A fabrication system comprising a chamber containing an immersion liquid, a reservoir comprising a curable liquid being immiscible with said immersion liquid, the reservoir in fluid communication with a port configured for transferring the curable liquid into said chamber; an actuator configured for being in operable communication with said reservoir; a support configured for binding said curable liquid and in operable communication with said port. Further, a method for manufacturing a cured article with a predetermined shape is provided.

The present invention relates to a lens and a camera module comprising same. A lens according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: an optical part constituting an optical surface of the lens; a flange part formed on the periphery of the optical part; a first cutting part formed on one side of the flange part; and a second cutting part formed on the other side of the flange part, wherein the first cutting part and the second cutting part may be formed to form angles which are perpendicular to each other with respect to the central axis of the optical part. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce a lens shape error which occurs when assembling a lens, and prevent a decrease in the resolution of the lens.

A method of providing a male mold half (1) for molding a toric contact lens at a predetermined target rotational orientation is disclosed. The male mold half comprises a front face (10) having a toric convex lens-forming surface (100) and a rear face (11) The method comprises the steps of: providing the male mold half (1) at a predetermined rotational orientation (PROM), picking the male mold half (1) up with a gripper (5) having a central axis (55), rotating the gripper (5) with the male mold half (1) about the central axis (55) of the gripper (5) by a predetermined rotational angle (α) towards the predetermined target rotational orientation (TROM), and releasing the rotated male mold half (1) from the gripper (5).

Prior to picking the male mold half (1) up, the method comprises centering the gripper (5) and the male mold half (1) relative to each other such that the central axis (55) of the gripper and a central axis (113) of the male mold (1) half coincide.

A method for making a spectacle lens includes joining a mold and a sealing ring. The mold has an integrated block piece and a mold shell made by primary shaping and the sealing ring has a first end face, a second end face, a peripheral seal, an opening disposed on the first end face configured to receive a mold, and a flexible membrane on the second end face. A polymerizable material is introduced into the mold cavity with the aid of a pump action of the flexible membrane of the sealing ring. The flexible membrane of the sealing ring is fixed in a desired surface shape and the polymerization is carried out. The mold is removed with a cast-on spectacle lens blank.

A process for producing a plastic lens includes a step of stirring and mixing a solution including a polymerization reactive compound in a preparation tank; a step of transferring the polymerizable composition obtained in the step from the preparation tank to a lens casting mold; a step of curing the polymerizable composition; and a step of obtaining a plastic lens molded product by separating the obtained resin from the lens casting mold. The step of transferring the polymerizable composition includes a step of re-mixing the polymerizable composition discharged from the preparation tank and injecting the polymerizable composition into the lens casting mold.

An optical lens molding device includes a raw material supplying unit for providing a solid-state optical material, a feeding unit for transporting the solid-state optical material along a feeding direction, a heating unit including a heating body and a heating conduit in spatial communication with the supplying unit for entering of the solid-state optical material, and a molding unit. The heating conduit has a downstream part extending in the heating body to heat and melt the solid-state optical material in the heating conduit into a fluid-state optical material. The molding unit defines a cavity and a sprue in communication between the cavity and the downstream part to permit the molten fluid-state optical material to be pressed by the solid-state optical material and to flow in and fill the cavity through the sprue.

An injection molding method includes the steps of:(A) preparing a molding unit and an injection unit, the molding unit including a first mold having a protruding portion, and a second mold having a movable post cooperating with an inner peripheral surface thereof to define a cavity; (B) moving the molds toward each other until the protruding portion cooperates with the second mold to define a forming space; (C) activating the injection unit for injecting the molten optical material into the forming space; (D) cooling the molding unit; and (E) moving the molds away from each other and subsequently activating the movable post to push a solidified optical material out of the forming space.

A method of producing optical modules comprising transferring liquid polymer to a lens mold array by dipping an array of fingers of a transfer device into a liquid polymer, bringing the array of fingers into proximity with recesses of the lens mold array so that the liquid polymer is received in the recesses, then separating the array of fingers and the lens mold array so that liquid polymer is retained in the recesses, and forming lenses on optical devices by bringing the lens mold array into proximity with the array of optical devices so that the liquid polymer contacts a surface of the optical devices, and curing the liquid polymer to form the lenses on the optical devices.

A method of manufacturing an optical member by curing a thermally polymerizable composition by heating includes, in the following order: a first step of filling an inside of a mold with the thermally polymerizable composition in which the mold is configured by disposing a frame-shaped member, with a Young's modulus of 1.0 GPa or more at a polymerization initiation temperature of the thermally polymerizable composition, between two mold members facing each other; and a second step of heating the mold to the polymerization initiation temperature or more.

An injection molding apparatus includes a substantially circular first substrate, a substantially circular second substrate disposed to face a surface of the first substrate, a fixing member which fixes a peripheral end portion of the first substrate and a peripheral end portion of the second substrate, and an injection portion which is provided in the fixing member and from which a composition is injected into a gap between the first substrate and the second substrate, in which a space connecting with the injection portion and the gap is provided in at least a part of a periphery of the gap, and a width of the space in a thickness direction is larger than a width of the gap in the thickness direction.