Fabrication of Complex Optical Components From Mold Design to Product /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Brinksmeier, Ekkard (Editor), Riemer, Oltmann (Editor), Gläbe, Ralf M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Production Engineering,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Manufacturing industries.; Machines.; Tools.; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Materials > Surfaces.; Thin films.; Manufacturing, Machines, Tools.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films.; Optical and Electronic Materials.

High quality optical components for consumer products made of glass and plastic are mostly fabricated by replication. This highly developed production technology requires several consecutive, well-matched processing steps called a "process chain" covering all steps from mold design, advanc...

Table of Contents:

• Total Quality Management in the replication process of sophisticated optical elements
• Mold design for complex optical plastics components
• Optical plastics components: Replication processes and plastic materials
• Freeform machining of molds for replication of plastic optics
• Mold structuring by diamond Machining
• Diamond machinable tool steels by novel nitriding processes
• Novel processes for the machining of tool inserts for precision glass molding
• Deterministic polishing of smooth and structured molds
• Process chain for the replication of complex optical glass components
• Deposition, machining and measuring of novel hard coatings
• In-situ and in-process metrology for optical surfaces
• Metrology Past, Present and Future with reference to optics and manufacture.