阅读说明：本技术 用于镜片处理的设备和方法 (Apparatus and method for lens treatment ) 是由 冈特·施奈德 克劳斯·霍夫曼 克劳斯·克拉默 塞巴斯蒂安·施奈德 于 2019-09-04 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明涉及一种用于镜片处理的设备,其具有至少一个用于至少一个运送箱的接收装置、具有至少一个测量装置以及至少一个处理装置。根据本发明,在至少一个测量装置与至少一个处理装置之间设置至少一个输送装置,在至少一个接收装置、至少一个测量装置和至少一个输送装置之间设置至少一个操控装置或设备,使得至少一个测量装置、至少一个输送装置和至少一个处理装置可以相对于彼此以任意数量和/或取向布置或相对于彼此以任意数量和/或取向布置。本发明还涉及一种用于镜片处理的相应方法以及一种用于镜片的处理装置。(The invention relates to a device for lens treatment, comprising at least one receiving device for at least one transport container, at least one measuring device and at least one treatment device. According to the invention, at least one conveying device is arranged between the at least one measuring device and the at least one processing device, and at least one handling device or apparatus is arranged between the at least one receiving device, the at least one measuring device and the at least one conveying device, so that the at least one measuring device, the at least one conveying device and the at least one processing device can be arranged in any number and/or orientation relative to one another or relative to one another. The invention also relates to a corresponding method for lens treatment and a treatment device for lenses.)

1. A device (1, 1') for lens treatment having at least one receiving device for at least one transport box (13), at least one measuring device (40, 110) and at least one processing device (50),

the method is characterized in that:

at least one conveying device (30a, 30b) is arranged between the at least one measuring device (40, 110) and the at least one processing device (50), at least one handling device (20) is arranged between the at least one receiving device, the at least one measuring device (40, 110) and the at least one conveying device (30a, 30b) such that the at least one measuring device (40, 110), the at least one conveying device (30a, 30b) and the at least one processing device (50) are or can be arranged in any number and/or orientation relative to one another and/or relative to one another

The at least one processing device (50) is designed according to one of claims 19 to 27 and/or the at least one measuring device (40, 110) is designed according to claim 28 or 29.

2. An apparatus for lens processing, having two measuring devices (40, 110), two processing devices (20), two conveying devices (30a, 30b), and a handling device (20),

wherein the handling device (20) is arranged between the measuring device (40, 110) and the transport device (30a, 30b) and has a handling unit (20b) for transferring a lens (16a, 160) from the measuring device (40, 110) to the transport device (30a, 30b) such that the measuring device (40, 110) is not fixedly assigned to only one processing device (50) and/or such that the measuring device (40, 110) is not fixedly assigned to only one processing device (50)

Wherein the processing device (50) is formed according to any one of claims 19 to 27 and/or the measuring device (40, 110) is formed according to claim 28 or 29.

3. Apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that at least two processing devices (50) are provided.

4. An apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least two measuring devices (40, 110) are provided.

5. Apparatus according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that identically constructed measuring devices (40, 110) and/or identically constructed processing devices (50) are provided.

6. The apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the at least one measuring device (40, 110) is designed for contactless measurement by means of a deflection method, transmission radiation and/or luminescence radiation.

7. The apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the handling device (20) has a first handling unit (20a) for transferring the lens (16a, 160) from at least one transport box (13) into the at least one measuring device (40, 110) and from the at least one transport device (30a, 30b) into the at least one transport box (13), and/or that the handling device (20) comprises a second handling unit (20b) for transferring the lens (16a, 160) from the at least one measuring device (40, 110) to the at least one transport device (30a, 30 b).

8. The apparatus according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the at least one receiving means forms a buffer (17).

9. The apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one measuring region (10a) and at least one treatment region (10b) are provided, the at least one measuring region (10a) having the at least one measuring device (40, 110) and/or a receiving region being provided in the measuring region (10a) and/or the at least one treatment region (10b) having the at least one treatment device (50) and/or the at least one conveying device (30a, 30b) extending over the at least one measuring region (10a) and/or the at least one treatment region (10 b).

10. The apparatus according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the apparatus (1, 1', 1 "', 1" ") has a housing (10) which is substantially subdivided into a measurement area (10a) and a treatment area (10b), wherein the at least one measuring device (40, 110) or the measuring device (40, 110) is provided in the measurement area (10a) to measure and align a lens (16a, 160) to be processed, and the at least one treatment device (50) or the measuring device (40, 110) is arranged in the treatment area (10b) to treat an edge of the lens (16a, 160).

11. The apparatus according to claim 9 or 10, characterized in that the at least one measuring region (10a) and the at least one treatment region (10b) are separated from each other by a separating wall (11).

12. Apparatus according to claim 11, characterized in that at least one conveying device (30a, 30b) passes through a respective opening (11a, 11b) in the partition wall (11).

13. Apparatus according to claim 12, characterized in that said opening (11a, 11b) is provided with a door that exposes said opening (11a, 11b) before the lens (16a, 16b, 160) carried by the conveying device (30a, 30b) passes through it and closes said opening (11a, 11b) again after the lens has passed through it.

14. The apparatus according to any one of claims 9 to 13, characterized in that the at least one conveying device (30a, 30b) is designed to transport the measured and aligned lenses (16a, 160) to be treated from the measurement area (10a) to the treatment area (10b) of the apparatus (1, 1', 1 "', 1" ") while maintaining the spatial orientation of the lenses.

15. The apparatus according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the at least one conveying device (30a, 30b) is designed as a linear conveyor (31a, 31 b).

16. An apparatus according to claim 15, characterized in that the linear conveyor (31a, 31b) comprises a guide rail (32a, 32b) for guiding a carriage (33), the carriage (33) being movably arranged on the guide rail (32a, 32 b).

17. The apparatus according to claim 16, characterized in that a rigid holder (34) with a first gripper or suction cup (34a) and a holder (35) pivotable about a pivot axis (S') with a second gripper or suction cup are arranged on the carriage (33), in particular wherein the first gripper or suction cup (34a) is used for accommodating the lens (16a, 160) being measured and is designed to be able to accommodate the lens (16a, 160) which has been measured and aligned for edging in its respective aligned state and to maintain this aligned state during transport of the lens (16a, 160) to the processing device (50), while the second gripper or suction cup (35a) is used for receiving the finished edged lens (16 b).

18. The device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the device (1, 1', 1 "', 1" ") is designed to perform a method according to any one of claims 30 to 37 or 45 to 49.

19. A processing device (50) for edge processing of lenses (16a, 16b, 160) has a loading area and a processing area (10b),

the method is characterized in that:

the processing device (50) has a rough processing region (51) in its loading region, and the processing device (50) also has a fine processing region (52).

20. A processing device for edge processing of lenses (16a, 16b, 160) has a rough processing zone (51) and a fine processing zone (52),

the method is characterized in that:

two integrated spindle housings (53) are provided in the treatment device (50), which are arranged offset from one another on a rotation device (54) in such a way that they can be rotated by 180 ° about a rotation axis (D') in such a way that each integrated spindle housing (53) is arranged such that it can be transferred from the rough treatment zone (51) to the fine treatment zone (52) and back.

21. The processing device according to claim 19 or 20, characterized in that the processing device (50) has two workpiece spindles, each workpiece spindle being arranged in a spindle housing (53), the two spindle housings (53) being designed to be pivotable relative to one another such that they can be pivoted alternately to the rough processing zone (51) and to the fine processing zone (52).

22. Handling unit according to claim 21, where said two spindle housings (53) are arranged offset from each other.

23. Processing device according to any of claims 20 to 22, characterized in that each spindle housing (53) comprises a workpiece spindle in the form of two semi-spindles (55, 56).

24. Treatment device according to any one of claims 19 to 23, wherein the rough treatment zone (51) has only one tool spindle device (57) for receiving only one tool (58) for chip removing edge machining of a respective lens (16a, 160) to be treated, said lens being held by an associated semi-spindle (55, 56).

25. Treatment device according to any one of claims 19 to 24, characterized in that the finishing zone (52) has a plurality of different tools (62) for chip removing machining of the lens to be treated.

26. Processing device according to claim 25, characterized in that each tool (62) is fixedly accommodated on a tool spindle (63) and is provided for a single defined processing task.

27. Handling unit according to claim 26, characterized in that the tool spindle (63) and its tool (62) are designed to be movable in all three spatial directions (x, y, z) and in addition about a pivot axis (B), thus being able to advance to the respective lens (16a, 160) to be handled, which is held by the associated semi-spindle (55, 56).

28. A measuring device (40, 110) for measuring a lens (16a, 160), preferably with a camera (122), a first radiation source (140) and/or a second radiation source (150), and with a clamping arrangement (144), the clamping arrangement (144) having two pairs (145) of double clamping devices (134), each clamping device (134) having a clamping element (135), each pair (145) of clamping devices (134) being mounted on a rotating device (146) in such a way that it can rotate through 180 °.

