EP0128779A2 - Spherical surface grinding device - Google Patents
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- 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
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- the present invention relates to a spherical surface grinding device for manufacturing such optical parts as optical lens, mirror, etc., which enable realization of well finished surface at high efficiency.
- the glass stock is brought to the collet chuck by worker's hand or by an auto loader, to be held thereby, and is taken out by the same means.
- the diamond grinding stone generally used is METAL BOND of the order of #100 ⁇ #400, which produces a finished surface roughness of 2-6 Rmax.
- smoothing is performed with diamond METAL BOND pellet and RESINOID BOND pellet and in further later processing, polishing is performed, using such abrasive as Ce0 2 , etc.
- the lens 3 held by the collet chuck 1 can be ground only by one diamond grinding stone 7.
- the lens holding posture will be altered and, therefore, larger margin must be taken for precision grinding. Accordingly, rough grinding and precision grinding can not be performed at high efficiency. Since the forced cutting-in method in rough grinding and the constant pressure cutting-in method in precision grinding, respectively, cannot be readily adopted, well finished surface can not be obtained. Thus this device was unable to be put to use for production in the same tact time.
- the present invention provides in one aspect a spherical surface grinding device having a holder for holding the work, characterised by work shafts on each of which this holder is mounted, to be turned therewith, and each of which feeds it in the axial direction, and grinding tools each arranged at a specified slope angle so as to grind the aforementioned work to the prescribed spherical shape, the aforementioned work shafts and the grinding tools respectively being adapted for rough grinding and for precision grinding, and said device being equipped with a transferring device for bringing the holder holding the aforementioned work to the work shaft for rough grinding and to the work shaft for precision grinding.
- the invention provides a spherical surface grinding device having a holder capable of holding the work, characterised by a chuck unit for gripping this holder and comprising a transferring device capable of moving between the position for rough grinding of the work and the position for precision grindings, two work shafts each of which receives the holder transferred from the aforementioned chuck unit, is rotatable and moves up and down, one being adapted for rough grinding of the work, and the other for precision grinding, and two grinding tools placed respectively facing the two work shafts, which are in concert capable of grinding the work to the desired spherical shape and each of which is located at a specified angle and position relative to the work surface.
- the invention provides a spherical surface grinding device having a holder capable of holding the work characterised by a chuck unit for gripping this holder, and comprising a transferring device capable of moving between the position for rough grinding of the work and the position for precision grinding, two work shafts each of which receives the holder transferred from the aforementioned chuck unit and holds it, and which are rotatable and move up and down, one of them being adaptable for rough grinding of the work and the other for precision grinding, and two grinding tools placed respectively facing these two work shafts, which in concert are capable of grinding the work held by the holder to the desired spherical shape, and each of which is located at a specified angle and position relative to the work surface, the work shaft for rough grinding being so arranged as to feed in the work the prescribed distance against the grinding tool, and the work shaft for precision grinding to feed in the work at a prescribed pressure.
- the device according to the invention is quite advantageous in maintenance and control of precision and reduction of cost.
- FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing the scheme for transferring the work.
- the lens 9 on conveyor 8 is transferred in the direction of a by auto-hand 10 and is taken in by a holder 12 supported on a chuck unit 11, to be held thereby.
- the chuck unit 11 is on index table 13, turned by 120° in the direction of b, to conduct the rough grinding, then, further turned by 120° in the direction of c, to conduct the precision grinding and again turned by 120° in the direction of d to the former position, where the lens 9 is detached from the holder 12, taken out in the direction of e and put on a conveyor 14.
- the aforementioned operations are continuously run one after another in the same tact time.
- FIG. 3 presents a particular embodiment, giving a plan view of a spherical surface grinding device and FIG. 4 is its front elevation.
- 15 denotes a diamond stone for rough grinding, METAL BOND of the order of #100 ⁇ #400.
- Numeral 16 designates a
- diamond grinding stone for precision grinding METAL BOND of the order of #800 ⁇ #1500.
- Numerals 17 and 18 give respective rotary spindles of the aforementioned grinding stones, and 19 and 20 their driving motors.
