JP3824351B2 - Plastic lens manufacturing equipment - Google Patents

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JP3824351B2
JP3824351B2 JP17097496A JP17097496A JP3824351B2 JP 3824351 B2 JP3824351 B2 JP 3824351B2 JP 17097496 A JP17097496 A JP 17097496A JP 17097496 A JP17097496 A JP 17097496A JP 3824351 B2 JP3824351 B2 JP 3824351B2
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和憲 影井
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【0001】
【産業上の利用分野】
本発明は、眼鏡用レンズ、サングラスレンズ、カメラ用レンズ等の光学用に適した光学的に均質なプラスチックレンズの製造装置に関するものである。
【0002】
【従来の技術】
プラスチックレンズの成形過程で、レンズ用原料を封入した成形型を、静止状態で加熱重合する事で、プラスチックレンズが得られる。
【0003】
ここでいう成形型とは、ガラスモールド及びガスケットあるいはテープからなるものであり、それらで囲まれた内部空間にレンズ用原料を注入することでプラスチックレンズを得ることができる。
【0004】
また注型重合によりプラスチックレンズを製造する際に、重合温度と重合時間は重要であり、例えば特開平5−212732号公報には、初期温度は5〜50℃が好ましく5〜50時間をかけ100〜140℃に昇温するとよく、初期温度が5℃より低いと重合時間が長くなり、初期温度が50℃より高いと得られたレンズは光学的に不均質になりやすいことが記述されている。
【0005】
しかしながら、従来の注型重合によるプラスチックレンズ製造法では、脈理と称する光学歪みを完全に無くすことは難しく、歩留まりの向上を妨げており、製造コストの低減を難しくしている。
【0006】
重合過程において、光学歪みが発生する原因は明らかではないが、外部からの熱等によって重合が行われていく際に、成形型内部のモノマーは徐々に反応が起こり、これら反応前後のモノマーに比重差を生じることによって、モノマーの移動が起こるが、その移動の形跡が脈理原因の一つの要因と考えられる。
【0007】
【本発明が解決しようとする課題】
解決しようとする課題は、プラスチックレンズ製造において光学歪みの無いあるいは極めて少ないプラスチックレンズを製造できる装置を提供することである。
【0008】
(課題を解決するための手段)
本発明は、プラスチックレンズの製造に於いて、成形型に充填したレンズ用原料の任意の微小部分にかかる重力の方向が、変化するようになした成型方法を実施しうる構造とした装置に関する。
【0009】
上記の成形方法について、レンズ用原料を封入した成形型をほぼ水平方向の回転軸に沿って回転移動させながら加熱重合すると効果的である。
【0010】
【発明の実施の形態】
本発明を実施する一つの実施態様としては、注型重合法によるプラスチックレンズの製造において、モノマーの注入された成形型を、ほぼ水平の回転軸をもつ回転装置付き加熱炉に投入し、成形型又は集合被回転体を移動せずに、加熱回転重合させる製造装置である。
【0011】
ここで云う集合被回転体とは、回転させるための装置に装着する枠体に成形型を2個或いはそれ以上装着した集合体を云う。
【0012】
また、回転させるための装置に成形型を装着する時の間隔には特に設定はないが、重合過程で隣り合う成形型からの発熱によって、成形型内部の重合温度が設定温度よりかなり高くなる場合がある。この場合、成形型どうしの間隔を約1cm以上空けることで個々の成形型の重合温度が、隣り合う成形型からの発熱に影響されずに重合ができ、重合温度条件の管理が容易にできる。
【0013】
回転は加熱炉内あるいは加熱炉外に設置した動力源より供給されるが、加熱炉内のものでは動力源が加熱されるので、通常、加熱炉外に設置した動力源例えば電動機(モータ)により供給されるのが好ましい。動力源からの回転はギアあるいはクランク等の伝導・変速手段により、好ましくは加熱炉壁面に設置した軸受を通して加熱炉内部に伝導される。加熱炉内部にはモノマーの注入された成形型又は集合被回転体を装着して回転させるための機構が設置される。
【0014】
加熱炉内部に設置される回転機構は、例えば、個々の成形型を単独で転倒しないように固定装着しうる転倒防止回転手段を備えることが良く、一例では、転倒防止支持具を配した回転ロールからなるものが良い。産業上の観点から個々の成形型は重合の前後において装着・脱着が容易であることが望ましく、成形型転倒防止支持具の一部が取り外し出来るもの、又は、成形型転倒防止支持具の一部がバネ機構により固定されるものが好ましい。