29. Measuring device according to claim 28, wherein each pair (145) of gripping devices (134) is assigned a storage station (137), preferably wherein the storage stations (137) are designed to be height-adjustable by means of an adjusting device (147) such that they are in a loading position or a measuring position relative to the assigned gripping device (134).

30. A method for lens treatment, wherein the lens (160) to be treated is removed from a transport box (13), measured, aligned and treated,

the method is characterized in that:

the lenses (16a, 160) are removed from the shipping container or shipping box (13) in any order, and/or

The lens (16a, 160) is fed to any desired measuring device (40, 110), and/or

The lenses (16a, 160) are fed to a discretionary processing device (50).

31. Method for lens treatment in a device (1, 1 ') having at least one measuring device (40), two conveying devices (30a, 30b) and two treatment devices (50), wherein the device (1, 1') has an integrated control,

the method is characterized in that:

measuring and aligning the lenses (16a, 160) to be processed, the controller deciding to which of the transport devices (30a, 30b) said lenses (16a, 160) measured and aligned are transferred while maintaining the alignment of the measured and aligned lenses, depending on which of the processing devices (50) assigned to the respective transport device (30a, 30b) can be reloaded at the time, and/or

A transport box (13) containing the lenses (16a, 160) to be processed is transported into the area of the apparatus (1, 1', 1 "', 1" "), and the controller of the apparatus (1, 1', 1"', 1 "") calculates a removal sequence for removing the lenses (16a, 160) from their transport box (13) such that the lenses (16a, 160) to be processed are removed from their respective transport box (13) depending on the utilization of the at least one measuring device (40, 110) and the at least one processing device (50).

32. Method according to claim 30 or 31, characterized in that the respective measuring device (40, 110) and/or the respective processing device (50) is selected according to the measuring and/or processing workload of the respective lens to be processed and/or according to the available capacity at the measuring device (40, 110) and/or the processing device (50).

33. The method according to any one of claims 30 to 32, wherein at least two lenses (16a, 160) are measured simultaneously, and/or at least two lenses (16a, 160) are treated simultaneously, and/or at least four lenses (16a, 160) are treated simultaneously.

34. The method according to any one of claims 31 to 33, wherein the controller is adapted to manage, for each lens (16a, 160), a respective measurement time of the lens in the measurement device (40, 110) and a respective processing time in the processing device (50), and to determine an occupancy time of each measurement device (40, 110) and processing device (50) and to set a sequence of measurements and processing of the lens (16a, 160) on the basis thereof.

35. The method according to any one of claims 31 to 34, wherein the handling device (20) and the transport device (30a, 30b) are operated in the following manner: so that the two measuring devices (40, 110) are controlled independently of one another, loaded with the lens (16a, 160) to be measured and unloaded from the measured lens (16a, 160).

36. Method according to any one of claims 31 to 35, characterized in that the two handling devices (50) are controlled independently of each other and are loaded with lenses (16a, 160) to be handled or unloaded from lenses (16b) that have been finished at the edge.

37. Method according to any one of claims 30 to 36, characterized in that it is carried out by means of a device (1, 1', 1 "', 1" ") according to any one of claims 1 to 18, or in that the device (1, 1', 1"', 1 "") is designed according to any one of claims 1 to 18.

38. Device (1, 1', 1 "', 1" ") for lens treatment, in particular a device (1, 1', 1"', 1 "") for edge treatment of lenses (16a, 160), preferably wherein the device (1, 1', 1 "', 1" ") is designed according to one of claims 1 to 18,

wherein the apparatus (1, 1') comprises first and second measuring devices (40, 110) for measuring the lens (16a, 160) to be treated, and first and second processing devices (50) for processing the lens (16a, 160), in particular first and second processing devices (50) for edge processing the lens (16a, 160),

wherein the device (1, 1') comprises a housing (10) enclosing the measuring means (40, 110) and the processing means (50), and

wherein, after a measurement in one of the measuring devices (40, 110), a lens (16a, 160) can be selectively transported to the first or second processing device (50) or to a transport device (30a, 30b) assigned to the respective processing device (50).

39. The apparatus according to claim 38, characterized in that the apparatus (1, 1', 1 "', 1" ") has a device designed to remove a lens (16a, 160) from two measuring devices (40, 110) and to selectively transfer the lens (16a, 160) to one of the processing devices (50) or to a conveying device (30a, 30b) assigned to the respective processing device (50) for conveying the lens (16a, 160) to the respective processing device (50).

40. Apparatus according to claim 38 or 39, wherein said first and/or second processing means (50) are formed according to one of claims 19 to 27 or 41 to 44 and/or said first and/or second measuring means (40, 110) are formed according to claim 28 or 29.

41. Treatment device (50) for treating a lens (16a, 160), in particular a treatment device (50) for edge treatment of a lens (16a, 160), preferably the treatment device (50) is designed according to one of claims 19 to 27,

wherein the treatment device (50) has a rough treatment zone (51) and a fine treatment zone (52) and is designed for simultaneously treating the lenses (16a, 160) in the rough treatment zone (51) and in the fine treatment zone (52),

wherein the processing device (50) comprises a spindle device having two workpiece spindles,

wherein the workpiece spindles are each adapted to hold a lens (16a, 16b, 160) during processing, the spindle arrangement being rotatable with the workpiece spindles so as to enable the workpiece spindles to be moved from the rough processing zone (51) to the fine processing zone (52) and from the fine processing zone to the rough processing zone.

42. A processing apparatus according to claim 41, wherein the workpiece spindles are arranged at a fixed distance from each other.

43. Processing device according to claim 41 or 42, wherein the spindle device is rotatable about a preferably vertical axis of rotation and/or by means of a rotation device (54), in particular by 180 °, for changing the workpiece spindle between the rough processing zone (51) and the fine processing zone (52).

44. Processing device according to any one of claims 41 to 43, wherein the rough processing zone (51) comprises only one tool spindle, and/or wherein the fine processing zone (52) comprises a plurality of tool spindles.

45. A method for processing a lens (16a, 160), in particular for edge processing a lens (16a, 160), in a processing device (50) having a rough processing zone (51) and a fine processing zone (52),

wherein the processing device (50) comprises a spindle device having two workpiece spindles, preferably arranged at a fixed distance from each other, wherein the workpiece spindles each hold a lens (16a, 16b, 160) during processing,

wherein one workpiece spindle holds a lens (16a, 16b, 160) during processing in the fine processing zone (52) while the other workpiece spindle holds a second lens (16a, 16b, 160) in the rough processing zone (51),

wherein, after the treatment in the finishing zone (52), the spindle device is rotated, in particular by 180 °, such that the workpiece spindle located in the finishing zone (52) is pivoted into the rough treatment zone (51) and the lens (16a, 16b, 160) located in the rough treatment zone (51) is pivoted into the finishing zone (52).

46. Method according to claim 45, wherein during the treatment of the lenses (16a, 160) in the fine treatment zone (52), the lenses (16a, 16b, 160) are loaded into the workpiece spindle located in the rough treatment zone (51), unloaded from the workpiece spindle located in the rough treatment zone (51), and/or treated in the rough treatment zone (51).

47. Method according to claim 45 or 46, wherein, in particular during the treatment of the lens (16a, 160) in the fine treatment zone (52), a transport device (30a, 30b) removes the finished treated lens (16b) from the workpiece spindle in the rough treatment zone (51) and subsequently transfers the lens (16a, 160) to be treated onto this workpiece spindle.

48. Method according to claim 47, wherein the transport device (30a, 30b) takes over the finished lens (16b) from the workpiece spindle by means of a second gripper or suction cup (35a), whereafter the second gripper or suction cup (35a) is pivoted away and the lens (16a, 160) to be machined is transferred onto the workpiece spindle by means of the first gripper or suction cup (34a) while maintaining the orientation of the lens to be machined.

49. The method according to any one of claims 45 to 48, wherein the processing device (50) is designed according to any one of claims 41 to 44.

Technical Field

The invention relates to a device for lens treatment, in particular for spectacle lens treatment, in particular according to the preamble of claim 1, in particular to a device for lens treatment, in particular according to the preamble of claim 19 or 20, in particular to a device for lens treatment, in particular for spectacle lens treatment, a measuring device for measuring a lens, in particular to a method for lens treatment, in particular for spectacle lens treatment, according to the preamble of claim 30 or 31.

Background

A generic device and a generic method are known from DE 4127094 a 1. This document discloses a processing station for edge processing of lenses, which processing station has a handling device in the form of a gripping arm, three edge processing means and at least two sensors for measuring and/or aligning the lens to be processed. The handling device takes the lens to be treated from the storage container and then transports it first to the device for aligning the lens and then to the edge treatment device. This process is repeated until all edge processing devices are loaded. When the edge processing is completed, the completed lens is removed from the edge processing apparatus and then placed back in the library. The disadvantage here is that the processing time of the lens is relatively long from the measurement of the lens to the completion of the edge processing.

