which produces soot by combustion, such as a candle and wood, is illustrated.

  However, in these forming methods, there is a possibility that the film thickness of the carbonaceous thin film becomes non-uniform or an unfilmed portion is generated. Further, the adhesion between the formed carbon thin film and the inner surface of the body mold is inferior, and the carbon thin film may be peeled off when the optical element is molded, so that sufficient durability cannot be obtained.

  Patent Document 2 discloses a body mold in which a release film of carbon or boron nitride is formed by ion implantation on at least a surface in contact with a heat-softened glass material.

  However, in such a film formation method by ion implantation, since the deposition direction is substantially parallel to the cylindrical surface of the inner surface of the body mold, it is difficult to form a release film on the inner peripheral surface. A release film having a film thickness cannot be formed.

  Further, in Patent Document 3, when forming a hard carbon film on the inner peripheral surface of a cylindrical sample, the sample is placed in a vacuum chamber so that an auxiliary electrode connected to a DC positive potential is inserted into the inner surface of the opening of the sample. After placing and evacuating the vacuum chamber, a gas containing carbon is introduced into the vacuum chamber, a DC voltage or a high frequency is applied to the sample, a DC voltage is applied to the anode, and an AC voltage is applied to the filament. A method for forming a hard carbon film is disclosed in which a hard carbon film is formed on a sample by generating the above.

  However, in such a method, by providing an auxiliary electrode connected to a DC positive potential on the inner surface of the opening of the sample where the electrodes having the same potential are opposed to each other, This is to prevent abnormal discharge such as enamel discharge. Therefore, since the method disclosed in Patent Document 3 is based on the premise that a voltage is applied to the sample, it cannot be applied as it is to a non-conductive sample such as a ceramic material. Furthermore, if an auxiliary electrode connected to a DC positive potential is inserted into the inner surface of the sample opening, the carbon charged particles that are positively charged and turned into plasma will not easily collect around the auxiliary electrode. The formation of the carbon film is significantly inhibited.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and is a molding die that includes a pair of upper and lower molds and a trunk mold that accommodates these to ensure coaxiality. Even if the glass material comes into contact with the inner peripheral surface of the barrel mold during press molding by forming the release film well on the peripheral surface, particularly the inner peripheral surface of the barrel mold made of a non-conductive material such as SiC, The release of the glass material from the inner peripheral surface of the body mold is extremely good, and even if continuous press molding is performed, defects such as defective removal of the molded body, cracks and shape defects, as well as damage or destruction of the inner surface of the body mold The purpose of the present invention is to provide a mold press mold excellent in durability that does not cause such problems, a method for producing such a mold press mold, and a method for producing a glass optical element using such a mold press mold To do.

In order to achieve the above object, a method for manufacturing a mold press mold according to the present invention includes a pair of upper and lower molds having molding surfaces facing each other, and the upper and lower molds, and a direction perpendicular to the press axis of the upper and lower molds. In manufacturing a mold press mold having a barrel mold that regulates the mutual position, a cylindrical shape is formed in a hollow portion on the inner peripheral surface side of the barrel mold in a reaction vessel equipped with a plasma generation source. The cylinder mold is arranged with the electrodes inserted, and then the atmospheric gas in the reaction vessel is exhausted, and then a gaseous film-forming material containing carbon is introduced into the reaction vessel to form plasma. In this method, carbon charged particles are generated by applying a bias voltage to the rod-shaped electrode, and the carbon charged particles are guided to the inner peripheral surface of the body mold to form a carbon-containing film.
According to the method of manufacturing a mold press mold according to the present invention as described above, a carbon-containing film can be satisfactorily formed on the inner peripheral surface of a cylindrical mold.

Further, in the method for producing a mold press mold of the present invention, the carbon-containing film is formed on a surface of the inner peripheral surface of the body mold that comes into contact with the glass material when the upper and lower molds press the glass material. It can be a method to do.
With such a method, even if the glass material comes into contact with the inner peripheral surface of the body mold during press molding, the glass material is very well released from the inner peripheral surface of the body mold. It is possible to manufacture a mold press mold excellent in durability that does not cause defects such as defective body takeout, cracks and shape defects, and damage and destruction of the inner surface of the body mold.

