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Patent No.:

US 10537944 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 12, 2016

Milling device for optical lens production with two milling stations and method of use

Applicant:

Optotech Optikmaschinen Gmbh, Wettenberg, DE;

Inventor:

Roland Mandler, Heuchelheim, DE;

Assignee:

OptoTech Optikmaschinen GmbH, Wettenberg, DE;

Attorney:

Clark & Brody

Primary Examiner:

Erica E Cadugan

Assistant Examiner:

Michael Vitale

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23C 3/00 (2006.01); B23Q 7/04 (2006.01); B23Q 39/04 (2006.01); B23Q 7/14 (2006.01); B23B 9/10 (2006.01); B23B 3/06 (2006.01); B23B 9/00 (2006.01); B23C 3/16 (2006.01); B23Q 11/08 (2006.01); B23Q 39/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23C 3/00 (2013.01); B23B 3/065 (2013.01); B23B 9/00 (2013.01); B23C 3/16 (2013.01); B23Q 7/048 (2013.01); B23Q 7/1421 (2013.01); B23Q 39/04 (2013.01); B23C 2215/40 (2013.01); B23C 2220/04 (2013.01); B23C 2226/61 (2013.01); B23C 2270/14 (2013.01); B23Q 11/08 (2013.01); B23Q 2039/002 (2013.01); B23Q 2039/008 (2013.01); Y10T 29/5109 (2015.01); Y10T 409/3056 (2015.01); Y10T 409/30756 (2015.01); Y10T 409/305656 (2015.01); Y10T 409/307784 (2015.01); Y10T 409/308344 (2015.01);
Abstract

A milling device having a first milling station with a first workpiece spindle capable of rotating about a first spindle axis Aintended to receive a first lens blank and with a first milling tool with first cutters capable of rotating about a first milling axis FAintended for machining a received first lens blank. At least one second milling station with a second workpiece spindle capable of rotating about a second spindle axis Areceives a second lens blank, and with a second milling tool with second cutters capable of rotating about a second milling axis FAmachining the received second lens blank, the spindle axes A, Abeing aligned parallel to one another, the milling axes FA, FAbeing aligned parallel to one another, and obliquely aligned to the spindle axes A, A. The invention also includes a method for the operation of the milling device.

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