Molding arrangement to achieve short mold cycle time

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Patent

CA 2186571

An apparatus for molding polystyrene mold halves which are used, with a complementary mold halves, for subsequent molding of a soft contact lens such as a hydrogel soft contact lens. The apparatus is designed with superior heat conduction capacity so as to minimize the molding cycle time, while simultaneously producing uniformly precise and accurate optical quality surfaces. Molten polystyrene is provided via a hot runner system to a plurality of mold cavities, each of which is defined by first and second structural elements, the first having a convex surface and the other having a concave surface. In a specific variation, the convex surface provides the optical quality surface to the concave surface of the mold half produced thereby. The structural element which defines the convex surface includes a hollow cylindrical bushing and a removable power insert mounted therein, which may be changed so that the prescription strength of the contact lens to be formed by the mold may be varied. In a first embodiment, the power insert includes only a convex surface at its operational end. In a second embodiment, the power insert includes an annular flat surface surrounding the convex surface, defining at the junction therebetween a discontinuity of curvature, which imparts a sharp edge to the mold half formed thereby. The power insert may be constructed of pure steel, or alternatively, it may be made of brass, copper chromium, or cobalt-nickel alloyed martensitic steel. The power insert may be coated with a surface layer of nickel phosphor or silicone oxide, or chrome nitride. These layers may be turned to their proper thicknesses and dimensions by diamond cutters, and they may be thermally hardened.

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