  Further, in order to improve the slidability between the upper and lower molds and the inner peripheral surface of the trunk mold, among the inner surfaces of the trunk mold, both the upper and lower molds, or the surface on which either one slides, the carbon-containing A film may be formed.

The mold press mold of the present invention is a cylindrical shape that accommodates a pair of upper and lower molds having molding surfaces facing each other and the upper and lower molds, and restricts the mutual position in a direction perpendicular to the press axis of the upper and lower molds. A rod-shaped electrode was inserted into a hollow portion on the inner peripheral surface side of the cylindrical mold formed in a reaction vessel equipped with a plasma generation source. The barrel mold is placed in a state, and then the atmospheric gas in the reaction vessel is exhausted, and then the carbon charged particles are converted into plasma by introducing a gaseous film-forming material containing carbon into the reaction vessel. In addition, the carbon-containing film is formed by applying a bias voltage to the rod-shaped electrode to induce the carbon charged particles to the inner peripheral surface of the body shape.
In the mold press mold according to the present invention having such a configuration, the carbon-containing film can be satisfactorily formed on the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical mold.

Further, the mold press mold of the present invention has a configuration in which the carbon-containing film is formed on the surface of the inner peripheral surface of the barrel mold that comes into contact with the glass material when the upper and lower molds press the glass material. It can be.
With such a configuration, even if the glass material comes into contact with the inner peripheral surface of the barrel mold during press molding, the release of the glass material from the inner peripheral surface of the barrel mold is extremely good, and molding is performed even if continuous press molding is performed. It is possible to provide a mold press mold having excellent durability that does not cause defects such as defective body takeout, cracks and shape defects, and damage and destruction of the inner surface of the body mold.

Further, the mold press mold of the present invention may be configured such that the carbon-containing film is formed on a surface on which either one or both of the upper and lower molds slide, among the inner surface of the body mold. it can.
With such a configuration, the slidability between the upper and lower molds and the inner periphery of the trunk mold can be improved.

  The mold press mold of the present invention can form a carbon-containing film very well on the inner peripheral surface of the body mold when the body mold is made of a nonconductive material such as silicon carbide. .

Further, the glass optical element manufacturing method of the present invention accommodates a pair of upper and lower molds having molding surfaces facing each other and the upper and lower molds, and regulates the mutual position in a direction perpendicular to the press axis of the upper and lower molds. A mold press mold having a cylindrical body mold, wherein the body mold is disposed in a reaction vessel equipped with a plasma generation source in a state where a rod-shaped electrode is inserted into a hollow portion on the inner peripheral surface side. Then, after exhausting the atmospheric gas in the reaction vessel, a gaseous film-forming material containing carbon is introduced into the reaction vessel to generate plasma, thereby generating carbon charged particles, and the rod-like electrode. A glass material is supplied between the upper and lower molds by applying a bias voltage and using a mold press mold in which the carbon charged particles are guided to the inner peripheral surface of the barrel mold to form a carbon-containing film. Press molding Accordingly, there is a method to obtain a glass optical element having a predetermined shape.
With such a method, even if the glass material comes into contact with the inner peripheral surface of the body mold during press molding, the glass material is very well released from the inner peripheral surface of the body mold. A glass optical element can be produced satisfactorily without causing defects such as defective body removal, cracks and defective shapes, and problems such as damage and destruction of the inner surface of the body mold.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to satisfactorily form a carbon-containing film having excellent durability on the inner peripheral surface of a cylindrical mold, and the glass material is formed into a cylinder during press molding. Even if it comes into contact with the inner peripheral surface of the mold, the release of the glass material from the inner peripheral surface of the body mold is very good, and even if continuous press molding is performed, defects such as defective take-out of molded products, cracks and defective shapes, A glass optical element can be manufactured satisfactorily without causing problems such as damage or destruction of the inner surface of the body mold.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a mold press mold (hereinafter referred to as a “mold”) according to the present embodiment.

