Let's take a look at the current situation of optical glass processing equipment!

From small mobile phones, to televisions and computers in daily life, to military industry and aerospace in the field of national defense, the demand for optical glass has become more and more extensive with the development of modern science and technology.
More and more precision instruments have been applied to the new technology combining opto-mechanical, which has promoted the realization of increasingly strict requirements of multi-function, high performance and low cost, and promoted the development and processing of traditional optical glass processing equipment and production technology. Process change. This change has driven the development of optical mechanics in two different directions.
1. Develop towards ultra-precision machining. The technological progress in the field of cutting-edge science and technology, especially the defense industry, has put forward new requirements for ultra-precision optical glass. , For example, manned spaceflight, optical systems of laser weapons, optical fiber communication components, and miniature optical glass in optical integrated circuits are all ultra-precise optical glass. The processing precision of these optical glasses even reaches the nanometer level. The processing of these parts cannot be achieved by traditional methods and must be achieved through optical glass processing equipment and ultra-precision processing technology.
2. Develop towards small, lightweight and cheap efficient processing. The rapid development of optical plastics and glass die-casting technology has greatly reduced the cost of aspheric lenses and made it possible to greatly increase the supply, and more and more various optical systems have begun to be used. For example, thin zoom lenses are widely used in mobile phones. It is precisely because the application of these small, light and cheap optical glasses in various fields continues to expand, which has led to the rapid development of optical high-efficiency processing technology.
The traditional optical glass processing method has a history of more than 100 years, which can be commonly understood as "a handful of sand and a handful of water". The new optical glass processing method began in the 1970s. The military optical system was expanded from white light to infrared and laser systems. Optical glass was also proposed to have better imaging quality, smaller size, lighter weight and simpler structure. daunting requirements. With the subsequent large-scale technological revolution and innovation in the optical processing industry, new optical glass processing methods continue to emerge. At present, the more commonly used optical glass processing technologies mainly include: CNC single-point diamond processing technology, CNC grinding and polishing technology, optical lens molding technology, optical plastic molding technology, magnetorheological polishing technology, electroforming technology and traditional grinding technology polishing technology, etc.