公开(公告)号：US20230083845A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-16

申请号：US17931227

申请日：2022-09-12

Applicant: Alcon Inc.

Inventor： Matthias Schwab ,  Matthias Braun ,  Roger Biel ,  Nils Schweizer ,  Nicholas Gollas ,  Shu Zong

IPC: B29D11/00 ,  B65B25/00

Abstract: An automated production line for the production of ophthalmic lenses comprises:
a production line front end comprising: a first and a second injection-molding machine, a casting module, a filling station and a capping station, a stacking module and a curing module, a destacking module and a demolding and delensing module a production line back end comprising:
a treatment module,
an inspection module,
wherein self-driving shuttles in the inspection module can form a queue and act as a buffer for the primary packaging module if an interruption of the primary packaging module and variations of the cycle time in the primary packaging module are buffered so that the extraction module is able to operate largely independently from the upstream and downstream components of the manufacturing line.

公开(公告)号：US12168328B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-17

申请号：US17931193

申请日：2022-09-12

Applicant: Alcon Inc.

Inventor： Matthias Braun ,  Roger Biel ,  Matthias Schwab ,  Thomas Leibold ,  Nicholas Gollas ,  Shu Zong

IPC: B29D11/00

Abstract: An automated production line for the production of ophthalmic lenses comprises: a production line front end (1) comprising: a first injection-molding machine (10) and a second injection-molding machine (12) a casting module (14) comprising a filling station (144) and a capping station (145); a stacking module (15) and a curing module (16); a destacking module (17) and a demolding and delensing module a production line back end (2) comprising: a scalable treatment module (20) comprising a number of liquid baths for a liquid bath treatment of the cured lenses (CL) carried by the treatment carrier tray (200) to obtain the ophthalmic lenses, wherein the number of liquid baths are reduced or increased pending on the number of ophthalmic lenses concurrently produced by the production lines.

公开(公告)号：US20230079508A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-16

申请号：US17931193

申请日：2022-09-12

Applicant: Alcon Inc.

Inventor： Matthias Braun ,  Roger Biel ,  Matthias Schwab ,  Thomas Leibold ,  Nicholas Gollas ,  Shu Zong

IPC: B29D11/00

Abstract: An automated production line for the production of ophthalmic lenses comprises: a production line front end (1) comprising: a first injection-molding machine (10) and a second injection-molding machine (12) a casting module (14) comprising a filling station (144) and a capping station (145); a stacking module (15) and a curing module (16); a destacking module (17) and a demolding and delensing module a production line back end (2) comprising: a scalable treatment module (20) comprising a number of liquid baths for a liquid bath treatment of the cured lenses (CL) carried by the treatment carrier tray (200) to obtain the ophthalmic lenses, wherein the number of liquid baths are reduced or increased pending on the number of ophthalmic lenses concurrently produced by the production lines.

公开(公告)号：US20230080433A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-16

申请号：US17931178

申请日：2022-09-12

Applicant: Alcon Inc.

Inventor： Matthias Schwab ,  Roger Biel ,  Matthias Braun ,  Jens Eppig ,  Shu Zong

IPC: B29D11/00

Abstract: An automated production line for the production of ophthalmic lenses comprises: a production line front end (1) comprising: a first injection-molding machine (10) and a second injection-molding machine (12) a casting module (14) comprising a filling station (144) and a capping station (145); a stacking module (15) and a curing module (16); a destacking module (17) and a demolding and delensing module a production line back end (2) comprising: a scalable treatment module (20); an inspection module (21); a primary packaging module (22), Wherein the first and second injection-molding machines allow for a quick exchange of the tooling plates used in the injection molding machine without the need to decrease the temperature of the injection molding machine by pre-configured tooling plates.

公开(公告)号：US20230079414A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-16

申请号：US17931223

申请日：2022-09-12

Applicant: Alcon Inc.

Inventor： Matthias Schwab ,  Matthias Braun ,  Roger Biel ,  Shu Zong

IPC: B29D11/00

Abstract: An automated production line for the production of ophthalmic lenses comprises:
a production line front end (1) comprising: a first injection-molding machine (10) and a second injection-molding machine (12) a casting module (14) comprising a filling station (144) and a capping station (145); a stacking module (15) and a curing module (16); a destacking module (17) and a demolding and delensing module a production line back end (2) comprising:
a treatment module (20),
an inspection module (21),
wherein the production line has the easy adaptability of curing times and temperatures, and in the capability of using different treatment liquids and treatment times in the extraction module to achieve the product flexibility.

公开(公告)号：US20250115014A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-10

申请号：US18982388

申请日：2024-12-16

Applicant: ALCON INC.

Inventor： Matthias Braun ,  Roger Biel ,  Matthias Schwab ,  Thomas Leibold ,  Nicholas Gollas ,  Shu Zong

IPC: B29D11/00 ,  B29C33/38 ,  B29K83/00

Abstract: An automated production line for the production of ophthalmic lenses comprises: a production line front end (1) comprising: a first injection-molding machine (10) and a second injection-molding machine (12) a casting module (14) comprising a filling station (144) and a capping station (145); a stacking module (15) and a curing module (16); a destacking module (17) and a demolding and delensing module a production line back end (2) comprising: a scalable treatment module (20) comprising a number of liquid baths for a liquid bath treatment of the cured lenses (CL) carried by the treatment carrier tray (200) to obtain the ophthalmic lenses, wherein the number of liquid baths are reduced or increased pending on the number of ophthalmic lenses concurrently produced by the production lines.

公开(公告)号：US20230084287A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-16

申请号：US17931209

申请日：2022-09-12

Applicant: Alcon Inc.

Inventor： Matthias Schwab ,  Matthias Braun ,  Roger Biel ,  Nils Schweizer ,  Nicholas Gollas ,  Susanne Fechner ,  Shu Zong

IPC: B29D11/00 ,  B65B25/00

Abstract: An automated production line for the production of ophthalmic lenses comprises: a production line front end (1) comprising: a first injection-molding machine (10) and a second injection-molding machine (12) a casting module (14) comprising a filling station (144) and a capping station (145); a stacking module (15) and a curing module (16); a destacking module (17) and a demolding and delensing module a production line back end (2) comprising: an inspection module (21); Wherein the inspection module comprising a rail system in which self-driving shuttles carrying the inspection cuvettes are arranged on a closed-loop rail, wherein the rail system can be adapted to the available space in the production plant/hall using curves and straight portions in the manner known from a model railway.