The mold shown in FIG. 1 includes an upper mold 10, a lower mold 20, and a body mold 30. These mold members can be formed using ceramic materials such as SiC, WC, TiC, TaC, BN, TiN, AlN, Si ₃ N ₄ , Al ₂ O ₃ , and ZrO ₂ , but are resistant to acid at high temperatures. It is particularly preferable that it is formed using silicon carbide (SiC) from the viewpoints of heat resistance, heat resistance, and impact resistance (mechanical strength) during press molding.

  In the example shown in the drawing, the upper mold 10 has a small-diameter portion 12 on which a molding surface 11 is formed and a large-diameter portion 13 having a larger diameter than the molding surface 11 arranged coaxially. And by making the inner peripheral shape of the trunk mold 30 correspond to this, the respective side surfaces of the small diameter part 12 and the large diameter part 13 come into contact with the inner peripheral surface of the trunk mold 30.

  Similarly, the lower die 20 has a shape in which a small-diameter portion 22 formed with a molding surface 21 and a large-diameter portion 23 having a larger diameter than the molding surface 21 are arranged coaxially. Correspondingly, the side surfaces of the small-diameter portion 22 and the large-diameter portion 23 are in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the body mold 30, and the flange portion 24 is coaxially arranged below the large-diameter portion 23. Has been.

  The molding surfaces 11 and 21 formed on the upper and lower molds 10 and 20 are subjected to precise shape processing based on the shapes of optical elements such as glass lenses, prisms, mirrors, and gratings to be molded. The shape is not limited to the illustrated shape.

  The upper and lower molds 10 and 20 are accommodated in the body mold 30 so that the molding surfaces 11 and 21 formed on the upper and lower molds 10 and 21 face each other, and the upper and lower molds 10 and 20 are supplied to each other by being close to each other. The glass material 50 is press-molded. In addition, the body mold 30 regulates the mutual position of the upper and lower molds 10 and 20 in the direction orthogonal to the press axis during press molding to ensure the coaxiality of the upper and lower molds 10 and 20, and as shown in FIG. As shown, the outer peripheral shape of the molded body (glass optical element) formed by molding the glass material 50 by bringing the glass material 50 pressed and deformed by the upper and lower molds 10 and 20 into contact with the inner peripheral surface of the body mold 30. regulate.

Thus, in the example shown in the figure, by regulating the outer peripheral shape of the molded body on the inner peripheral surface of the body mold 30, the centering process of the molded product after press molding is omitted, and the molded body taken out from the mold is removed. The glass optical element can be used as it is as the final shape.
In addition, the centering process generally removes unnecessary parts by polishing the outer periphery of the molded body (in many cases, a free surface portion formed by press molding), and the optical to be obtained. This means that the outer diameter central axis of the element coincides with the optical axis.

  Therefore, in the mold as shown in the figure, not only the molding surfaces 11 and 21 of the upper and lower molds 10 and 20 but also the inner peripheral surface of the barrel mold 30 is separated to prevent the glass material 50 from being fused. Where it is required to form a mold film, it is generally difficult to form a release film on the inner peripheral surface of the barrel mold 30 formed in a cylindrical shape. If the release film is not formed well on the inner peripheral surface of the body mold 30, the glass material 50 is fused at the time of press molding, and defects such as defective takeout, cracks, and shape defects of the molded body, Will cause problems such as damage and destruction of the inner peripheral surface of the body mold 30.

In the present embodiment, in order to effectively avoid such a problem, a carbon-containing film as a release film is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the trunk mold 30 as follows.
FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a schematic configuration of an example of a film forming apparatus used for forming a carbon-containing film on the inner peripheral surface of the body mold 30 in the present embodiment.

A film forming apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 2 generates a plasma by applying a voltage to a gaseous film forming material containing carbon introduced into a reaction vessel 110, and the inside of the barrel mold 30 by a chemical reaction occurring in the plasma. A carbon-containing film is formed on the peripheral surface.
As such an apparatus, for example, an apparatus based on a plasma process in a vacuum based on an ion plating method can be used. In addition to this, a cylinder 30 which is a film formation target by generating plasma. Various apparatuses based on a plasma CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition) method, an FCVA (Filtered Cathodic Vacuum Arc) method, or the like can be used as long as a carbon-containing film can be formed.

