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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2022
Applicant:
Alcon Inc., Fribourg, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Alcon Inc., Fribourg, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 45/84 (2006.01); B29C 45/14 (2006.01); B29C 45/26 (2006.01); B29C 45/80 (2006.01); B29D 11/00 (2006.01); B29L 11/00 (2006.01); G02B 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 45/842 (2013.01); B29C 45/14 (2013.01); B29C 45/2675 (2013.01); B29C 45/80 (2013.01); B29D 11/00951 (2013.01); G02B 21/0016 (2013.01); B29C 2945/76096 (2013.01); B29C 2945/76294 (2013.01); B29C 2945/76461 (2013.01); B29C 2945/76943 (2013.01); B29D 11/0048 (2013.01); B29L 2011/0041 (2013.01);
Abstract
To achieve molding insert is properly mounted to the tooling plate of the injection molding machine, a sensor head comprising confocal sensors is used. The sensor heads are placed on the tooling plate at the respective position to determine whether the desired mold insert has been mounted to that position and whether the desired mold insert has been precisely and accurately mounted to the tooling plate.