【0015】
より好ましい実施態様としての回転機構は、加熱炉外部から加熱炉内部に通じる回転軸の加熱炉内部末端にチャック機構あるいはクラッチ機構を配し、これにモノマーの注入された成形型を予め2個あるいはそれ以上装着した集合被回転体を接続することにより実施されうる。この場合、モノマーの注入された成形型は予め加熱炉外の場所において2個あるいはそれ以上装着された集合被回転体となされ、この集合被回転体を加熱炉の回転伝達機構に接続すればよい。
【0016】
また別の実施態様として、注型重合法によるプラスチックレンズの製造において、モノマーの注入された成形型を、トンネル状の加熱部分を有するほぼ水平の回転軸をもつ回転装置付き加熱炉に投入し、成形型又は集合被回転体が、加熱炉内の空間部を加熱回転重合しながら通過できる製造装置としてもよい。
【0017】
トンネル炉内には、成形型又は集合被回転体を加熱空間内に移動させるための移動用駆動装置と、成形型又は集合被回転体を回転させるための回転用駆動装置を有する。駆動装置は、好ましくはトンネル炉外に設置した動力源により駆動される。
【0018】
トンネル炉内の移動用駆動装置は、ギア、チェーン、ベルトあるいは直動モータなどにより構成され、成形型あるいは集合被回転体はこれらの駆動装置上に比較的容易に着脱しうるものとする。好ましくは、トンネル炉内両側部に移動用駆動装置を有し、これに入口部において成形型あるいは集合被回転体の回転軸を合わせて装着することにより成形型あるいは集合被回転体はトンネル炉内へと移動される。
【0019】
回転用駆動装置はトンネル炉内に移動された成形型あるいは集合被回転体に回転を与えることができる機構であれば良く、ギアの組み合わせによるもの等が一般的には用いられる。
【0020】
移動用駆動装置と回転用駆動装置は同一あるいは異なっていても良いが、回転速度と移動速度は、それぞれ独立に制御しうることが必要である。トンネル炉内は単一あるいは2以上のゾーンから構成され、重合を完結させるのに必要な温度および時間条件を確保できるように設定される。
【0021】
注型重合とは、単官能性あるいは多官能性のモノマーの単独あるいは混合物を成形型に注入し、熱や光で硬化することによって、成形型の形状に成形することである。
【0022】
本発明において、注型重合過程に与える特定方向の回転とは、以下に述べるとおりである。
【0023】
調製されたモノマーを成形型に注入し、モノマーが漏れないようにした後、垂直方向に回転させる。垂直方向の回転とは、モノマーの注入された成形型を、ほぼ水平方向の回転軸に添って回転させることを云う。
【0024】
本発明による回転は、その作用原理から明らかであるが、モノマーの重合過程において流動性を示す段階で特に重要であり実質的に固化が生じた後は必ずしも必要ではないが続けても何ら差し支えがない。回転数は、0.1〜60rpm好ましくは0.5〜40rpmであり、回転を与える必要のある重合温度は、−10℃以上80℃以下好ましくは10℃以上50℃以下であり、これらの範囲を超えると光学歪みの改善は十分ではないか或いは全く達成されない。
【0025】
(モノマー液の調整方法)
三井東圧化学製MR−6A液15kgを40リットルタンク(アドバンテック製DV−40−JA型)に装入して、減圧下に撹拌脱泡を行う。次いで、MR−6B液19.5kgを装入して冷却(10℃)撹拌しながら脱泡を続ける。更に触媒としてジブチル錫ジクロライドを添加して冷却、撹拌、脱泡を3時間続け、モノマー液MR−6を調製した。
【0026】
(脈理の検査方法)
100W超高圧水銀灯照射装置(ウシオ電機製UI−100型)より発せられる平行光線にレンズをかざし、白色スクリーンに投影されたレンズの像を検査した。脈理のあるものは投影像に陰影が現れるので、不良と判断する。
【0027】
上記のように成形型を回転重合させることにより、成形型内部のモノマーの任意の微小部分にかかる重力の方向が逐次変化することで、注入されたモノマーの移動をほぼ防止することが出来る。
【0028】
光学歪みの無いプラスチックレンズを製造するためには、温度、回転速度等も必要条件となってくるため、適切な重合温度、回転速度等の条件下で重合を行うことによって、光学歪みの無いプラスチックレンズを得ることが出来る。
【0029】
【実施例】
以下、本発明の実施例を図面に基づいて説明するが、本発明はこれにより制限されるものではない。
【0030】
(実施例1)