  Plasma is an electrically neutral state as a whole in which positive and negative charged particles coexist, and a voltage is applied to the gaseous film forming material introduced into the reaction vessel 110 under vacuum conditions. The gas molecules can be generated by ionizing by collision with thermionic electrons, but there are direct current (DC) plasma, high frequency (RF) plasma, and microwave plasma depending on the applied voltage. The film forming apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 2 applies a DC voltage to a cathode electrode (negative electrode) 114 and an anode electrode (positive electrode) 115 from a power source provided outside the reaction vessel 110, thereby Direct current plasma is generated.

  The gaseous film-forming material containing carbon used in this embodiment is preferably a hydrocarbon, and particularly preferably a hydrocarbon having a ratio of carbon atoms to hydrogen atoms (C / H) of 1/3 or more. Examples of such a film forming material include aromatic hydrocarbons such as benzene (C / H = 6/6), toluene (C / H = 7/8), xylene (C / H = 8/10), and acetylene ( Triple bond-containing unsaturated hydrocarbons such as C / H = 2/2), methylacetylene (C / H = 3/4), butynes (C / H = 4/6), ethylene (C / H = 2 / 4) Double bond-containing unsaturated hydrocarbons such as propylene (C / H = 3/7), butene (C / H = 4/8), ethane (C / H = 2/6), propane (C / H = 3/8), butane (C / H = 4/10), pentane (C / H = 5/12) and other saturated hydrocarbons. These hydrocarbons may be used alone or in combination of two or more.

Further, in the film forming apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 2, a cathode electrode 114 made of a tantalum (Ta) filament and a tungsten (W) wire are formed in a lattice shape as a plasma generation source in a lower part of a vacuum chamber 111 in a reaction vessel 110. An anode electrode 115 is installed as a stretched grid. Further, a holder 112 containing a heater 119 is provided on the upper part facing these electrodes, and in a state where the body mold 30 is held by the holder 112, a hollow part on the inner peripheral surface side of the body mold 30 is provided. A rod-shaped electrode 113 is inserted. Then, a cylindrical reflector 116 as shown in the figure is provided so as to surround them. By making the reflector 116 the same potential as the cathode electrode 114, plasma does not flow to the side wall of the vacuum chamber 111. It concentrates on the trunk mold 30.
Although not shown in FIG. 2, the body mold 30 is held by the holder 112 by a holder 120 as shown in FIG.

Here, the rod-shaped electrode 113 inserted into the hollow portion on the inner peripheral surface side of the body mold 30 is formed of a metal material such as stainless steel or a metal material having a high melting point such as tungsten, tantalum, molybdenum, or niobium. Can do.
Such a rod-shaped electrode 113 is preferably dimensioned so that one end on the opening side (the lower side in the drawing) of the body mold 30 does not protrude from the body mold 30. Moreover, it is preferable that the thickness of the rod-shaped electrode 113 has a diameter of about 1/2 to 1/5 with respect to the inner diameter of the inner peripheral surface of the body mold on which the carbon-containing film is to be formed. When the diameter of the rod-shaped electrode 113 is more than 1/2 of the inner diameter of the body mold 30, the plasma tends to concentrate on the surface of the rod-shaped electrode 30 during film formation. The film formation efficiency on the peripheral surface is reduced. Moreover, when the diameter of the rod-shaped electrode 113 is less than 1/5 of the inner diameter of the body mold 30, it becomes difficult to attract plasma to the rod-shaped electrode 113, and a sufficient film thickness cannot be secured.

In the film forming apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 2, in order to form a carbon-containing film on the inner peripheral surface of the barrel mold 30, first, the barrel mold 30 is placed so that the rod-shaped electrode 113 is inserted into the hollow portion on the inner peripheral surface side. And the atmospheric gas in the reaction vessel 110 is exhausted. Next, after ion bombarding with argon gas or the like as necessary to clean the inner peripheral surface of the barrel mold 30, a gaseous film-forming material containing carbon is introduced into the vacuum chamber 111 in the reaction vessel 110. .
In the figure, reference numeral 117 denotes a gas introduction material for introducing a film forming material such as benzene or argon gas, and 118 is an exhaust port for evacuation.

