Patent ID: 9221196
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: B29B,B29C,B29D

Abstract:
1. A method of manufacturing an optical component, comprising: bringing a first mold including at least one portion made of an infrared transmitting material towards a substrate so that a gap between the substrate and the first mold is from 100 μm to 10 mm; heating, in a state that the gap is present, a first surface of the substrate to a temperature 25° C. or more higher than a glass transition temperature of the substrate by irradiating the substrate with an infrared ray through the infrared transmitting material of the first mold; contacting the first mold with the substrate at a speed of 0.2 mm/sec or less; and placing the heated substrate and the first mold into tight contact with each other, wherein the substrate is a near shaped gob.