- Numerals 21 and 22 designate sliding drive motors for transferring the aforementioned grinding stones to their specified positions. Further, by drive motors, not shown in the figures, the stones are inclined at specified slope angles pivoting around 23 and 24.
- Numerals 25 and 26 denote rotary spindles on each of which the chuck unit 28 holding the lens 27 to be ground is mounted, and which turn at about 5 n, 50 rpm and 29 and 30 designate their drive motors.
- the rotary spindle 25, being for rough grinding, is forcibly fed in for a specified distance against the diamond grinding stone 15, realizing the grinding in the forced cutting-in way.
- the rotary spindle 26, being for precision grinding, is fed in against the diamond grinding stone 16 at a specified constant pressure, realizing the grinding in the constant pressure cutting-in way.
- Numeral 31 designates an auto-hand for taking the lens stock 27 into this spherical surface grinding device, which performs the operation of getting the work to be held by or taken out of the holder 28, etc.
- Numeral 32 represents the chuck unit which supports the holder 28 and is mounted on rotary index 33, and 34 stands for the machine base.
- the auto-hand 31 takes in the lens stock 27 from outside and sets it on the holder 28, to be held thereby.
- the holder 28, as it is, being held by the chuck unit 32, is turned by 120° in the direction of f by the rotary index 33, to be set in position, and is secured by the rotary spindle 25 upon the chuck unit 32 releasing it.
- the diamond grinding stone 15 so arranged as to grind the lens stock 27 to the desired radius of curvature is running at as high a speed as 8,000 ⁇ 1,200 rpm. against this stone, the lens stock 27 fixed on the aforementioned rotary spindle 25 is forcibly subjected to a constant dimension cutting-in, while turning at 5 ⁇ 50 rpm, for performing the rough grinding.
- the holder 28 is released from the rotary spindle 25, again supported by the chuck unit 32 and, then, turned further by 120° in the direction of f, to be set in position. Then the lens stock 27 secured on the rotary spindle 26 similarly as above-described is subjected to a cutting-in at a constant pressure, while turning at 5 ⁇ 50 rpm, for performing the precision grinding. After this grinding, the work is again supported similarly by the chuck unit 32 and again turned by 120° in the direction of f, to be returned to its former position. Thereafter, the lens finished by the precision grinding as above-described is taken out from the spherical surface grinding device by means of the auto-hand 31. A series of operations as above-mentioned are continuously carried out each in the same tact time.
- Rmax of the order of 0.2 um can be readily achieved after finishing by precision grinding with tact time about 20 ⁇ 50 sec and this process is automatable.
- the holder holding the work is transferred to the work shaft for rough grinding and to the work shaft for precision grinding and, further, the work shaft for rough grinding is provided with the mechanism for forced cutting-in against the grinding tool, while the work shaft for precision grinding is provided with the mechanism for cutting-in at a specified pressure, respectively.
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- The present invention relates to a spherical surface grinding device for manufacturing such optical parts as optical lens, mirror, etc., which enable realization of well finished surface at high efficiency.