Thereafter, while controlling the degree of vacuum in the vacuum chamber 111, an alternating current is applied to the cathode electrode 114 to generate thermoelectrons, and a direct current voltage is applied between the cathode electrode 114 and the anode electrode 115 to form a gas. The film-shaped film-forming material is turned into plasma to generate carbon charged particles.
At this time, the degree of vacuum in the vacuum chamber 111 is preferably 1 × 10 ⁻² Pa or less. Further, the AC voltage applied to the cathode electrode 114 is preferably 30 to 300 V. By satisfying this condition, the stability of film formation can be ensured. Further, the negative DC voltage applied between the cathode electrode 114 and the anode electrode 115 is preferably 50 to 500V. Below 50V, the ionization rate is low and inefficient, and above 500V, the plasma becomes unstable.

  In this embodiment, a bias voltage of 0.5 to 2.5 kV (in the example shown in the figure) is applied to the rod-shaped electrode 113 that is inserted into the hollow portion on the inner peripheral side of the body mold 30 and has the same potential as the holder 112. Applies a relatively negative bias voltage) to accelerate the carbon charged particles. At this time, if the bias voltage applied to the rod-shaped electrode 10 is less than 0.5 kV, the acceleration of the carbon charged particles is insufficient, and the adhesion of the carbon-containing film formed on the inner peripheral surface of the body mold 30 becomes weak. When press molding is performed using a mold provided with the body mold 30 obtained at times, the glass material 50 tends to be fused with a small number of press moldings. On the other hand, if it exceeds 2.5 kV, abnormal discharge tends to occur, and the mold surface of the obtained mold tends to be rough.

By applying a bias voltage to the rod-shaped electrode 113, the carbon charged particles are attracted to the rod-shaped electrode 113 and guided to the inner peripheral surface of the body mold 30. As a result, the plasma density in the hollow portion on the inner peripheral side of the body mold 30 is increased, and plasma collision is activated in the hollow portion on the inner peripheral surface side of the body mold 30, and the outer peripheral surface of the rod-shaped electrode 113 and the body mold By depositing carbon on the inner peripheral surface of 30, a carbon-containing film can be favorably formed on the inner peripheral surface of the trunk mold 30.
Note that when the carbon-containing film is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the trunk mold 30 in this manner, the temperature of the trunk mold 30 is preferably 200 to 400 ° C.

  Thus, in this embodiment, a bias voltage is applied to the rod-shaped electrode 113 inserted into the hollow portion on the inner peripheral surface side of the cylindrical mold 30 formed in a cylindrical shape to induce carbon charged particles. Therefore, it is not necessary to apply a voltage to the body mold 30 that is the film formation target. Therefore, even if the trunk mold 30 is made of a nonconductive material such as silicon carbide, a carbon-containing film can be satisfactorily formed on the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical trunk mold 30.

Moreover, in this embodiment, while using the shaping | molding die manufactured as mentioned above, a glass optical element is manufactured by performing press molding using the glass raw material 50 which consists of optical glass etc.
For example, the glass material 50 can be formed by preforming optical glass having desired properties into a shape such as a flat plate shape, a column shape, a spherical shape, a plano-convex shape, a plano-concave shape, or a biconvex shape. Such a glass material 50 can be obtained by dropping or flowing down molten glass on a receiving mold, cutting it cold, or processing such as polishing.

Further, when the preformed glass material 50 is supplied to the mold and press-molded, the temperature of the glass material 50 at the start of press molding is a temperature corresponding to a viscosity of 10 ⁹ dPa · s or less. Is preferable, and a temperature corresponding to a viscosity of 10 ^5.5 to 10 ⁹ dPa · s is more preferable. On the other hand, the temperature of the mold is preferably a temperature at which the viscosity of the glass material 50 is 10 ⁷ dPa · s or more.

  At this time, the glass material 50 may be supplied to the mold at room temperature and heated together with the mold. The glass material 50 preheated outside the mold before being supplied to the mold is converted into a preheated mold. You may make it supply. In any case, after the glass material 50 is supplied to the mold, the mold and the glass material 50 may be further heated.