図1(a)は本発明の全体を示す斜視図であり、図1(b)は一部拡大図である。加熱炉6の外部に設置した電動機1の回転運動は加熱炉外壁に設置した軸受5に軸支された加熱炉内の歯車4aに伝達される。一方、上記MR−6液の注入された成形型2は、次のように固定される。先ず、軸受11に軸支される軸20には歯車4aに噛み合う歯車4bが固定され、軸20の端部にフランジ13を設ける。フランジ13の周面に溝21を3分割位置に設け、溝21にねじ止めされるロッド10を固定する。ロッド10の両端にはねじ部があって両端にフランジ13と軸20を固定することができる。従って、フランジ13とロッド10は一種のかご状に組み立てられた枠体である。2本のロッド10をフランジ溝21に固定し、成形型2をロッド10の上に約1cmの間隔を置いて並置する。そして残りのロッド1本をフランジに固定して転倒防止手段とし集合被回転体3を構成する。更に集合被回転体3は軸受11にのせて歯車4a、4bを噛み合わせる。又、軸受11は集合被回転体3をほぼ水平位置に保持されるように設けている。重合は2段階で行う。先ず、条件1として、回転数1rpm、温度40℃で10時間重合を行う。次に条件2として、回転を止め120℃で3時間重合を行う。
【0031】
(実施例2)
図2(a)は本実施例の全体を示す斜視図であり、図2(b)はその一部拡大図である。図2において、加熱炉8はトンネル状構造を有し、内部は2つの温度ゾーンに分かれておりそれぞれ任意の温度を設定できる。加熱炉には移動用駆動手段7および回転用駆動手段12が設けられている。前記MR−6液の注入された成形型2を集合被回転体3として構成し、加熱炉8の入口で移動用駆動手段7のフック部22に置く。軸20には歯車23が固定されており、回転用駆動手段7に噛み合っている。本例では回転用駆動手段にローラチエンを用いた。又、回転用駆動手段12には耐熱タイミングベルトにフック部22を固定して用いた。移動用駆動手段7と回転用駆動手段12の相対速度を調整すれば集合被回転体の回転数を調整することができる。集合被回転体3は回転しながら加熱炉内に搬送され重合が行われる。重合条件としては、加熱炉内第1ゾーンでは回転数1rpm、温度40℃であり、10時間かけて第1ゾーンを通過し、次に第2ゾーンでは回転数1rpm、温度120℃で3時間かかって通過し、加熱炉の出口へ搬送され重合は終わる。
【0032】
(比較例1)
図3において、前記MR−6液の注入された成形型2を回転手段のない加熱炉9に投入し、重合条件1として、温度40℃で10時間重合を行う。次に重合条件2として、120℃で3時間重合を行う。
【0033】
【表1】

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【0034】
【発明の効果】
本発明の装置を用いてレンズを製造すると、従来のプラスチックレンズの製造装置により作られたレンズの持つ脈理問題の解決されたレンズが得られる。適用されるレンズ用原料は、モノマーに限らず予備重合を行った段階の樹脂類や、熱可塑性の樹脂などにも用いて光学的に均一なレンズを得ることができる。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図1】(a)は、成形型を加熱炉内で加熱回転重合させるための製造装置の一例を示す斜視図であり、(b)は(a)の部分拡大図である。
【図2】(a)は、成形型を加熱炉内の空間部を通過しながら加熱回転重合させるための製造装置の一例を示す斜視図であり、(b)は(a)の部分拡大図である。
【図3】成形型を重合させるための回転手段を有しない製造装置を示す斜視図である。
【符号の説明】
1 電動機
2 成形型
3 集合被回転体
4、4a、4b 歯車
5 軸受
6 加熱炉
7 移動用駆動手段
8 加熱炉
9 加熱炉
10 ロッド
11 軸受
12 回転用駆動手段
13 フランジ[0001]
[Industrial application fields]
The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing optically homogeneous plastic lenses suitable for optics such as eyeglass lenses, sunglasses lenses, camera lenses, and the like.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In the molding process of a plastic lens, a plastic lens can be obtained by heat-polymerizing a molding die enclosing a lens raw material in a stationary state.
[0003]
The mold referred to here is composed of a glass mold and a gasket or tape, and a plastic lens can be obtained by injecting a lens raw material into an inner space surrounded by them.