WO 2001/070460 a1 discloses an apparatus and a method for measuring and edging lenses, wherein the lenses to be edged are distributed to two processing units, each comprising a measuring device and an edging device.

US 2007/0264915 a1 describes a device for edge processing of an ophthalmic lens, wherein a measuring device coupled with a loading table and the edge processing device for the ophthalmic lens are linked by means of a loading arm.

Disclosure of Invention

It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus, a processing device, a measuring device and/or a method, each of which allows for a flexibly manageable measurement and/or alignment and/or processing of lenses, in particular edge processing, with the shortest possible lens processing time or the greatest possible lens production, starting from the removal of a lens from a transport box until and including the placement of a finished processed lens in the transport box.

This solution comprises a device having the features of claim 1, 2 or 38, a processing apparatus having the features of claim 19, 20 or 41, a measuring apparatus having the features of claim 28 and a method having the features of claim 30, 31 or 45. Advantageous further developments are the subject matter of the dependent claims.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, it is preferably provided that at least one conveying device is provided between the at least one measuring device and the at least one processing device, and at least one handling device or apparatus is provided between the at least one receiving device, the at least one measuring device and the at least one conveying device, in particular such that the at least one measuring device, the at least one conveying device and the at least one processing device are or can be arranged in any number and/or orientation relative to one another.

The device according to the invention is therefore preferably of modular design.

The at least one measuring device and the at least one processing device are operatively connected to each other via at least one conveying device.

According to the invention, the arrangement of the measuring device, the processing device and the conveying device relative to one another can be varied. Thus, according to the present invention, any number of measuring devices may be linked with any number of processing devices. For example, a single measurement device may be linked to two or more processing devices, or two or more measurement devices may be linked to a single processing device, or in particular two or more measurement devices may be linked to two or more processing devices.

Furthermore, the technical and/or structural design and/or the manner of operation of the measuring device(s), the conveying device(s) and/or the processing device(s) can be freely selected. As a result, the device according to the invention can be adapted to the various requirements of the measurement and/or treatment of the lens (for example with respect to the measurement duration and/or treatment duration and/or size and/or shape).

As a result, flexible measurement and processing of the lens is achieved with the shortest possible processing time and/or the least possible loss of time from the start of measurement of the lens to the completion of the processing.

According to a further aspect of the invention, a particularly high throughput of finished lenses, in particular of lenses subjected to edge treatment (for example the number of finished lenses per hour) can be achieved with the device according to the invention. In principle, this can be achieved by means of a selected number of measuring device(s) and/or processing device(s), or according to a selected technical design and/or operating mode, or on the basis of the throughput of the measuring device(s) and/or processing device(s) thus selected, or by means of a combination of two or more of these measures.

The modular structure of the device according to the invention therefore relates in particular to the number of measuring devices and/or processing devices present, to their linking and/or to the selection of the structural design and/or operating mode of the measuring devices and/or processing devices.

According to another aspect, which can also be achieved independently, the invention relates to a device for lens treatment. The device comprises two measuring devices, two processing devices, two conveying devices and a control device. The handling device is arranged between the measuring device and the transport device and comprises a handling unit for transferring the lens from the measuring device to the transport device, so that the measuring device is not precisely fixedly assigned to the processing device.

According to another aspect, which can also be achieved independently, the invention relates to a device for lens treatment, in particular edge treatment of lenses. The apparatus comprises a first and a second measuring device for measuring the lens to be treated and a first and a second treatment device for the treatment of the lens, in particular the treatment of the edge of the lens. Furthermore, the device has a housing which encloses the measuring device and the processing device or forms a common housing for the measuring device and the processing device. The apparatus is designed such that after measurement in one measuring device, the lens can be transported as desired to the first or second processing device or to a transport device assigned to the respective processing device. This enables a flexible workflow and high lens production.

The device preferably has a handling device which is designed to remove the lenses from both measuring devices and optionally to transfer them to one of the processing devices or to a conveying device assigned to the respective processing device in order to convey the lenses into the respective processing device. This is advantageous for high throughput.

Another aspect of the invention, which can also be implemented independently, relates to a processing device for edge processing a lens having a rough processing area and a fine processing area. In this treatment device, two integrated spindle housings are provided which are arranged offset from one another on the rotation device such that they can be rotated through 180 ° about the axis of rotation, so that each integrated spindle housing is arranged such that it can be transferred from the rough treatment zone to the fine treatment zone and back. This is advantageous for high throughput.

Another aspect of the invention, which can also be implemented independently, relates to a processing device for processing a lens, in particular for edge processing a lens. The treatment device has a rough treatment zone and a fine treatment zone and is designed for simultaneous treatment of the lenses in the rough treatment zone and the rough treatment zone. Furthermore, the processing device has a spindle arrangement with two workpiece spindles, wherein each workpiece spindle is designed to hold a lens during processing. The spindle device is rotatable together with the workpiece spindle, so that the workpiece spindle can be moved from the rough treatment zone to the fine treatment zone and from the fine treatment zone to the rough treatment zone. This is advantageous for high throughput.

The workpiece spindles are preferably arranged at a fixed distance from one another, in particular such that when the spindle arrangement is rotated by 180 °, the workpiece spindles exchange their positions.

The spindle device is preferably rotatable about a preferably vertical axis of rotation and/or by means of a rotation device, in particular by 180 °, for changing the workpiece spindle between the rough treatment zone and the fine treatment zone.

Preferably, the rough treatment zone has only one tool spindle and/or the fine treatment zone has several tool spindles, in particular five tool spindles.

The method according to the invention is characterized by the fact that: the lenses to be processed are removed from the shipping container in any order, the lenses are fed to any measuring device and/or the lenses are fed to any processing device.

In particular, the lenses to be processed can be transported in any order to a freely selectable measuring device and then by means of a freely selectable transport device to a processing device and back again. A particularly flexible measurement and edge treatment of the lenses is possible, since the measuring and/or conveying and/or treatment devices that can be used for the measurement and/or edge treatment of the respective lens can always be selected.

Another aspect of the invention, which can also be achieved independently, relates to a method for processing a lens, in particular for edge processing a lens, in a processing device having a rough processing zone and a fine processing zone. The processing device has a spindle arrangement with two workpiece spindles, preferably arranged at a fixed distance from one another. One workpiece spindle holds one lens during processing in the fine processing zone while the other workpiece spindle holds a second lens in the coarse processing zone. After the treatment in the finishing zone, the spindle arrangement is rotated, in particular by 180 °, so that the workpiece spindle located in the finishing zone is pivoted into the rough treatment zone and the lens located in the rough treatment zone is pivoted into the finishing zone. This is advantageous for high throughput.

Preferably, when machining the lens in the finishing zone, the lens is loaded into a workpiece spindle located in the roughing zone, unloaded from the workpiece spindle located in the roughing zone, and/or machined in the roughing zone. This is advantageous for high throughput.

It is further preferred that the transport device removes the finished machined lens from the workpiece spindle in the rough treatment zone and then transfers the lens to be machined onto the workpiece spindle, in particular during the treatment of the lens in the fine treatment zone. This is advantageous for high throughput.

Preferably, the transport device takes over the finished processed lens from the workpiece spindle by means of the second gripper or suction cup, wherein the second gripper or suction cup is then rotated away and the lens to be processed is transferred onto the workpiece spindle by means of the first gripper or suction cup, while the orientation of the lens is maintained.

The device according to the invention or the method according to the invention is particularly advantageous if lenses with a treatment time above the average level enter the apparatus according to the invention, for example because their measurement and/or their treatment are above the average level due to special circumstances such as, for example, extraordinary optical properties with respect to the measurement, for example, many and/or complicated treatment steps due to a complicated required edge shape. With the device according to the invention or the method according to the invention, such a lens can be fed into its measurement and processing, for example, at a moment in which the waiting time of the lens to be processed subsequently can be minimized.

In other words: a lens to be treated with a shorter treatment time may "overtake" another lens to be treated with a longer treatment time, in particular by means of a suitable control of at least one handling device or apparatus and/or at least one transport device. Such a lens can thus be avoided from determining the operating speed of the entire device.

Due to the decoupling of the measurements and processing, and the possibility of freely selecting the order in which the lenses are fed into their measurements and processing, time consuming measurements and/or processing of one lens can be performed without unduly delaying the measurements and/or processing of subsequent lenses.

The device according to the invention and the method according to the invention are particularly suitable for edge treatment of spectacle lenses.

In the sense of the present invention, the treatment of the edge of the lens is in particular a treatment of the edge of the lens (exclusively) to adapt the lens to the spectacle frame. In particular, the edge treatment (exclusively) changes the geometry of the edge or adapts it to the spectacle frame.