When the glass material 50 preheated outside the mold is supplied to the preheated mold, the glass material 50 is heated to a temperature higher than the preheat temperature of the mold and supplied to the mold. It is preferable to start. In this way, the molding cycle time can be shortened, and the preheating temperature of the mold at this time is the temperature at which the viscosity of the glass material 50 becomes 10 ⁷ to 10 ¹² dPa · s, and the preheating temperature of the glass material 50 The temperature is preferably a temperature at which the viscosity is 10 ^5.5 to 10 ^8.5 dPa · s.
The temperature of the upper mold 10 and the lower mold 20 may be the same, or a temperature difference may be provided, and can be determined according to the lens shape to be press-molded and the glass material used for the glass material 50.

  In addition, when the glass material 50 is preheated outside the mold, the glass material 50 is heated in a state of being floated by a floating jig that is held while the glass material 50 is floated by the ejected inert gas, although not illustrated. It is preferable to arrange and heat in a furnace for a predetermined time. After the glass material 50 is heated to a predetermined temperature, the glass material 50 is transferred onto the lower mold while being held by the floating jig, and the glass material is dropped from the floating jig and supplied onto the lower mold. Can do.

  In this way, the glass material 50 supplied to the mold is applied with a press load when the upper and lower molds 10 and 20 come close to each other. In this process, the glass material 50 has a shape that approximates a desired glass optical element. Thus, a molded body having a predetermined thickness (larger than the final thickness) is obtained.

At this time, the outer peripheral edge portion of the glass material 50 is pressed so as to come into contact with the inner peripheral surface of the body mold 30, but in this embodiment, the inner peripheral surface of the body mold 30 (the outer periphery of the glass material 50 is regulated). Since the carbon-containing film is formed on the part) as described above, it is possible to prevent the inner peripheral surface of the body mold 30 and the glass material 50 from being fused.
Further, during press molding, the outer peripheral surfaces of the upper and lower molds 10 and 20 and the inner peripheral surface of the barrel mold 30 slide, but by forming a carbon-containing film on the inner peripheral surface of the barrel mold 30, Slidability can be improved. Moreover, since the carbon-containing film on the inner peripheral surface of the body mold 30 is excellent in durability, the same body mold 30 can be used for repeated press molding over a long period of time.

Then, cooling starts at the same time as the application of the press load, or at a predetermined time thereafter, and when the glass viscosity becomes 10 ¹² dPa · s or more, the upper and lower molds are separated and the molded body is taken out of the mold. A glass optical element can be manufactured.

  Next, the present invention will be described in detail with specific examples.

[Preparation]
First, a mold having a pair of upper and lower molds 10 and 20 and a body mold 30 as shown in FIG. 1 was prepared. Then, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, after the barrel mold 30 is supported and fixed to the holder 112 and the holder 120, and the barrel mold 30 is set in the reaction container 110 of the film forming apparatus 100, Ion bombardment treatment with argon gas was performed to clean the surface of the barrel die 30.
Each of the upper and lower molds 10 and 20 and the body mold 30 was made of SiC as a base material, and a DLC film was separately formed on the molding surfaces of the upper and lower molds 10 and 20.

[Ion Bombarding]
The atmospheric gas in the vacuum chamber 111 was exhausted from the exhaust port 18 so that the degree of vacuum in the vacuum chamber 111 was 5.0 × 10 ⁶ Torr. Next, argon gas was introduced from the gas introduction chamber 17 and the degree of vacuum in the vacuum chamber 111 was controlled to be 0.8 × 10 ⁴ Torr.
Then, while applying an AC voltage of 50 V to the cathode electrode 114 and applying a DC voltage so that a potential difference of 70 V is generated between the cathode electrode 114 and the anode electrode 15, plasma is generated, and thermoelectrons from the cathode electrode 114 Argon gas was ionized.
Further, a negative bias voltage is applied to the rod-like electrode so as to cause a potential difference of 1.0 kV between the rod-like electrode 113 and the anode electrode 15 to accelerate the acceleration of argon ions, and the surface of the body mold 30 is ion bombarded. It was cleaned by.
In the ion bombardment process, the body mold 30 is not necessarily heated. However, in consideration of the promotion of the cleaning effect of the inner peripheral surface of the body mold 30 and the heating in the subsequent film formation process, the heating is performed here. It is preferable to keep it.