[0004]
Further, when producing a plastic lens by cast polymerization, the polymerization temperature and the polymerization time are important. For example, in JP-A-5-127732, the initial temperature is preferably 5 to 50 ° C. and takes 5 to 50 hours. It is stated that the temperature should be raised to ˜140 ° C., the polymerization time becomes longer when the initial temperature is lower than 5 ° C., and the obtained lens tends to be optically inhomogeneous when the initial temperature is higher than 50 ° C. .
[0005]
However, in the conventional plastic lens manufacturing method based on cast polymerization, it is difficult to completely eliminate optical distortion called striae, which hinders improvement in yield and makes it difficult to reduce manufacturing costs.
[0006]
The cause of optical distortion in the polymerization process is not clear, but when polymerization is carried out by heat from the outside, the monomer inside the mold gradually reacts, and the specific gravity of these monomers before and after the reaction Due to the difference, monomer migration occurs, and the trace of the migration is considered to be one of the causes of striae.
[0007]
[Problems to be solved by the present invention]
The problem to be solved is to provide an apparatus capable of producing a plastic lens having no or very little optical distortion in plastic lens production.
[0008]
(Means for solving the problem)
The present invention relates to an apparatus having a structure capable of executing a molding method in which the direction of gravity applied to an arbitrary minute portion of a lens raw material filled in a mold is changed in the production of a plastic lens.
[0009]
With respect to the molding method described above, it is effective to perform heat polymerization while rotating the molding die enclosing the lens raw material along a substantially horizontal rotation axis.
[0010]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
As one embodiment for carrying out the present invention, in the production of a plastic lens by a casting polymerization method, a molding die into which a monomer is injected is put into a heating furnace equipped with a rotating device having a substantially horizontal rotating shaft, and the molding die Or it is the manufacturing apparatus which heat-rotates and polymerizes, without moving an assembly to-be-rotated body.
[0011]
The collective rotating body referred to here refers to an aggregate in which two or more molding dies are mounted on a frame mounted on a device for rotation.
[0012]
In addition, there is no particular setting for the interval when the mold is attached to the device for rotation, but the polymerization temperature inside the mold becomes considerably higher than the set temperature due to heat generated from the adjacent mold during the polymerization process. There is. In this case, by separating the molds by about 1 cm or more, the polymerization temperature of each mold can be polymerized without being affected by the heat generated from the adjacent molds, and the polymerization temperature conditions can be easily managed.
[0013]
The rotation is supplied from a power source installed inside or outside the heating furnace. However, since the power source is heated inside the heating furnace, the power source usually installed outside the heating furnace, for example, an electric motor (motor) is used. Preferably it is supplied. The rotation from the power source is conducted to the inside of the heating furnace by a transmission / transmission means such as a gear or a crank, preferably through a bearing installed on the wall of the heating furnace. Inside the heating furnace, a mechanism for mounting and rotating a mold into which a monomer has been injected or an assembly rotating body is installed.
[0014]
The rotation mechanism installed in the heating furnace preferably includes, for example, a roll prevention rotation means capable of fixing and mounting individual molds so as not to fall alone. In one example, a rotation roll provided with a fall prevention support tool The one that consists of is good. From an industrial point of view, it is desirable that individual molds be easily attached and detached before and after polymerization, and a part of the mold fall prevention support tool can be removed or a part of the mold fall prevention support tool. Is preferably fixed by a spring mechanism.
[0015]
As a more preferred embodiment, the rotation mechanism is provided with a chuck mechanism or a clutch mechanism at the inner end of the heating shaft of the rotating shaft that communicates from the outside of the heating furnace to the inside of the heating furnace, and two or more molds into which the monomer has been injected in advance. It can be carried out by connecting a collective rotated body mounted further. In this case, the molding die into which the monomer has been injected is made into a collective rotating body that is mounted in advance at two or more locations outside the heating furnace, and this collective rotating body may be connected to the rotation transmission mechanism of the heating furnace. .
[0016]
As another embodiment, in the production of a plastic lens by the casting polymerization method, the mold into which the monomer has been injected is put into a heating furnace with a rotating device having a substantially horizontal rotating shaft having a tunnel-like heating portion, It is good also as a manufacturing apparatus which can pass a shaping | molding die or an assembly to-be-rotated body, carrying out heating rotation polymerization in the space part in a heating furnace.
[0017]
The tunnel furnace includes a moving drive device for moving the molding die or the collective rotating body into the heating space, and a rotating drive device for rotating the forming die or the collective rotating member. The drive device is preferably driven by a power source installed outside the tunnel furnace.