The treatment device according to the invention preferably has a rough treatment zone and a fine treatment zone. Particularly preferably, the rough treatment zone is arranged in a loading area of the treatment device. The treatment device according to the invention allows the simultaneous and/or time-overlapping edging of two lenses, i.e. the rough treatment of the first lens and the fine treatment of the second lens. This can save a lot of time in the edge processing of the lens.

Advantageous further embodiments result from the dependent claims.

Advantageously, at least two processing devices and/or at least two measuring devices are provided. The greater the number of processing devices and measuring devices selected, the greater the number of lenses that can be processed per hour. In practice, a combination of two measuring devices and two to four processing devices has proven to be particularly suitable.

It is proposed to provide the same measuring means and/or the same processing means so that each lens can be measured and/or processed using the same procedure. However, depending on the individual case, it may also be advantageous to provide measuring devices and/or processing devices of different designs to carry out different measuring or processing procedures.

The at least one measuring device can advantageously be designed for contactless measurement by means of a deflection method, transmission radiation and/or luminescence radiation. Thus, lenses with different optical properties can be measured as fast as possible. Of course, the at least one measuring device can also be equipped in a manner known per se, for example with a probe for tactile measurement.

In particular, the handling device or handling apparatus preferably has a first handling unit for transferring the lenses from the at least one transport container to the at least one measuring device and/or from the at least one transport device to the at least one transport container, and preferably a second handling unit for transferring the lenses from the at least one measuring device to the at least one transport device. In this way, in particular, a separation of the at least one measuring device from the two or more processing devices can be achieved in an at least particularly simple manner, i.e. the processing devices are freely selected after the measurement of the lens to be processed.

Advantageously, the at least one holding device forms a buffer zone for the lens to be processed and/or its transport box. This measure enables a free choice of the treatment sequence of the lenses to be treated in a particularly simple manner. In particular, the buffer device may have at least two, preferably at least three conveyor belts, which are expediently arranged parallel to one another. In the latter, the central belt is used for circulating transport boxes, each of which can be guided from the outer conveyor belt onto the central belt and then back onto the outer conveyor belt.

Advantageously, the device according to the invention has at least one measuring region for at least one measuring device and at least one processing region for at least one processing device. Thus, the measurement region(s) and the processing region(s) can be spatially separated from each other in a simple manner.

The receiving area or the receiving device can advantageously be arranged in the measuring area to ensure easy transport of the lens into at least one measuring device arranged spatially adjacent.

Advantageously, the at least one transport device extends over the at least one measurement region and the at least one treatment region to bridge a spatial separation between the at least one measurement region and the at least one treatment region.

The at least one measuring region and the at least one treatment region can also be separated from one another by a separating wall. In this case, the at least one conveying device can advantageously pass through at least one opening provided in the partition wall.

Preferably, the method according to the invention is designed such that the respective measuring device and/or the respective processing device can be selected according to the measuring and/or processing capacity of the respective lens to be processed and/or according to the available capacity on the measuring device and/or the processing device. In particular, it is possible to choose whether one or more measuring devices or one or more processing devices are selected and/or whether the same or different measuring devices or the same and/or different processing devices are used to carry out the method according to the invention. This allows for rapid and flexible measurement and handling of the lens. The dead time of the at least one measuring device or the at least one processing device may be minimized. Lenses with a higher than average measurement and/or treatment time may be selected for measurement and treatment, so that the waiting time of subsequent lenses with e.g. shorter measurement and/or treatment times may be minimized or even avoided altogether.

An advantageous further development of the method according to the invention is that at least two lenses can be measured and/or processed simultaneously. It is particularly preferred to treat at least four lenses simultaneously, since the treatment of the lenses usually takes longer than the measurement of the lenses.

The treatment device according to the invention preferably has two workpiece spindles, in particular each workpiece spindle is arranged in a spindle housing, preferably wherein the two spindle housings are designed to be pivoted relative to one another such that they can be alternately pivoted into a rough treatment zone and a fine treatment zone of the device according to the invention. The lens to be processed can thus be fed to the different processing steps in a particularly simple manner with different, freely selectable tools.

If the two spindle housings are arranged offset from one another, the "flying circle" is reduced in an advantageous manner, i.e. the radius remains free for the movement of the two housings.

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Examples of embodiments of the present invention are described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this respect, all features and characteristics described above or following from the description of the figures and the claims can be implemented independently of one another and in any desired combination. It is shown in schematic form, rather than to scale:

fig. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of the basic structure of a device according to the invention;

FIG. 2 is a top view of a second embodiment of the apparatus according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a top view of a third embodiment of the apparatus according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a top view of a fourth embodiment of the apparatus according to the present invention;

fig. 5 is a top view of a fifth embodiment of the apparatus according to the invention;

FIG. 6a is a plan view of an embodiment of a processing means or device of the apparatus according to the invention;

fig. 6b is a side view of the manipulation device or apparatus according to fig. 6 a;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of an example of a measuring device used in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the embodiment of the measuring device according to the invention used according to FIG. 7 in a loading position;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the embodiment of the measuring device used according to the invention according to FIG. 7 in a measuring position;

FIG. 10 is another embodiment of a sub-part of the measuring device according to the invention according to FIG. 7;

FIG. 11 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a method that may utilize a measuring device according to the invention according to FIG. 7;

fig. 12 is a handling device or apparatus according to fig. 6a, 6b with an embodiment of a transport device of the apparatus according to the invention;

fig. 13 is a conveying device according to fig. 12 with an embodiment of a processing device of the apparatus according to the invention;

figure 14a is a first perspective view of an embodiment of a handling device for an apparatus according to the invention;

fig. 14b shows the processing device according to fig. 14a in another perspective view;

fig. 15 is an exemplary time chart of an embodiment of a method according to the present invention.

Detailed Description

Fig. 1 to 5 show various embodiments of the device according to the invention, in which identical or equivalent parts are given the same reference numerals.

Fig. 1 shows an example of the basic structure of a first embodiment of an apparatus 1 for lens treatment according to the invention. In an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus 1 according to the present invention is used for measuring and chip-removing edge machining a lens to be treated, in particular in such a way that a finished edge machined lens, in particular a finished edge machined lens comprised in a spectacle frame (not shown), is obtained according to specified production data and/or frame data.

The device 1 according to the invention preferably has a housing 10 which is preferably substantially divided into a measurement region 10a and a treatment region 10 b.

The housing 10 is particularly useful for safety in operation, for example, with respect to breakage of a tool or spindle, acoustic protection and protection against debris.

It can be designed in one or several pieces, in particular divided into a housing part for the measuring region 10a and a housing part (not shown) for the processing region 10 b. Accordingly, the device 1 according to the invention can be constructed on a single base frame or on a multi-part base frame, in particular a base frame part for the measuring region 10a and a base frame part (not shown) for the processing region 10 b.

In the measuring area 10a at least one measuring device 40, 110 is provided for measuring and/or aligning the lens to be treated, while in the treatment area 10b at least one treatment device 50 is arranged for edging the lens, in particular by chip removing edging.

Preferably, the measurement area 10a and the treatment area 10b of the device 1 according to the invention are separated from each other by a separating wall 11. The partition wall 11 is intended to at least minimize contamination of the measuring area 10a with debris waste generated during the lens debris-removing machining process.

Preferably, at least one conveying device 30a, 30b passes through a respective opening 11a, 11b in the partition wall 11. The openings 11a, 11b are preferably provided with doors (not shown) which expose the openings 11a, 11b before the passage of the lenses conveyed by the conveying means 30a, 30b and close the openings 11a, 11b again after the passage.

The at least one conveying device 30a, 30b serves to convey the lenses to be treated away from the at least one measuring device 40, 110, i.e. from the measuring area 10a, to the at least one processing device 50, and to convey finished treated lenses from the at least one processing device 50 back to the measuring area 10a of the apparatus 1 according to the invention.

Preferably, an outer conveyor belt 12 is arranged adjacent to the measuring area 10a on the housing 10 for feeding the lens to be processed to the apparatus 1 according to the invention or for transporting the finished edge-processed lens away from the apparatus 1 according to the invention.

The lenses are preferably housed in a shipping container 13.

The outer conveyor belt 12 may preferably form part of a larger and/or more complex conveyor system, in particular a linear or endless conveyor system, for conveying the lens blanks and the partially and fully processed lenses to and from various processing devices (not shown). However, instead of the outer conveyor belt 12, other transport means for the lenses are also conceivable.

Further, it is preferable to arrange an operation unit 14a attached to the rotating arm 14 on the housing 10. The operating unit 14a preferably has a display device, in particular for displaying control menus and/or processing states of the lenses, and an input device, in particular preferably for centrally inputting control commands and/or display requests. By means of the operating unit 14a, the at least one conveying device 30, the at least one measuring device 40, 110 and the at least one processing device 50 can be monitored by an operator and/or controlled by means of data input. Furthermore, the treatment status of the lens can be monitored.