[Film formation]
Next, the vacuum chamber 11 is evacuated again, and the degree of vacuum is maintained at 9.0 × 10 ⁻⁴ Torr by introducing benzene gas from the gas introduction chamber 17, which is basically the same as the ion bombardment process. The film formation process was performed by operation.
That is, an AC voltage of 100 V is applied to the cathode electrode 114, a DC voltage is applied so that a potential difference of 80 V is generated between the cathode electrode 114 and the anode electrode 115, and benzene ion plasma is generated. A negative bias voltage is applied to the rod-shaped electrode 113 so that a potential difference of 1.0 kV is generated between the cathode electrode 114 and the anode electrode 115, and the reflector 116 is held at the same potential as the cathode electrode 114, whereby benzene ions are Accelerating intensively in the direction of 30 to the inner peripheral surface of the barrel die 30 (small inner peripheral surface with which the glass material 50 contacts during press molding, and large inner peripheral surface with which the upper and lower molds 10 and 20 slide) A carbon-containing film having a thickness of 600 mm was formed.
In forming the carbon-containing film on the inner peripheral surface of the trunk mold 30, the trunk mold 30 was heated to 300 ° C.

[Manufacture of glass optical elements]
Next, as a glass material, a spherical preform 50 having a diameter of 1.6 mm and having a nd = 1.86010, νd = 0.73, a yield point temperature of 600 ° C., and a transition point temperature of 560 ° C. is used. It was supplied onto the molding surface 12 of the lower mold 20. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 1A, the upper and lower molds 10 and 20 were accommodated in the body mold 30 and the mold was heated by a resistance heater (not shown) arranged around the mold. Then, when the preform 50 reached 645 ° C., the lower spindle supporting the lower mold 20 was raised at a predetermined speed to start pressing.

  By pressing the heat-softened preform 50 with the upper and lower molds 10 and 20, the preform 50 is deformed as shown in FIG. 1B, and the shapes of the molding surfaces 11 and 21 of the upper and lower molds 10 and 20 are transferred. At the same time, the outer peripheral side of the preform 50 was in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the body mold 30, thereby regulating the outer diameter of the glass optical element to be molded. After the elapse of a predetermined time from the start of pressing, the height of the upper end surface of the upper mold 10 and the upper end surface of the body mold 30 coincided, and the pressing of the preform 50 was finished.

  Then, it was gradually cooled to 530 ° C. below the transition temperature at a cooling rate of 60 ° C./min, and the press pressure was released. Furthermore, it cooled to 65 degreeC which is the temperature which can be taken out, the mold was disassembled, and the convex meniscus lens (glass optical element) shape | molded was taken out.

In this example, the above press molding was repeated 300 times in the same process, and 300 lenses were molded.
When disassembling the mold and taking out the molded lens, the molded lens, the upper and lower molds 10 and 20, and the body mold 30 are not fused, and the mold can be smoothly disassembled. I was able to remove it. In addition, all 300 lenses did not have any chipping or cracking and met the quality standards. Furthermore, when the inner peripheral surface of the small diameter portion of the body mold 30 in contact with the outer diameter of the lens was observed, no peeling of the carbon-containing film or partial chipping of the mold was confirmed.

[Comparative example]
When the carbon-containing film is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the trunk mold, the above embodiment is used except that the barrel mold is used without forming the rod-shaped electrode 113 in the hollow portion on the inner peripheral side of the trunk mold. In the same manner as described above, press molding was performed.
As a result, during the 113th press molding, a lens take-out failure occurred, and the press molding was interrupted. Then, when the inner peripheral surface of the body mold was observed, peeling was confirmed on a part of the carbon-containing film in the body mold small diameter part that regulates the outer diameter of the lens.
Thereafter, press molding was repeated several times using the barrel mold, but the same press failure occurred frequently, so the subsequent press molding was stopped.

  While the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiment, it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the present invention. .

  The present invention is a mold press molding comprising a pair of upper and lower molds having molding surfaces facing each other, and a body mold that accommodates the upper and lower molds and regulates the mutual position in a direction perpendicular to the press axis of the upper and lower molds. In manufacturing the mold, the carbon-containing film can be satisfactorily formed on the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical mold formed in a cylindrical shape.

