Fabrication and Characterization of Automotive Aspheric Camera Lens Mold based on Ultra-precision Diamond Turning Process
At a Glance
Section titled âAt a Glanceâ| Metadata | Details |
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| Publication Date | 2024-02-01 |
| Journal | Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering |
| Authors | Ji-Young Jeong, HwanâJin Choi, Jong Sung Park, Jong-Keun Sim, Youngjae Kim |
| Citations | 2 |
Abstract
Section titled âAbstractâHere in, a high-quality automotive camera lens was developed based on an ultra-precision diamond turning core and cyclic olefin polymer (COP) injection molding process. To improve surface roughness and achieve the accuracy of plastic injection molding lens, systematic mold core machining process was developed and demonstrated using the diamond turning machine. The cutting tool path was generated by using NanoCAM 2D, and it was partly revised to prevent interference between the cutting tool and the workpiece. After the initial machining using the generated tool path, the compensation-cutting process was conducted based on the measured surface profile of an initially machined surface. After two times of compensation machining, the fabricated core mold showed a shape error of 100 nm between peak to valley (PV) and Arithmetic mean roughness (Ra) of 3.9 nm. The performance of the fabricated core was evaluated using an injection molding test. Injection molded aspheric plastic lens showed contrasts that were higher than 55% at 0.0 F, 30% at 0.3 F, and 20% at 0.7 F without any moirĂ© phenomenon that meets the specification for automotive vision module with 1MP and 140° field of view.