Fabrication of Complex Optical Components

1. Front Matter

   Pages 1-13

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2. Total Quality Management in the Replication Process of Sophisticated Optical Elements

   • Robert Schmitt, Peter Becker

   Pages 1-11

3. Mold Design for Complex Optical Plastics Components

   • Walter Michaeli, Maximilian Schöngart

   Pages 13-24

4. Optical Plastics Components: Replication Processes and Plastic Materials

   • Walter Michaeli, Paul Walach

   Pages 25-40

5. Freeform Machining of Molds for Replication of Plastic Optics

   • Christian Brecher, Dominik Lindemann, Michael Merz, Christian Wenzel, Werner Preuß

   Pages 41-52

6. Mold Structuring by Diamond Machining

   • Lars Schönemann, Werner Preuß

   Pages 53-66

7. Diamond Machinable Tool Steels by Novel Nitriding Processes

   • Ekkard Brinksmeier, Franz Hoffmann, Ralf Gläbe, Juan Dong, Jens Osmer

   Pages 67-83

8. Novel Processes for the Machining of Tool Inserts for Precision Glass Molding

   • Fritz Klocke, Ekkard Brinksmeier, Oltmann Riemer, Max Schwade, Heiko Schulte, Andreas Klink

   Pages 85-98

9. Deterministic Polishing of Smooth and Structured Molds

   • Fritz Klocke, Christian Brecher, Ekkard Brinksmeier, Barbara Behrens, Olaf Dambon, Oltmann Riemer et al.

   Pages 99-117

10. Process Chain for the Replication of Complex Optical Glass Components

    • Fritz Klocke, Olaf Dambon, Allen Y. Yi, Fei Wang, Martin Hünten, Kyriakos Georgiadis et al.

    Pages 119-132

11. Deposition, Machining and Measuring of Novel Hard Coatings

    • Gert Goch, Don Lucca, Andreas Mehner, Helmut Prekel, Heinz-Rolf Stock, Hans-Werner Zoch

    Pages 133-160

12. In-situ and In-process Metrology for Optical Surfaces

    • Gert Goch, Robert Schmitt, Stefan Patzelt, Stephan Stürwald, Andreas Tausendfreund

    Pages 161-178

13. Metrology Past, Present and Future with Reference to Optics and Manufacture

    • David Whitehouse

    Pages 179-206

14. Back Matter

    Pages 0--1

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High quality optical components for consumer products made of glass and plastic are mostly fabricated by replication. This highly developed production technology requires several consecutive, well-matched processing steps called a "process chain" covering all steps from mold design, advanced machining and coating of molds, up to the actual replication and final precision measurement of the quality of the optical components. Current market demands for leading edge optical applications require high precision and cost effective parts in large volumes. For meeting these demands it is necessary to develop high quality process chains and moreover, to crosslink all demands and interdependencies within these process chains. The Transregional Collaborative Research Center "Process chains for the replication of complex optical elements" at Bremen, Aachen and Stillwater worked extensively and thoroughly in this field from 2001 to 2012. This volume will present the latest scientific results for the complete process chain giving a profound insight into present-day high-tech production.

• management
• metrology
• mold making
• optics replication
• process chain

• Laboratory for Precision, Machining LFM, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

  Ekkard Brinksmeier, Oltmann Riemer, Ralf M. Gläbe

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. E. Brinksmeier, Professor for Manufacturing Technologies, University of Bremen; Director, Foundation Institute of Materials Science, IWT; Director, Laboratory for Precision Machining, LFM - Present research efforts include the areas of ultraprecision and micro machining (machining of optical molds, diamond machining of steel in optical quality and optical lightweight components), material dedicated machining (surface integrity, low distortion machining, difficult-to-machine materials), development of environmentally sound processes (focusing cutting fluids and energy saving processes), abrasives technologies (sensorized grinding wheels, grind hardening, polishing of molds), as well as modelling and simulation of machining processes.

Dr.-Ing. Ralf Gläbe - University of Bremen; Division: Manufacturing Technologies Department: Laboratory for Precision Machining.

Dr.-Ing. Oltmann Riemer, University of Bremen, Head of Laboratory for Precision Machining.

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