The swivel arm 14 is used to swivel the operating unit 14a in any direction to either side of the housing 10 of the device 1 according to the invention. Depending on the position of the operating unit 14a relative to the housing 10 or relative to the at least one measuring device 40 and/or the at least one processing device 50, the operating unit 14a can be designed to display different display and/or control menus, for example for the at least one measuring device 40 and/or the at least one processing device 50.

Of course, the operation of the device 1 according to the invention can also be realized by means of differently constructed or designed operating means, in particular by means of wireless operating means such as tablet computers, laptop computers or the like, which can also preferably display different display menus and/or control menus, for example for the at least one measuring means 40 and/or the at least one processing means 50, depending on their position relative to the housing 10 or the at least one measuring means 40 and/or the at least one processing means 50.

The switchgear cabinet 15 houses, in a manner known per se, the components necessary for the power supply, operation and control of the apparatus 1 according to the invention.

Fig. 2 shows a plan view of a second embodiment of a device 1' according to the invention. The housing 10 and the separating wall 11 between the measuring region 10a and the process region 10b are shown only for reasons of clarity.

The outer conveyor belt 12 is used to convey the transport boxes 13 of the lenses 16a, 160 to be processed for transport to the apparatus 1 'according to the invention and the transport boxes 13 with the finished processed lenses 16b for transport from the apparatus 1' according to the invention.

The transport box 13 is provided with a data carrier 13a, for example a bar code, an RFID chip or the like. The data carriers 13a may themselves contain production data and/or frame data assigned to their lenses 16a, 160 to be processed. However, the data carriers 13a may also contain only identification data, for example a serial number or the like, assigned to their mirror 16a, 160, for example. In this case, the production data and the frame data are stored, for example, in a control unit or a control center (see below) and linked to the corresponding identification data assigned to them.

The conveyor belt 12 is preferably operatively connected with two buffer zones 17a, 17b arranged in the measuring zone 10a of the apparatus according to the invention, said buffer zones forming a buffer zone 17. The buffer belts 17a, 17b may be designed as roller conveyors or conveyor belts, for example, and in an exemplary embodiment, provide space for a maximum of eight transport boxes 13.

The buffer belt 17a preferably transports the transport box 13 away from the transport belt 12 and into the measurement region 10a in the direction of the arrow E, while the buffer belt 17b transports the transport box 13 out of the measurement region 10a in the direction of the transport belt 12 in the direction of the arrow R.

The transport box 13 is pushed from the conveyor belt 12 onto a buffer belt 17a in a manner known per se, for example by means of a pusher 12 a. The transport box 13 is also advanced on the buffer strips 17a, 17b in a manner known per se, for example by means of a stop device 18 (see fig. 6a, 6 b).

The stop means 18 can also be designed, for example, as a pusher which can be moved transversely to the conveying direction of the conveying box 13 (i.e. transversely to the arrow E or R) in a manner known per se.

At the transition between the conveyor belt 12 and the buffer belt 17a, there is preferably provided a reading device 19, for example a laser scanner (see fig. 6a, 6b), which reads out production data and/or frame data stored on the data carrier 13a for the lenses 16a, 160 to be processed located therein and transmits these data to the control system of the apparatus 1' according to the invention.

It is also possible to provide pushers on the end (not shown) of the buffer belt 17a in order to push the transport boxes 13 from the buffer belt 17a onto the buffer belt 17b transversely to the transport direction of the transport boxes 13, i.e. transversely to the arrow E or R, in a manner known per se.

The buffer 17 or buffer strips 17a, 17b preferably serve as buffer storage for the transport containers 13.

This is particularly useful because the lenses 16a, 160 to be processed do not have to be fed to their measurement and processing in the same order in which they reach the buffer zone 17 a. Instead, the lenses 16a, 160 arriving later to be treated can be measured and treated first, while the lenses 16a, 160 arriving earlier to be treated are conveyed further in their transport boxes 13 along arrows E and/or R until they are selected for measurement and treatment by the control system of the apparatus 1' according to the invention. Thus, it can be said that a lens 16a, 160 arriving later can "overrun" a lens 16a, 160 already in the buffer zone 17 with respect to the order in which it is measured and processed. This has the advantage that, for example, the measurement and treatment of the lenses 16a, 160 is only performed when the lenses 16a, 160 having a measurement and/or treatment time above the average level (e.g. measuring and/or treating complex lenses) slow down the entire process of lens measurement and lens treatment in the apparatus 1' according to the invention to the minimum possible extent.

As a result, subsequent lenses 16a, 160 can be transported to the idle measuring device 40, 110 and/or the idle processing device 50, and thus be fed to their measurement and processing, after a "waiting time" which is as short as possible. At the same time, "dead time" (i.e. waiting time without lens treatment) on the at least one measuring device 40, 110 and the at least one processing device 50 is reduced as much as possible and is completely avoided in the best case.

To support the damping effect, it is also conceivable to provide a third conveyor belt (not shown) between the two damping belts 17a, 17b, which third conveyor belt is arranged running parallel to the damping belts 17a, 17b and whose principle is known, for example, from WO 2013/131656a 2. Such a third conveyor belt makes it possible to push the transport box 13, preferably from the buffer belt 17b onto the third conveyor belt, preferably by means of a pusher (not shown) known per se, if the lenses 16a, 160 accommodated in the transport box 13 are not yet intended for measurement or processing. In this case, a third conveyor belt (e.g., buffer belt 17a) will transport the transport box 13 in the direction of arrow E. As a result, the transport box 13 will then circulate on the third conveyor belt and the buffer belt 17 b. Of course, such circulation of the transport box 13 on the third transport belt and the buffer belt 17a is conceivable. In this case, the third transport belt will transport the transport box 13 in the direction of arrow R.

In the measuring region 10a, two measuring devices 40, 110 are provided in the exemplary embodiment, which are preferably identical in construction. Each of the measuring devices 40, 110 can measure the lens 16a, 160 to be processed, in particular so that the measured lens 16a to be processed can be transferred in a manner known per se onto the at least one processing device 50 in the correct spatial orientation, thereby obtaining finished edge-processed lenses 16b corresponding to their respective production data and/or frame data.

In the exemplary embodiment, two measuring devices 40, 110 are connected to two conveying devices 30a, 30 b. The transfer of the lenses 16a, 160 to be treated from their transport boxes 13 to the freely selectable measuring device 40, 110, from the measuring device 40 to the freely selectable transport device 30a, 30b and the transfer of the finished edge-treated lenses 16b from the transport device 30a, 30b back to their transport boxes 13 is carried out via a handling device or apparatus 20, as shown in fig. 6a, 6b and 12 (see below).

The transport means 30a, 30b preferably transport the measured and aligned lens 16a to be processed from the measurement area 10a to the processing area 10b of the apparatus 1' according to the invention while maintaining its spatial orientation.

As can also be seen from the exemplary embodiment according to fig. 1, the conveying means 30a, 30b preferably pass through openings 11a, 11b in the separating wall 11 between the measurement region 10a and the treatment region 10 b. The separating wall 11 is intended to at least minimize contamination of the measuring area 10a by chip debris generated during machining of the chip removing edge of the lens 16 a. For this purpose, the openings 11a, 11b through which the transport devices 30a, 30b pass are preferably provided with doors (not shown) which expose the openings 11a, 11b before the lenses 16a, 16b conveyed by the transport devices 30a, 30b pass and close them again after passing.

In the exemplary embodiment, two preferably identically constructed processing devices 50 are arranged in the processing region 10b, which processing devices 50 are connected to the conveying devices 30a, 30 b.

In the exemplary embodiment, they are edge processing devices 50 that are divided into a rough processing region 51 and a fine processing region 52, respectively.

First, an initial chip removing edge machining operation is performed on the lens 16a to be processed in a rough treatment zone 51 in which the desired contour of the lens 16a is approximately produced.

The lens 16a pre-machined in this manner is then preferably transferred to a finishing zone 52 where the desired contour is completed. The now finished edge-machined lens 16b is then preferably transferred again to the transport means 30a, 30b, transported back to the measuring area 10a of the apparatus 1' according to the invention and placed again in the associated transport box 13.

In order to remove the debris waste generated during the machining of the edge of the lens 16a, a suction opening 69 can be provided in the bottom of the treatment zone 10b, for example, in a manner known per se connected to a suction system having a duct for conveying the debris waste.

Advantageously, the conveying means 30a, 30b and the treatment means 50 are attached to a supporting frame that spans the treatment area 10b (not shown), in order to reduce as much as possible their pollution and to make it possible to suck up the scrap waste without difficulty. The bottom of the treatment zone 10b can then also be designed, for example, in the form of a trough 68, in particular in order to simplify the collection of debris waste in the region of the suction opening 69. If necessary, such a suction process can then also be designed to take place discontinuously and thus in an energy-saving manner and with less noise interference.

Preferably, two lenses 16a can be processed simultaneously in each processing device 50, wherein each lens 16a is located in the rough processing zone 51 in each case and each lens 16a is located in the fine processing zone 52 in each case. Preferably, therefore, in this exemplary embodiment of the device 1' according to the invention, two lenses 16a can be measured and four lenses 16a can be edged simultaneously and/or in a time-overlapping manner.

