The invention relates to an edging pad for releasably connecting a material blank that is to be edged to a holder, wherein the edging pad has a polymeric carrier layer and adhesive coatings which are applied to both sides of the polymeric carrier layer, wherein one side of the polymeric carrier layer, which is to be connected to the holder, has an adhesive coating formed of a first adhesive, and the other side of the polymeric carrier layer, which is to be connected to the material blank, has an adhesive coating formed of a second and a third adhesive which are different from one another, such that the second adhesive provides adhesiveness to the material blank and the third adhesive is an adhesive which limits twisting and slippage of the polymeric carrier layer relative to the material blank, wherein the second adhesive and the third adhesive are applied to the other side of the polymeric carrier layer in separate regions.

A manually operated lens cribber has a cutting compartment on a base. The cutting compartment has a door that is moveable between a closed position and an open position. A cutting tool is inside the cutting compartment and rotates about a first axis. A lens blank carrier is attached to the base in a manner to be manually movable across the base on a second axis that is substantially perpendicular to the first axis. The lens blank carrier has a hand operated screw mechanism on which a lens blank can be mounted and which moves the lens along a third axis that is substantially parallel to the first axis. A releasable end stop is positioned on the base for positioning the lens blank carrier relative to the cutting tool so that the desired amount of material is removed from the lens blank. A calibration and positioning scale is also provided.

A workpiece has an optical lens blank with a first lens face and a second lens face, which are arranged opposite each other and are delimited at a lens circumference, and a cover film on the first lens face, wherein a first recess in the lens blank is formed, which is open in the direction of the first lens face and which is at least partially spanned in the direction of the first lens face by the cover film. A method for the production thereof and a method for the machining thereof. The machining method is distinguished, in particular, by the cover film being gripped for the purpose of pulling it off in the area that spans the first recess.

An eyeglass lens peripheral edge processing system includes a plurality of eyeglass manufacturing devices and a robot arm. The plurality of eyeglass manufacturing devices 1 perform mutually different steps out of a plurality of steps for processing the eyeglass lens, and include mutually different housings. The robot arm includes an arm unit and a holding unit. The arm unit has a plurality of joint portions. The holding unit is disposed in the arm unit to hold and release an object. The robot arm rotates the arm unit via the joint portion to move the object held by the holding unit. The robot arm rotates the arm unit to move the eyeglass lens between the plurality of eyeglass manufacturing devices.

Disclosed is a lamination machine including: a film support for receiving a functional film to be laminated; an article support configured to receive and position the optical article in a predetermined orientation; and an actuating member configured to move the film support and the article support toward each other for laminating at a predetermined pressure the functional film received in the film support onto the optical article received within the article support. The article support is a blocker support configured to receive a surfacing blocker onto which the optical article is to be disposed for lamination, the article support being further configured to transmit laminating forces induced by the predetermined pressure to the lamination machine during a lamination operation.

A displacement prevention coating agent is provided which can prevent a displacement in lens processing, which is soluble in water and which exhibits a transparent appearance at least after being cured. The displacement prevention coating agent may coat the front and rear surfaces of a lens so that when cutting processing is performed on an end surface of the lens, a holding position of the front and rear surfaces of the lens held by a chuck device is prevented from being displaced. A water-repellent coat layer may be formed as a membrane such that the end surface has a shape corresponding to a frame. The displacement prevention coating agent may be formed of an aqueous solution whose main components are a hydrophilic resin, a surfactant having a perfluoro group and an emulsion.

Disclosed is a method for assisting a user in taping an adhesive label to a surface of an ophthalmic lens with an initial contour prior to edge grinding, the method including:holding of the ophthalmic lens with its initial contour by a holder,determining, from geometric data for the final contour of the ophthalmic lens to be produced, of a position of the final contour inside the initial contour of the ophthalmic lens,creating a visual aid for the user enabling the latter to apply the adhesive label to the ophthalmic lens with its initial contour prior to edge grinding, such that the adhesive label can be applied inside the final contour.

A device (10) for retaining a prismatic spectacle lens (12) at one workpiece surface (14) for processing of the other workpiece surface (16) comprises lower and upper parts (20, 22). The lower part has a base (24) with a holding interface (26) and a wedge section (28). The lower part and upper part are rotatable relative to one another by their mutually facing wedge sections about a rotational axis (DA) inclined with respect to the base axis and retention axis so as to tilt the retaining section and base relative to one another. A wedge orientation arrangement comprises an orientation aid (34) at the upper part and/or an abutment (36) between the upper part and lower part, which defines a relative rotational angle end position of the upper part and lower part corresponding with a minimum or maximum tilt of the retaining section with respect to the base.

The blocking device includes a blocking portion configured for blocking the semi-finished optical element and including a support member configured for providing a rigid support to the semi-finished optical element, the support member including a support element made of a shape-memory material having a rigid state below a predetermined temperature and a plastic state above the predetermined temperature, the support element assuming in the absence of external forces a predetermined memory shape when heated above the predetermined temperature, the support member having a contact face onto which the first face of the semi-finished optical element is to be applied; saind blocking portion including at least one of a heating device configured for heating the support element above the predetermined temperature and a cooling device configured for cooling the support element below the predetermined temperature.

A method for preparing an ophthalmic lens to be edged based on a presentation lens, includes: fixing a first support a face of the presentation lens, the first support's shape defining a first reference point; positioning the presentation lens by the first support in an optical machine having an image sensor; acquiring, with the image sensor, an image of the presentation lens; determining, on the acquired image, the outline of the presentation lens; positioning a pupillary point relative to the outline; positioning the outline of the presentation lens relative to the ophthalmic lens so the pupillary point is superimposed on a centering point of the ophthalmic lens; and fixing a second support a face of the ophthalmic lens, the second support having a shape defining a second reference point, the second support fixed on the ophthalmic lens so its second reference point is superimposed on the first reference point.