[0018]
The driving device for movement in the tunnel furnace is constituted by gears, chains, belts, linear motion motors, or the like, and the mold or the collective rotating body can be attached to and detached from these driving devices relatively easily. Preferably, a moving drive device is provided on both sides in the tunnel furnace, and the mold or the collective rotating body is installed in the tunnel furnace by attaching the rotation axis of the mold or the collective rotating object to the entrance portion of the driving device. Moved to.
[0019]
The rotation drive device may be a mechanism that can rotate the mold or the collective rotating body moved into the tunnel furnace, and a combination of gears is generally used.
[0020]
The driving device for movement and the driving device for rotation may be the same or different, but it is necessary that the rotation speed and the movement speed can be controlled independently. The inside of the tunnel furnace is composed of a single zone or two or more zones, and is set so as to ensure temperature and time conditions necessary for completing the polymerization.
[0021]
The casting polymerization is to form a molding die by injecting a monofunctional or polyfunctional monomer alone or a mixture into the molding die and curing with heat or light.
[0022]
In the present invention, the rotation in a specific direction given to the casting polymerization process is as described below.
[0023]
The prepared monomer is poured into a mold to prevent the monomer from leaking, and then rotated in the vertical direction. Vertical rotation refers to rotating the mold into which the monomer has been injected along a substantially horizontal rotation axis.
[0024]
The rotation according to the present invention is apparent from the principle of operation, but is particularly important in the stage of showing fluidity in the polymerization process of the monomer, and is not necessarily required after the solidification has occurred, but it can be continued. Absent. The number of rotations is 0.1 to 60 rpm, preferably 0.5 to 40 rpm, and the polymerization temperature that needs to give rotation is −10 ° C. or more and 80 ° C. or less, preferably 10 ° C. or more and 50 ° C. or less, and these ranges. Above this, the optical distortion improvement is not sufficient or not achieved at all.
[0025]
(Method for adjusting monomer liquid)
15 kg of MR-6A solution manufactured by Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals is charged into a 40 liter tank (Advantech DV-40-JA type) and stirred and degassed under reduced pressure. Next, 19.5 kg of MR-6B solution is charged, and degassing is continued while cooling (10 ° C.) and stirring. Further, dibutyltin dichloride was added as a catalyst, followed by cooling, stirring and defoaming for 3 hours to prepare a monomer liquid MR-6.
[0026]
(Striatus inspection method)
The lens was held over a parallel light beam emitted from a 100 W ultra high pressure mercury lamp irradiation device (UI-100 manufactured by USHIO INC.), And the image of the lens projected on the white screen was examined. If there is striae, a shadow appears in the projected image, so it is determined to be defective.
[0027]
By rotating and polymerizing the mold as described above, the direction of gravity applied to an arbitrary minute portion of the monomer inside the mold is sequentially changed, so that the movement of the injected monomer can be substantially prevented.
[0028]
In order to produce a plastic lens free from optical distortion, the temperature, rotational speed, etc. are also necessary conditions. Therefore, by performing polymerization under conditions such as an appropriate polymerization temperature and rotational speed, a plastic free from optical distortion is obtained. A lens can be obtained.
[0029]
【Example】
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings, but the present invention is not limited thereto.
[0030]
Example 1
FIG. 1 (a) is a perspective view showing the whole of the present invention, and FIG. 1 (b) is a partially enlarged view. The rotational motion of the electric motor 1 installed outside the heating furnace 6 is transmitted to a gear 4a in the heating furnace supported by a bearing 5 installed on the outer wall of the heating furnace. On the other hand, the mold 2 into which the MR-6 liquid has been injected is fixed as follows. First, a gear 4 b that meshes with the gear 4 a is fixed to the shaft 20 that is supported by the bearing 11, and a flange 13 is provided at the end of the shaft 20. A groove 21 is provided on the peripheral surface of the flange 13 at a three-divided position, and the rod 10 screwed to the groove 21 is fixed. There are threaded portions at both ends of the rod 10, and the flange 13 and the shaft 20 can be fixed at both ends. Therefore, the flange 13 and the rod 10 are a kind of frame assembled in a cage shape. The two rods 10 are fixed to the flange groove 21, and the mold 2 is juxtaposed on the rod 10 with an interval of about 1 cm. Then, the remaining one rod is fixed to the flange to constitute a fall prevention means, and the collective rotating body 3 is configured. Further, the collective rotating body 3 is placed on the bearing 11 and meshes with the gears 4a and 4b. Further, the bearing 11 is provided so that the collective rotating body 3 is held in a substantially horizontal position. The polymerization is performed in two stages. First, as condition 1, polymerization is performed at a rotation speed of 1 rpm and a temperature of 40 ° C. for 10 hours. Next, as condition 2, rotation is stopped and polymerization is performed at 120 ° C. for 3 hours.