Preferably, the housing 10 encloses the measuring device 40, 110, the conveying device 30a, 30b, the processing device 20, the processing device 50 and/or the buffer zone 17, in particular laterally and/or completely.

Fig. 3 shows a plan view of a third embodiment of the device 1 "according to the invention. The device 1 "substantially corresponds to the device 1' according to fig. 2 and has substantially the same components. Therefore, the same reference numerals have been used in this respect, and reference is made in this respect to the description above with respect to fig. 2.

The essential difference between the device 1' according to the invention as shown in fig. 2 and the device 1 ″ according to the invention as shown in fig. 3 is that the measuring means 40, 110 are not arranged next to one another but are arranged staggered with respect to one another. The conveying devices 30a, 30b are therefore arranged parallel to one another and each connect a measuring device 40, 110 to a processing device 50.

The transfer of the lenses 16a, 160 to be treated from their transport boxes 13 to the freely selectable measuring device 40, 110, from the measuring device 40, 110 to the freely selectable transport device 30a, 30b and the transfer of the finished treated lenses 16b from the respective transport device 30a, 30b back to their transport boxes 13 takes place via a handling device or handling apparatus 20, as shown in fig. 6a, 6b and 11 (see below).

Fig. 4 shows a top view of a fourth embodiment of a device 1 "' according to the invention.

The device 1 "'substantially corresponds to the device 1' according to fig. 2 and has substantially identical components. Therefore, the same reference numerals have been used in this respect, and reference is made in this respect to the description above with respect to fig. 2.

The essential difference between the apparatus 1 'according to the invention as shown in fig. 2 and the apparatus 1 "' according to the invention as shown in fig. 4 is that several measuring devices 40, 110, in the exemplary embodiment two measuring devices, are provided, to which a measuring station 42 is assigned for receiving the lens 16a, 160 to be processed. The transport devices 30a, 30b are arranged parallel to one another and connect the measuring table 42 to a processing device 50 in each case. The lens 16a, 160 to be processed is removed from its transport box 13, placed on the measuring table 42 for measurement and fed to the respective measuring device 40, 110 by means of the rotation of the measuring table 42. After the measurement, the measured lens 16a still to be processed is transferred to the transport device 30a, 30b while maintaining its orientation; instead, the finished processed lenses 16b are transported back to the measuring area 10a by the transport devices 30a, 30b and transferred to the transport boxes 13 assigned to them.

The transfer of the lenses 16a to be processed from their transport boxes 13 to the measuring station 42, from the measuring station 42 to the freely selectable transport devices 30a, 30b and the transfer of the finished processed lenses 16b from the respective transport devices 30a, 30b back to their transport boxes 13 is carried out by means of a handling device or handling apparatus 20, as exemplarily shown in fig. 6a, 6b and 11 (see below).

Fig. 5 shows a top view of a fifth embodiment of a device 1 "" according to the invention. The device 1 "" is substantially identical to the device 1' shown in fig. 2 and has substantially identical components. Therefore, the same reference numerals are used in this respect, and reference is made in this respect to the above description of fig. 2.

The essential difference between the device 1' according to the invention as shown in fig. 2 and the device 1 "" according to the invention as shown in fig. 5 is that the measuring means 40, 110 and the processing means 50 are arranged by turning 90 °. This allows the housing 10 "" to have a shortened design, as shown by means of dashed lines.

The transfer of the lenses 16a, 160 to be treated from their transport boxes 13 to the freely selectable measuring devices 40, 110, from the measuring devices 40, 110 to the freely selectable transport devices 30a, 30b and the transfer of the finished treated lenses 16b from the respective transport devices 30a, 30b back to their transport boxes 13 is carried out via a handling device or handling apparatus 20, as is exemplarily shown in fig. 6a, 6b and 11 (see below).

Fig. 2 to 5 thus show, by way of example, the construction principle by which the device 1, 1', 1 "', 1" ", according to the invention, is characterized. The construction principle includes the arrangement of at least one measuring device 40, 110 with at least one processing device 50 and their connection by means of at least one conveying device 30a, 30 b.

As a result, in an exemplary embodiment, the lens to be processed 16a, 160 is measured and edged according to defined production data and/or frame data to obtain a finished processed lens 16b, which can then be inserted into the spectacle frame.

The number of measuring devices 40, 110 and processing devices 50 to be combined may be selected as desired, for example, based on the selection of the design and/or operating mode of the respective measuring device 40, 110 and processing device 50, the measurement or processing speed of each lens 16a, 160, and the like.

The measuring means 40, 110 and the processing means 50 may be arranged or oriented in any way with respect to each other with respect to the device 1, 1', 1 "', 1" ", for example depending on their size and/or structure.

The design and number of the conveying devices 30a, 30b can then be selected as a function of the number and, if necessary, also of the arrangement of the measuring devices 40, 110 and the processing device 50 in the respective apparatus 1, 1', 1 "', 1" ".

In the exemplary embodiment according to fig. 2 to 5, two measuring devices 40, 110 and two processing devices 50 with a rough processing zone 51 and a fine processing zone 52, respectively, are selected. However, this choice may be changed, altered and/or expanded as desired. Therefore, the installation of the buffer zone 17 with the buffer zones 17a, 17b is advantageous in order to keep a sufficient stock of lenses 16a to be processed and/or to transport the finished lenses 16b quickly, so that measuring and/or processing delays of the lenses 16a, 160 to be processed are avoided as much as possible.

Fig. 6a, 6b and 12 show an embodiment of a handling device or handling apparatus 20 for the lenses 16a, 160, 16 b.

In this exemplary embodiment, a control device or control device 20 is assigned to the measuring region 10a of the device 1, 1', 1 "', 1" ", according to the invention.

Fig. 6a shows the actuation device or actuation device 20 in a plan view or in the direction of the arrows Via, Via in fig. 6 b. Fig. 6b therefore shows the control device or apparatus 20 in a side view or in the direction of the arrows VIb, VIb in fig. 6 a. Fig. 6a, 6b also show a stop device 18 arranged between the buffer belts 17a, 17b for controlling the advance of the transport boxes 13 for the lenses 16a, 160, 16b on the buffer belts 17a, 17 b. Finally, fig. 6a, 6b also show a reading device 19 for reading out production data and/or frame data stored on the data carrier 13' for the lenses 16a, 160 to be processed which are located in the associated transport boxes 13.

The processing device or processing apparatus 20 has a first control unit 20 a. The first control unit 20a is preferably used on the one hand to transfer the lenses 16a, 160 to be processed from the transport boxes 13 assigned to them, in particular on the buffer zones 17a, 17b, to the lens holders 41, 134 assigned to the respective measuring devices 40, 110.

The first handling device or handling unit 20a is further preferably used for transferring the finished lenses 16b from the conveyors 30a, 30b back to their respective associated transport boxes 13 (see in detail below).

To this end, in the exemplary embodiment, the first control unit 20a preferably has a first rail 21 with two guides 21a, 21b, on which first rail 21a second rail 22 is arranged at right angles and is guided in the guides 21a, 21b in a manner known per se. The second rail 22 is movable along the first rail 21 in the direction indicated by the arrow L (in the direction of the coordinate x), in the exemplary embodiment electrically driven by means of a motor 29 a. Arranged and guided on the second rail 22 is a clamping device 23 which is movable in the direction indicated by arrow M (in the direction of coordinate y), which in the exemplary embodiment is electrically driven by an electric motor 29 b. The gripping device 23 has a gripper or suction cup 24, which gripper or suction cup 24 is pneumatically driven in the exemplary embodiment and can be moved in the direction indicated by the arrow N (in the direction of the coordinate z) for gripping or holding the lens 16a, 160, 16 b.

The manipulation means or manipulation device 20 further preferably comprises a second manipulation unit 20 b. The second control unit 20b serves in particular to transfer the measured lenses 16a still to be processed from the respective lens holder 41, 134 assigned to the measuring device 40, 110 to the freely selected transport device 30a, 30b (see also fig. 11).

For this purpose, the second control unit 20b in the exemplary embodiment preferably has a first rail 25, on which a second rail 26 is arranged and guided in a manner known per se. In the exemplary embodiment, second rail 26 is movable along first rail 25 in the direction indicated by arrow O (in the direction of coordinate y) by means of an electrically driven motor 29 c. On the second rail 26, in the direction indicated by the arrow P (in the direction of the coordinate x), a clamping device 27 is arranged, which in the exemplary embodiment is electrically movable by means of a motor 29d and is guided in a manner known per se. The gripping device 27 has a gripper or suction cup 28, which in the exemplary embodiment is pneumatically driven, which gripper or suction cup 28 is movable in the direction indicated by arrow Q (in the direction of coordinate z) to grip or suck the lens 16 a.

