Course detail
Technology of Optical Production
FSI-TOVAcad. year: 2024/2025
The course TECHNOLOGY OF OPTICAL PRODUCTION gives a comprehensive summary of optical production, its specific features concerning finishing of glass and crystallic materials inclusive of the general principles for putting free optics into sleeves, tubes and other mechanical holders. The course is divided into parts according to natural sequence of production, properties and control of optical glass, brushing and polishing substances, optical machines and instruments, production of spherical and aspherical surfaces, specific features of production of precise planar and prism optics, serial production of spectacles lenses, workshop control of optical surfaces and output control of finished optical elements and systems including vacuum evaporation of reflective and anti-reflective coatings. Lessons will be supplemented with a detailed educational audiovisual programme regarding contemporary optical production, or by an all-day excursion to the company MEOPTA-Optika, Přerov, a member of TCI group.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Entry knowledge
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Attendance at seminars is obligatory. Absence may be compensated for by the agreement with the teacher.
Aims
The students may test their knowledge in seminars where they work with various elements of spherical, planar and prism free optics and get practice with representative optical tools, abrasive and polishing powders. In the end they will test their manual workmanship by the piece-work production of a rectangular or circular matt screen.
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
KAMARÁD, J. a kol.: Vybrané stati z přesné mechaniky, SNTL Praha, 1955.
Katalog fy Schott: Optisches Glas
U.S. precision lens: The handbook of plastic optics. Second edition, Cincinnati, 1983.
Recommended reading
ŠULC, V.: Technologie přístrojové techniky I. ES ČVUT Praha, 1990.
VÁCLAVÍK, P.: Technická optika II. ES ČVUT Praha, 1991.
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme N-FIN-P Master's 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme N-PMO-P Master's 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
- Programme N-STG-P Master's
specialization MTS , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
- Programme C-AKR-P Lifelong learning
specialization CLS , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective
Type of course unit
Lecture
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
Drawing of planar, spherical and prism optical elements. Mounting of optical components.
Fundamental materials for optical production
Substance of grinding and polishing of optical materials
Abrasive and polishing materials
Optical machines and instruments
Serial production of spherical and aspherical optical surfaces
Production of spectacle lenses
Production of precise flat and prism optics
Audiovisual programme of contemporary optical production
Workshop and output control of optical surfaces
Control of geometry and optical aberrations of finished elements
Production of reflective and anti-reflective coatings
Laboratory exercise
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
Workshop drawings of precise planar and prism optics
Calculation and proposition of spherical spectacle lens
Calculation and proposition of bifocal spectacle lens
Machines and instruments for treatment of glass. Abrasive and polishing materials
Diamond instruments for cutting, grinding and boring of glass
Cutting, clipping and grinding of glass by binding grinder
Treatment of glass by free grinder
Work processes
Production of matt screens (cutting, cementing, squaring, matting, facing)
Production of matt screens (cutting, cementing, squaring, matting, facing)
Production of matt screens - finishing
Production of matt screens - finishing