- In the conventional spherical grinding device, with structure particularly as shown in FIG. 1, a
lens 3 held by acollet chuck 1, which is mounted on a rotary spindle 2, to be turned thereby at a low speed, is subjected to spherical grinding by means of adiamond grinding stone 7 turned at a high speed, mounted on a high speed rotary spindle 6 which is inclined at a specific slope angle by a slopingslide shaft 4 and, further, which is placed in a specific position by aparallel slide shaft 5. In doing this work, the glass stock is brought to the collet chuck by worker's hand or by an auto loader, to be held thereby, and is taken out by the same means. The diamond grinding stone generally used is METAL BOND of the order of #100~#400, which produces a finished surface roughness of 2-6 Rmax. In after-processing, smoothing is performed with diamond METAL BOND pellet and RESINOID BOND pellet and in further later processing, polishing is performed, using such abrasive as Ce02, etc. - In the device as above-described, however, the
lens 3 held by thecollet chuck 1 can be ground only by onediamond grinding stone 7. When it is further to be finished, it is necessary to replace the stone or transfer the lens to another spherical surface grinding device. For again holding the lens by another collet chuck, the lens holding posture will be altered and, therefore, larger margin must be taken for precision grinding. Accordingly, rough grinding and precision grinding can not be performed at high efficiency. Since the forced cutting-in method in rough grinding and the constant pressure cutting-in method in precision grinding, respectively, cannot be readily adopted, well finished surface can not be obtained. Thus this device was unable to be put to use for production in the same tact time. - The present invention provides in one aspect a spherical surface grinding device having a holder for holding the work, characterised by work shafts on each of which this holder is mounted, to be turned therewith, and each of which feeds it in the axial direction, and grinding tools each arranged at a specified slope angle so as to grind the aforementioned work to the prescribed spherical shape, the aforementioned work shafts and the grinding tools respectively being adapted for rough grinding and for precision grinding, and said device being equipped with a transferring device for bringing the holder holding the aforementioned work to the work shaft for rough grinding and to the work shaft for precision grinding.
- In a further aspect, the invention provides a spherical surface grinding device having a holder capable of holding the work, characterised by a chuck unit for gripping this holder and comprising a transferring device capable of moving between the position for rough grinding of the work and the position for precision grindings, two work shafts each of which receives the holder transferred from the aforementioned chuck unit, is rotatable and moves up and down, one being adapted for rough grinding of the work, and the other for precision grinding, and two grinding tools placed respectively facing the two work shafts, which are in concert capable of grinding the work to the desired spherical shape and each of which is located at a specified angle and position relative to the work surface.
- In a further aspect, the invention provides a spherical surface grinding device having a holder capable of holding the work characterised by a chuck unit for gripping this holder, and comprising a transferring device capable of moving between the position for rough grinding of the work and the position for precision grinding, two work shafts each of which receives the holder transferred from the aforementioned chuck unit and holds it, and which are rotatable and move up and down, one of them being adaptable for rough grinding of the work and the other for precision grinding, and two grinding tools placed respectively facing these two work shafts, which in concert are capable of grinding the work held by the holder to the desired spherical shape, and each of which is located at a specified angle and position relative to the work surface, the work shaft for rough grinding being so arranged as to feed in the work the prescribed distance against the grinding tool, and the work shaft for precision grinding to feed in the work at a prescribed pressure.
- The device according to the invention is quite advantageous in maintenance and control of precision and reduction of cost.
- FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a particular structure of a conventional spherical surface grinding device;
- FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing the scheme for transferring the work in an embodiment of this invention;
- FIG. 3 is a plan view showing this spheric surface grinding device; and
- FIG. 4 is a front elevation of the same.
- In the following, an embodiment of this invention is described with reference to the accompanying drawings:
- FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing the scheme for transferring the work. the
lens 9 onconveyor 8 is transferred in the direction of a by auto-hand 10 and is taken in by aholder 12 supported on achuck unit 11, to be held thereby. Thechuck unit 11 is on index table 13, turned by 120° in the direction of b, to conduct the rough grinding, then, further turned by 120° in the direction of c, to conduct the precision grinding and again turned by 120° in the direction of d to the former position, where thelens 9 is detached from theholder 12, taken out in the direction of e and put on aconveyor 14. The aforementioned operations are continuously run one after another in the same tact time. - FIG. 3 presents a particular embodiment, giving a plan view of a spherical surface grinding device and FIG. 4 is its front elevation. In this figure, 15 denotes a diamond stone for rough grinding, METAL BOND of the order of #100 ~ #400. Numeral 16 designates a
- diamond grinding stone for precision grinding, METAL BOND of the order of #800 ~ #1500. Numerals 17 and 18 give respective rotary spindles of the aforementioned grinding stones, and 19 and 20 their driving motors.