The handling means or handling units 20a, 20b of the handling device 20 are preferably attached to a not shown support frame of the device 1, 1', 1 "', 1" ", according to the invention.

The at least one measuring device 40, 110 may be of any design and operate, for example, by means of mechanical scanning or contactless scanning. In an exemplary embodiment, the at least one measuring device is designed for contactless measurement of the lens to be treated by means of a deflection method and/or transmission measurement and/or luminescence radiation. For this purpose, each lens 16a to be processed is accommodated in a lens holder 41.

In an exemplary embodiment, a pair of lens holders 41 is provided, which are pivotable relative to each other. Thus, the lens holder 41 of a pair may be loaded with a lens 16a, while the second lens holder 41 of a pair loaded with a lens 16a is located within the measurement device 40, 110. For example, each lens holder 41 may have a circular frame 41a with three or four clamping elements (not shown) as described in WO 2016/095939a 1.

Fig. 7 to 11 show embodiments of a measuring device 110 or a measuring method that can be used with such a measuring device 110.

According to fig. 7, the exemplary embodiment is used to measure a lens 160 having a top side 161 which in the exemplary embodiment is convex and a bottom side 162 which in the exemplary embodiment is concave.

The lens 160 may further be provided with a coating 160' in a manner known per se for the example of an anti-reflection coating and/or a hard coating (hard coating).

According to the invention, the device 110 comprises at least a first radiation source 140, possibly a further radiation source 140 'with an upstream slit diaphragm or mask 143' for generating a radiation pattern, a second radiation source 150 and/or a measuring and/or detecting device 120.

The orientation of the measuring and/or detecting unit, for example the orientation of a camera objective 123 (see below) of the camera 122 of the measuring and/or detecting device, defines a measuring axis M'.

The device 110 may be arranged on a frame, holder or table in a manner known per se. However, the device may also be integrated, for example, in a device for processing, for example, for shaping an optically active object, for example an optical lens, in particular an ophthalmic lens.

As can be seen from fig. 8 and 9, an exemplary embodiment of the device 110 according to the invention has a holding table 111, which holding table 111 has a bottom side 112 and a top side 113.

The camera unit 120 is preferably attached to the holding table 111, in particular to the bottom side 112 thereof. The camera unit 120 has a holder 121, and a camera 122 (a camera with a CCD sensor in the exemplary embodiment) having a camera objective lens 123 is held on the holder 121.

The camera objective 123 is preferably oriented vertically upwards.

In an exemplary embodiment, the camera 122 is provided with a polarizing filter (not shown). Above the camera objective 123, therefore, a motor 124, in the exemplary embodiment an electrically driven stepper motor, is arranged on the holder 121 for rotating the polarizing filter. The polarizing filter is used in a manner known per se to determine the polarization direction of the polarizing lens 160.

Furthermore, the camera 122 or the camera objective 123 preferably has a filter device (not shown) for absorbing and/or deflecting excitation radiation emitted by the laser diode 141 (see below).

The opening 124 in the holder 121 and the recess 114 in the holding table provide a free measuring path for the camera objective 123 in the vertical direction, defining a vertically extending measuring axis M'.

The holding element 115 is preferably arranged on the holding table 111, in particular on the top side 113 thereof. The rack and pinion gear with the drive unit 116 has an electric motor, which is held on the holding element 115. The drive unit 116 moves the rack 117 along a movement axis z '(hereinafter referred to as z' axis) in a manner known per se. In an exemplary embodiment, the z '-axis and the measuring axis M' extend parallel to each other in the vertical direction.

Preferably, the holding plate 131 of the clamping unit 130 is fixedly disposed at a lower end of the rack 117. The holding plate 131 is attached to the guide shoe 133 a. The guide shoe 133a is guided on a guide rail 133b which is preferably play-free, for example preloaded in a rolling manner known per se. The guide rail 133b is attached to the guide plate 132, and the guide plate 132 is held on the holder 115.

The clamping device 134, for example known from WO 2016/095939a1, in an exemplary embodiment a centering/clamping device with a movable clamping element 135 is preferably attached to the holding plate 131. The gripping device 134 is used to grip and center the lens 160. By means of a rack-and-pinion transmission, the holding plate 131 and thus the clamping device 134 can be moved vertically along the guide rail 133b in the direction of the z' -axis.

In an exemplary embodiment, the gripping element 135 may be pneumatically moved. Thus, in this exemplary embodiment, a pneumatic cylinder drive 136 for moving the clamping element 135 is provided below the holding plate 131.

The storage station 137 is preferably arranged below the clamping device 134. The storage table 137 is preferably arranged on a bearing and rotation device 139 by means of a holding arm 138 such that it can be rotated about a rotation axis S 'extending parallel to the z' -axis and/or parallel to the measuring axis M '(in this example pneumatically by means of a drive cylinder 139').

Preferably, the first radiation source 140 is further arranged on the top side 113 of the holding plate 111. In the exemplary embodiment, the first radiation source 140 includes two groups 140a, 140b of four laser diodes 141. In the exemplary embodiment, the laser diodes 141 of each group 140a, 140b are arranged parallel to each other, with two rows of laser diodes of each group, and at an angle of 15 ° with respect to the z 'axis or with respect to the measurement axis M'. The laser diode 141 may be provided with a suitable element for generating line-shaped radiation, such as a cylindrical mirror, a grating mirror, a Diffractive Optical Element (DOE). Computer Generated Holograms (CGH) may also be used. In an exemplary embodiment, the laser diodes 141 are further arranged offset from each other. As a result, the linear rays emitted by the laser diodes 141 are also offset or spaced from each other perpendicular to their direction of propagation.

In an exemplary embodiment, the distance between the linear rays is about 10 mm.

The laser diodes 141a of the two groups 140a, 140b are again arranged at right angles to each other. The laser diodes 141 are connected by a line 142 to a power supply device (not shown) so that they can be switched independently of each other and in any combination.

Preferably, a receiving plate 151 for receiving the second radiation source 150 is arranged below the driving unit 116 for the rack and pinion gear. In an exemplary embodiment, a TFT-based liquid crystal flat panel display is provided as the second radiation source 150. The second radiation source 150 is preferably arranged above the clamping device 134 and in a plane oriented perpendicular to the z '-axis or the measuring axis M'.

As described above, the measurement device 110 may also be comprised of two parts, each part having the camera 122, the first radiation source 140, and the second radiation source 150. Then, as exemplarily shown in fig. 10, a clamping and centering arrangement 144 may be provided.

The arrangement 144 has a total of two pairs 145, in each case two clamping devices 134 as described above with clamping elements 135. In each case, the clamping device 134 of each pair 145 is assigned to a part of the measuring device 110 with the camera 122, the first radiation source 140 and/or the second radiation source 150.

The clamping devices 134 of the pair 145 and/or of the pair 145 are preferably arranged in a common, in particular horizontal, plane. It is also evident from fig. 12, where four clamping devices 134 are shown on the right side of the figure.

The gripping devices 134 of each pair 145 are preferably mounted on a turning device 146 so as to be turned 180 deg. in the direction of arrow D.

In other words, each of the pairs 145 of clamping devices 134 is rotatable about a preferably vertical axis, in particular by 180 °, particularly preferably such that the pairs 134 exchange their positions during the rotation by 180 °. Preferably, the rotating means 146 form an axis of rotation of the pair 145. The turning device 146 is preferably arranged below the clamping device 134 and/or between both clamping devices 134 of the pair 145.

As mentioned above, the gripping devices 134 of each pair 145 are also preferably associated with a respective storage station 137. Preferably, each storage station 137 is designed to be height-adjustable and/or arranged or arrangeable by means of an adjusting device 147 such that it is in a loading position according to fig. 8 (right half of fig. 10) relative to its assigned clamping device 134 or in a measuring position according to fig. 9 (left half of fig. 10) relative to its assigned clamping device 134.

The second clamping devices 134, which are arranged in the image background in fig. 10, are preferably positioned relative to their assigned elements, i.e. the camera 122, the first radiation source 140 and/or the second radiation source 150, in such a way that measurements (described in more detail below) can be made.

In the position according to the right half of fig. 10, the lens 160 to be measured can be loaded or unloaded on the front gripping device 134, while the lens (not shown) is held and measured in the rear gripping device 134, as described below.

In the position according to the left half of fig. 10, the lens 160 to be measured can be held in the front clamping device 134, while the finished measured lens 160 can be held in the rear clamping device 134 (not shown), so that the pair 145 can be turned 180 °. Then, the lens 160 to be measured may be measured as described below, and the completed measured lens 160 may be unloaded as described below.

In the following, an example of a measurement method is described (see fig. 8, 9 and 11):

at the beginning of the process, the clamping device 134 of the device 110 according to the invention is preferably in its loading position (see fig. 8, fig. 10, right). In this loading position, the storage table 137 is preferably arranged directly below the clamping device 134.