1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing an embodiment of a mold press mold according to the present invention. 1 is an exploded explanatory view showing a schematic configuration of a film forming apparatus according to the present invention. In the film-forming apparatus which concerns on this invention, it is explanatory drawing which shows the state which hold | maintained the trunk | drum type | mold to the holder.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Upper mold | type 11 Molding surface 12 Small diameter part 13 Large diameter part 20 Lower mold | type 21 Molding surface 22 Small diameter part 23 Large diameter part 30 Body mold | type 50 Glass material 100 Film-forming apparatus 110 Reaction vessel 113 Rod electrode 114 Cathode electrode 115 Anode electrode

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A mold press mold comprising a pair of upper and lower molds having molding surfaces facing each other and a barrel mold that accommodates the upper and lower molds and regulates the mutual position in a direction perpendicular to the press axis of the upper and lower molds is manufactured. Hits the,
In the reaction vessel equipped with the plasma generation source, the cylinder mold is arranged in a state where the rod-shaped electrode is inserted into the hollow part on the inner peripheral surface side of the cylinder mold formed in a cylindrical shape,
Next, after evacuating the atmospheric gas in the reaction vessel, a gaseous film forming material containing carbon is introduced into the reaction vessel to generate plasma, thereby generating carbon charged particles,
A method for producing a mold press mold, comprising applying a bias voltage to the rod-shaped electrode to induce the carbon charged particles to an inner peripheral surface of the body mold to form a carbon-containing film.   2. The mold press according to claim 1, wherein the carbon-containing film is formed on a surface of the inner peripheral surface of the body mold that comes into contact with the glass material when the upper and lower molds press the glass material. A method for manufacturing a mold.   3. The carbon-containing film according to claim 1, wherein the carbon-containing film is formed on a surface on which both or one of the upper and lower molds slides among the inner side surfaces of the body mold. Method of manufacturing a mold press mold. A mold press mold comprising a pair of upper and lower molds having molding surfaces facing each other, and a cylindrical body mold that accommodates the upper and lower molds and regulates the mutual position in a direction orthogonal to the press axis of the upper and lower molds Because
In the reaction vessel equipped with the plasma generation source, the cylinder mold is arranged in a state where the rod-shaped electrode is inserted into the hollow part on the inner peripheral surface side of the cylinder mold formed in a cylindrical shape,
Next, after evacuating the atmospheric gas in the reaction vessel, a gaseous film forming material containing carbon is introduced into the reaction vessel to generate plasma, thereby generating carbon charged particles,
A mold press mold comprising: forming a carbon-containing film by applying a bias voltage to the rod-shaped electrode to induce the carbon charged particles to an inner peripheral surface of the body mold.   The mold according to claim 4, wherein the carbon-containing film is formed on a surface of the inner peripheral surface of the body mold that comes into contact with the glass material when the upper and lower molds press the glass material. Press mold.   6. The carbon-containing film according to claim 4, wherein the carbon-containing film is formed on a surface on which both of the upper and lower molds or one of the upper and lower molds slides among the inner side surfaces of the barrel mold. The mold press mold according to the description.   The mold press mold according to any one of claims 4 to 6, wherein the body mold is made of a non-conductive material.   The mold press mold according to any one of claims 4 to 7, wherein the body mold is made of silicon carbide. A mold press mold comprising a pair of upper and lower molds having molding surfaces facing each other, and a cylindrical body mold that accommodates the upper and lower molds and regulates the mutual position in a direction orthogonal to the press axis of the upper and lower molds Because
In a reaction vessel equipped with a plasma generation source, the barrel mold is disposed in a state where a rod-shaped electrode is inserted into a hollow portion on the inner peripheral surface side,
Next, after evacuating the atmospheric gas in the reaction vessel, a gaseous film forming material containing carbon is introduced into the reaction vessel to generate plasma, thereby generating carbon charged particles,
Using a mold press mold formed by applying a bias voltage to the rod-shaped electrode and guiding the carbon charged particles to the inner peripheral surface of the body mold to form a carbon-containing film,
A glass optical element manufacturing method, wherein a glass material is supplied between the upper and lower molds and press-molded to obtain a glass optical element having a predetermined shape.

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