Numerals chuck unit 28 holding thelens 27 to be ground is mounted, and which turn at about 5 n, 50 rpm and 29 and 30 designate their drive motors. Therotary spindle 25, being for rough grinding, is forcibly fed in for a specified distance against thediamond grinding stone 15, realizing the grinding in the forced cutting-in way. Therotary spindle 26, being for precision grinding, is fed in against the diamond grinding stone 16 at a specified constant pressure, realizing the grinding in the constant pressure cutting-in way. - Numeral 31 designates an auto-hand for taking the
lens stock 27 into this spherical surface grinding device, which performs the operation of getting the work to be held by or taken out of theholder 28, etc.Numeral 32 represents the chuck unit which supports theholder 28 and is mounted onrotary index - In the following, the operation of the spherical surface grinding device composed as hereabove-described is described.
- First, the auto-
hand 31 takes in thelens stock 27 from outside and sets it on theholder 28, to be held thereby. Theholder 28, as it is, being held by thechuck unit 32, is turned by 120° in the direction of f by therotary index 33, to be set in position, and is secured by therotary spindle 25 upon thechuck unit 32 releasing it. Thediamond grinding stone 15 so arranged as to grind thelens stock 27 to the desired radius of curvature is running at as high a speed as 8,000 ~ 1,200 rpm. Against this stone, thelens stock 27 fixed on the aforementionedrotary spindle 25 is forcibly subjected to a constant dimension cutting-in, while turning at 5 < 50 rpm, for performing the rough grinding. After this grinding, theholder 28 is released from therotary spindle 25, again supported by thechuck unit 32 and, then, turned further by 120° in the direction of f, to be set in position. Then thelens stock 27 secured on therotary spindle 26 similarly as above-described is subjected to a cutting-in at a constant pressure, while turning at 5 ~ 50 rpm, for performing the precision grinding. After this grinding, the work is again supported similarly by thechuck unit 32 and again turned by 120° in the direction of f, to be returned to its former position. Thereafter, the lens finished by the precision grinding as above-described is taken out from the spherical surface grinding device by means of the auto-hand 31. A series of operations as above-mentioned are continuously carried out each in the same tact time. - According to the embodiment above-described, Rmax of the order of 0.2 um can be readily achieved after finishing by precision grinding with tact time about 20 ~ 50 sec and this process is automatable.
- According to this invention, the holder holding the work is transferred to the work shaft for rough grinding and to the work shaft for precision grinding and, further, the work shaft for rough grinding is provided with the mechanism for forced cutting-in against the grinding tool, while the work shaft for precision grinding is provided with the mechanism for cutting-in at a specified pressure, respectively. For this reason, well finished surface is realizable in short time at high efficiency and such after-processings as smoothing and polishing may be spared. Besides, automation of the processes is feasible and maintenance of quality and cost reduction are easy.
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JP10513783A JPS59232758A (en) | 1983-06-13 | 1983-06-13 | Spherical face working system |
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JP15123683A JPS6044263A (en) | 1983-08-18 | 1983-08-18 | Spherical processing device |
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EP0128779A3 EP0128779A3 (en) | 1986-03-05 |
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EP0532892A1 (en) * | 1991-08-16 | 1993-03-24 | Wernicke & Co. GmbH | Equipment for grinding the optical surfaces and/or the edges of spectacle glasses |
EP0835722A1 (en) * | 1996-10-14 | 1998-04-15 | Nikon Corporation | Plastic lens substrate and apparatus for and method of producing the same |
EP1375065A1 (en) * | 2002-06-28 | 2004-01-02 | Nidek Co., Ltd. | Lens stocking device and lens processing system having the same |
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EP0835722A1 (en) * | 1996-10-14 | 1998-04-15 | Nikon Corporation | Plastic lens substrate and apparatus for and method of producing the same |
US6276994B1 (en) | 1996-10-14 | 2001-08-21 | Nikon Corporation | Plastic lens substrate and apparatus for and method of producing the same |
EP1375065A1 (en) * | 2002-06-28 | 2004-01-02 | Nidek Co., Ltd. | Lens stocking device and lens processing system having the same |
US9949843B2 (en) | 2004-08-09 | 2018-04-24 | Si-Bone Inc. | Apparatus, systems, and methods for the fixation or fusion of bone |
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