[0031]
(Example 2)
FIG. 2A is a perspective view showing the whole of this embodiment, and FIG. 2B is a partially enlarged view thereof. In FIG. 2, the heating furnace 8 has a tunnel-like structure, and the inside is divided into two temperature zones, each of which can be set to an arbitrary temperature. The heating furnace is provided with a movement drive means 7 and a rotation drive means 12. The mold 2 into which the MR-6 liquid has been injected is configured as a collective rotating body 3 and placed on the hook portion 22 of the moving drive means 7 at the entrance of the heating furnace 8. A gear 23 is fixed to the shaft 20 and meshes with the rotation driving means 7. In this example, a roller chain is used as the driving means for rotation. Further, the rotation driving means 12 was used with a hook portion 22 fixed to a heat resistant timing belt. By adjusting the relative speeds of the movement drive means 7 and the rotation drive means 12, the number of rotations of the collective rotating body can be adjusted. The aggregated rotating bodies 3 are conveyed into the heating furnace while being rotated, and polymerization is performed. As polymerization conditions, the first zone in the heating furnace has a rotation speed of 1 rpm and a temperature of 40 ° C., passes through the first zone for 10 hours, and then in the second zone, the rotation speed is 1 rpm and the temperature of 120 ° C. takes 3 hours. And passed to the outlet of the heating furnace to complete the polymerization.
[0032]
(Comparative Example 1)
In FIG. 3, the molding die 2 into which the MR-6 liquid has been injected is put into a heating furnace 9 without a rotating means, and polymerization is performed at a temperature of 40 ° C. for 10 hours as a polymerization condition 1. Next, as polymerization condition 2, polymerization is performed at 120 ° C. for 3 hours.
[0033]
[Table 1]
Figure 0003824351
[0034]
【The invention's effect】
When a lens is manufactured using the apparatus of the present invention, a lens in which the striae problem of a lens produced by a conventional plastic lens manufacturing apparatus is solved can be obtained. The lens raw material to be applied is not limited to the monomer, and can be used for resins at the stage of pre-polymerization, thermoplastic resins, and the like to obtain an optically uniform lens.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 (a) is a perspective view showing an example of a manufacturing apparatus for heating and rotating polymerizing a mold in a heating furnace, and FIG. 1 (b) is a partially enlarged view of (a).
FIG. 2 (a) is a perspective view showing an example of a manufacturing apparatus for heating and rotating polymerization of a mold while passing through a space in a heating furnace, and FIG. 2 (b) is a partially enlarged view of (a). It is.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a manufacturing apparatus having no rotating means for polymerizing a mold.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Electric motor 2 Forming die 3 Collected to-be-rotated body 4, 4a, 4b Gear 5 Bearing 6 Heating furnace 7 Movement drive means 8 Heating furnace 9 Heating furnace 10 Rod 11 Bearing 12 Rotation drive means 13 Flange

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注型加熱重合法によるプラスチックレンズの製造において、温度調整可能な加熱炉と、該加熱炉内部にほぼ水平に軸支されたモータを駆動源とする回転軸と、該回転軸に固定されレンズ用原料を充填した成形型を着脱可能に構成した枠体とを備え、複数の成形型が前記枠体に所定の間隔をあけて並置され集合被回転体を形成し、前記回転軸の回転数が0.5〜40rpmの範囲に制御され、前記充填されたレンズ用原料が受ける重力の方向を逐次変化させるように成したプラスチックレンズの製造装置。 In the production of plastic lenses by the cast-type heat polymerization method, a temperature-adjustable heating furnace, a rotating shaft driven by a motor supported almost horizontally inside the heating furnace, and a lens fixed to the rotating shaft for the lens A frame configured to be detachable from a mold filled with raw materials, and a plurality of molds are juxtaposed to the frame at a predetermined interval to form a collective rotating body, and the rotational speed of the rotating shaft is An apparatus for manufacturing a plastic lens , which is controlled in a range of 0.5 to 40 rpm and sequentially changes the direction of gravity received by the filled lens material .
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