GB0817755D0 - Lens mould assembly - Google Patents

Lens mould assembly

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Publication number
GB0817755D0
GB0817755D0 GBGB0817755.2A GB0817755A GB0817755D0 GB 0817755 D0 GB0817755 D0 GB 0817755D0 GB 0817755 A GB0817755 A GB 0817755A GB 0817755 D0 GB0817755 D0 GB 0817755D0
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Prior art keywords
mould
retaining means
array
releasably retained
mould assembly
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GBGB0817755.2A
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GB2463901B (en
GB2463901A (en
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ATM AUTOMATION Ltd
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ATM AUTOMATION Ltd
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Priority to GB0817755.2A priority Critical patent/GB2463901B/en
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29D—PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE
    • B29D11/00—Producing optical elements, e.g. lenses or prisms
    • B29D11/00009—Production of simple or compound lenses
    • B29D11/00038—Production of contact lenses
    • B29D11/00259—Plants for the production of contact lenses
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C31/00—Handling, e.g. feeding of the material to be shaped, storage of plastics material before moulding; Automation, i.e. automated handling lines in plastics processing plants, e.g. using manipulators or robots
    • B29C31/006—Handling moulds, e.g. between a mould store and a moulding machine
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C33/00—Moulds or cores; Details thereof or accessories therefor
    • B29C33/30—Mounting, exchanging or centering
    • B29C33/303—Mounting, exchanging or centering centering mould parts or halves, e.g. during mounting
    • B29C33/304—Mounting, exchanging or centering centering mould parts or halves, e.g. during mounting centering cores
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C33/00—Moulds or cores; Details thereof or accessories therefor
    • B29C33/30—Mounting, exchanging or centering
    • B29C33/305—Mounting of moulds or mould support plates
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29D—PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE
    • B29D11/00—Producing optical elements, e.g. lenses or prisms
    • B29D11/00009—Production of simple or compound lenses
    • B29D11/00038—Production of contact lenses
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29D—PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE
    • B29D11/00—Producing optical elements, e.g. lenses or prisms
    • B29D11/00009—Production of simple or compound lenses
    • B29D11/00038—Production of contact lenses
    • B29D11/00125—Auxiliary operations, e.g. removing oxygen from the mould, conveying moulds from a storage to the production line in an inert atmosphere
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29D—PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE
    • B29D11/00—Producing optical elements, e.g. lenses or prisms
    • B29D11/00009—Production of simple or compound lenses
    • B29D11/00038—Production of contact lenses
    • B29D11/00125—Auxiliary operations, e.g. removing oxygen from the mould, conveying moulds from a storage to the production line in an inert atmosphere
    • B29D11/00173—Conveying moulds
    • B29D11/00182—Conveying moulds using carrier plates
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29D—PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE
    • B29D11/00—Producing optical elements, e.g. lenses or prisms
    • B29D11/00009—Production of simple or compound lenses
    • B29D11/00423—Plants for the production of simple or compound lenses
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29D—PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE
    • B29D11/00—Producing optical elements, e.g. lenses or prisms
    • B29D11/00009—Production of simple or compound lenses
    • B29D11/0048—Moulds for lenses
    • B29D11/005—Moulds for lenses having means for aligning the front and back moulds
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C33/00—Moulds or cores; Details thereof or accessories therefor
    • B29C33/30—Mounting, exchanging or centering
    • B29C33/303—Mounting, exchanging or centering centering mould parts or halves, e.g. during mounting
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29L—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES
    • B29L2011/00—Optical elements, e.g. lenses, prisms
    • B29L2011/0016—Lenses
    • B29L2011/0041—Contact lenses

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Ophthalmology & Optometry (AREA)
  • Robotics (AREA)
  • Moulds For Moulding Plastics Or The Like (AREA)
  • Casting Devices For Molds (AREA)
  • Eyeglasses (AREA)

Abstract

An array of first mould parts 38 are releasably retained in a first retaining means 40, with an array of second mould parts releasably retained in a second retaining means 20. The two retaining means are bought together so as to bring the arrays of each mould part together whilst grippers 32 grip the first mould to maintain alignment. The assembled retainers can now be moved around together, without causing misalignment in the moulds. Also disclosed is a mould heating arrangement using multi point (72,fig.9) heat resistant wires to spread heat around a mould arrangement such as that already described.
GB0817755.2A 2008-09-27 2008-09-27 Mould assembly method and apparatus Expired - Fee Related GB2463901B (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0817755.2A GB2463901B (en) 2008-09-27 2008-09-27 Mould assembly method and apparatus

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0817755.2A GB2463901B (en) 2008-09-27 2008-09-27 Mould assembly method and apparatus

Publications (3)

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GB0817755D0 true GB0817755D0 (en) 2008-11-05
GB2463901A GB2463901A (en) 2010-03-31
GB2463901B GB2463901B (en) 2012-11-21

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Families Citing this family (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP2661212B1 (en) * 2011-07-28 2017-12-20 CooperVision International Holding Company, LP Methods and systems for manufacturing contact lenses
CN112719450B (en) * 2020-12-09 2022-05-17 吉林瑞尔康隐形眼镜有限公司 A mould sorting machine for in contact lens preparation

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US4330257A (en) * 1979-11-15 1982-05-18 Husky Injection Molding Systems, Inc. Turret-type injection-molding machine
GB2360730B (en) * 2000-03-31 2004-09-22 Bausch & Lomb Uk Ltd Apparatus and method for separating contact lens molds
US6494704B1 (en) * 2000-03-31 2002-12-17 E. Khashoggi Industries, Llc Mold apparatus
US6652262B2 (en) * 2001-07-24 2003-11-25 Caco Pacific Corporation Injection mold apparatus with improved take-off plate
DE10147191B4 (en) * 2001-09-25 2019-03-07 Marquardt Gmbh Device for the production of workpieces
DE502004001538D1 (en) * 2004-07-02 2006-11-02 Interglass Technology Ag Device for aligning two shells
EP1803542B1 (en) * 2005-12-13 2009-09-23 Sauflon CL Limited Contact lens production

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Effective date: 20150927