Abstract:
An apparatus for manufacturing an object having a relief structure on a surface thereof by pressing a first element provided with a negative of the relief structure against a second element to form the relief structure in the surface of the second element. The apparatus includes the first element and two pressure members having pressure surfaces facing each other and opposing both of the elements, the pressure members being moveable relative to each other in a direction transverse to the pressure surfaces. The apparatus also has a pressure body secured to the pressure surface of at least one of the pressure member, having a contact surface for cooperation with one of the elements and being formed of a material whose quotient of its Poissons' ratio to its modules of elasticity differs less from the corresponding quotient of the material of the element cooperating with said contact surface in operation than from the corresponding quotient of the material of the pressure member to which the pressure body is secured.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing an object having a surface structure, the method employing pressure members (3, 5) which are movable relative to one another and which have facing pressure surfaces (23, 25). A first element (51) and a second element (53) having a relief on one surface are pressed against one another to provide the second element with a microstructure by cold deformation. During pressing use is made of a pressure body (27, 29) which is interposed between one of the pressure members and one of the elements and which is made of a material having a characteristic parameter equal to the quotient of the Poisson's ratio and the modulus of elasticity of the material, which parameter differs less from the corresponding parameter of the material of the relevant element than from the corresponding parameter of the material of the relevant pressure member. The difference between the parameter of the material of the first element and the parameter of the material of the second element being smaller than or equal to the difference between the parameter of the material of said pressure body and the parameter of the material of the adjacent element.
Abstract:
Clamping device (21) for clamping an optical disc on a turntable comprises a disc-pressure means (23), a support (5) for the disc-pressure means, which support is movable between an operating position and a rest position, and a permanent-magnet system comprising a first axially magnetized annular magnet (31) and a second axially magnetized magnet (29) secured to the support and to the disc-operating means respectively. In the operating position of the support the disc-pressure means is pressed against the disc on the turntable by magnetic force and the disc-pressure means is freely rotatable relative to the support. The permanent magnets are positioned coaxially relative to each other, a radial air gap (33) being formed between the first magnet (31) and the second magnet (29) in the operating position of the support.