Apparatus for assembling a lens-forming device

Details Apparatus for assembling a lens-forming device Apparatus for assembling a lens-forming device

1998-02-19

2000-07-04

Smith, Duane S.

Plastic article or earthenware shaping or treating: apparatus

Control means responsive to or actuated by means sensing or...

Mold motion or position control

264 132, 264 138, 264 22, 264 25, 264 26, 264 405, 264102, 26432811, 264335, 264496, 425171, 4251744, 425190, 425437, 425453, 425546, 425556, 425808, 425DIG201, B29D 1100

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ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for assembling a lens-forming structure, the structure having a front mold, a rear mold, and a gasket defining an axially extending bore, including a collet for supporting the gasket so that at least one of the front mold or the rear mold are insertable into the bore thereof, a robotic arm for inserting the front mold into the bore of the gasket, and a piston for inserting the rear mold into the bore of the gasket. The piston axially moves within the bore of the gasket a selected one of the front mold or the rear mold relative to the other mold to a desired one of a plurality of axial separation distances between the molds. Alternatively, the robotic arm can move the selected mold relative to the other mold.

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