First, in a method step 201, the device 110 is loaded (see WO 2016/095939a1) with the optically active element to be measured, in an exemplary embodiment a lens 160, possibly provided with a coating 160', for example for an eyeglass lens, in a manner known per se by placing the optically active element to be measured on a storage table 137. Here, the mirror 160 is preferably oriented in such a way that its bottom side 162, which in the exemplary embodiment is concave, is oriented towards the camera objective 123, and its top side 161, which in the exemplary embodiment is convex, is oriented towards the second radiation source 150.

Furthermore, in method step 202, the clamping element 135 is first actuated, so that the lens 160 is centered along its circumference with respect to the clamping element 135 within the clamping device 134.

Subsequently, in a method step 202, the gripping element 135 of the gripping device 134 is actuated such that the lens 160 is gripped by means of the gripping element 135 while substantially maintaining the centering of the lens 160.

In method step 203, the clamping device 134 is first moved in the z '-axial direction to such an extent that the storage table 137 can be rotated out of the measuring region of the camera objective 123 of the camera 122 so as not to interfere with the measuring axis M' of the camera objective 123.

Finally, in method step 203, the clamping device 134 together with the lens 160 clamped therein is moved further upward along the z' -axis towards the second radiation source 150 by means of a rack-and-pinion transmission.

The clamping device 134 of the device 110 according to the invention is now in a defined measuring position (see fig. 9, fig. 10 left). The measuring position can be kept constant irrespective of the nature of the optically active element to be measured, thereby contributing to standardizing the method according to the invention.

The three measurement methods can be performed sequentially or simultaneously (see fig. 10):

determining the spatial position of the bottom side 162 of the lens 160

i. In a method step 204, each laser diode of the two groups 140a, 140b of laser diodes 141 emits a line-shaped radiation, in the exemplary embodiment the excitation radiation has a wavelength of 405nm or 450 nm. These defined wavelengths can be filtered out of the radiation emitted by the laser diode 141, for example by means of a filter, not shown.

Since the laser diodes 141 are arranged perpendicularly with respect to the propagation direction of each other, the line-shaped rays emitted by the laser diodes 141 have an interval of about 10 mm. As a result, in the exemplary embodiment, the line-shaped rays emitted by all eight laser diodes are incident on the material of the mirror 160 and/or its coating 160' in the form of two sets of four lines arranged at right angles to each other. The fluorescent radiation of the lens 160 and/or the material of its coating 160' of wavelengths greater than 405nm or 450nm excited by the linear rays arranged in this way is emitted in two groups, each group having four lines arranged at right angles to each other and spaced apart from each other (i.e. in the form of a grid or lattice pattern).

in the exemplary embodiment, two sets of four line rays arranged at right angles to each other are incident on the bottom side 162 of the lens 160, the bottom side 162 of the lens 160 being concave in the exemplary embodiment. Thus, the fluorescent radiation emitted by the lens 160 and/or the material of its coating 160' forms a grid or grid pattern of two by four fluorescent lines, the wavelength of which in exemplary embodiments is greater than 405nm or 450 nm. In an exemplary embodiment, this fluorescent radiation is captured by the camera objective 123 in method step 205 and detected by the CCD sensor of the camera 122. The fluorescence radiation can be detected particularly reliably and with low interference if the camera 122 or the camera objective 123 has a filter for absorbing or deflecting the excitation radiation emitted by the laser diode 141. The resulting measurement data is fed to the evaluation unit 170.

The measurement data are evaluated by means of triangulation (fringe projection as 3D measurement method) which is known per se. In this way, the spatial position of the bottom side 162 of the lens 160, which in the exemplary embodiment is concave, is determined in a manner known per se. For asymmetric lenses (e.g., free form lenses), the measurements are unambiguous. For a symmetric lens (e.g. a spherical lens), data on its edge profile (see below) is still needed to determine its position in space.

v. by performing the above method using a flat glass as the measurement object, the device 110 according to the invention can be calibrated.

Determining parameters of a lens 160

i. In a method step 206, a second radiation source 150 (in the exemplary embodiment a TFT-based LCD screen) emits radiation in a defined pattern (e.g., a stripe pattern) in the direction of a top side 161 of the mirror plate 160, which top side 161 of the mirror plate 160 is convex in the exemplary embodiment. The radiation passes through the lens 160, wherein the defined pattern is modified according to the parameters of the lens 160, in particular its profile, its edge profile, any markings (e.g. laser engraving) and/or any multifocal zone (e.g. bifocal or trifocal zone) of the lens 160. In a method step 207, the generated transmitted radiation is captured by the camera objective 123 of the camera 122 and, in an exemplary embodiment, detected in the form of a measurement signal by means of a CCD sensor of the camera 122. The measurement data resulting from the transmission measurement is fed to an evaluation unit 170 and evaluated.

The device 110 according to the invention can be calibrated by performing the above method using a flat glass as the object of measurement.

Determining the refractive power of the lens 160

i. In a method step 208, the second radiation source 150 (in the exemplary embodiment a TFT-based LCD screen) emits radiation in the form of defined pixels in the direction of a top side 161 of the mirror plate 160, which top side 161 of the mirror plate 160 is convex in the exemplary embodiment. The radiation passes through the optic 160 where it is deflected according to the optical characteristics of the optic 160. In an exemplary embodiment, in method step 209, the generated transmitted radiation is captured by the camera objective 123 of the camera 122 and detected in the form of a measurement point by means of the CCD sensor of the camera 122.

For evaluating the measurement points, a ray tracing method known per se (i.e. a ray-emission based algorithm for tracing the determined measurement points back to their source, i.e. the defined pixels) is used in the exemplary embodiment. By means of a ray tracing method, the resulting measurement points detected by the CCD sensor of the camera 122 are associated with pixels arranged on the second radiation source 150 (i.e. the source points of the rays detected in the form of measurement points). In order to assign the measurement points captured by the CCD sensor to the pixels defined in the second radiation source 150, the second radiation source 150 is correspondingly coded in a manner known per se. The measurement data resulting from the transmission measurement and the ray tracing method are fed to an evaluation unit 170. In this measuring method, it is advantageous if the defined pattern of rays emitted by the second radiation source 150 is selected in such a way that: so that a sufficient signal separation, i.e. a sufficient resolution of the measurement signals, can be achieved on the CCD sensor, so that in the best case each measurement signal can then be evaluated.

Evaluation of the measurement data gives the refractive power of the lens 160.

The device 110 according to the invention can be calibrated by performing the above-described procedure using a flat glass as the object of measurement.

The linking of these measurement data allows a two-dimensional assessment (so-called "diopter map") of the refractive power of the lens 160 to be determined in method step 210. This allows, among other things, the prisms incorporated into the lens 160 to be distinguished by order and prism imperfections. This applies both to prism errors that occur during the shaping process of the bottom side 162 of the lens 160 and to prism errors that are detected due to incorrect positioning of the lens 160 in the device 110.

The above described methods for determining the spatial position of the lens 160 (item 1) and for determining its parameters (item 2) can also be performed in a deflection method. For this purpose, radiation emitted by a radiation source, the lens 160 of which is opaque, is used. The radiation source is positioned such that the mirror 160 reflects radiation emitted by the radiation source in the direction of the measurement axis M', i.e. in the direction of the camera objective 123, so that the resulting reflected radiation can be captured by the camera objective 123 and detected by the CCD sensor of the camera 122. The resulting measurement data are then evaluated in a manner known per se.

Fig. 12 and 13 show in plan view exemplary embodiments of a conveying device 30a, 30b, which preferably cooperates with a control device or control device 20 in the measurement region 10a and/or with two processing devices 50 in the processing region 10b of the device 1, 1', 1 "', 1" ".

In the exemplary embodiment, the conveying means 30a, 30b are designed as linear conveyors 31a, 31b and are preferably attached to a not shown support frame of the device 1, 1', 1 "', 1" ", according to the invention.

In the exemplary embodiment, each linear conveyor 31a, 31b has, in a manner known per se, a guide rail 32a, 32b for guiding a carriage 33. In the exemplary embodiment, the carriage 33 is arranged on pneumatically driven rails 32a, 32b so as to be movable in the direction of arrow S (conveyor 30a) or in the direction of arrow T (conveyor 30 b). However, the carriage 33 may also be electrically driven.

The rigid holder 34 with the first gripper or suction cup 34a and/or the holder 35 with the second gripper or suction cup 35a can be pivoted about a pivot axis D, preferably arranged on the carriage 33.

A first gripper or suction cup 34a is preferably used to receive the lens 16a that has been measured and aligned for edging, while a second gripper or suction cup 35a is preferably used to receive the finished edged lens 16 b.

The first gripper or suction cup 34a is therefore preferably designed in a manner known per se such that it can receive a lens 16a, which lens 16a has already been measured and aligned in its respective alignment for edge processing and which alignment is maintained during transport of the lens 16a to the processing device 50.

Instead, the second gripper or suction cup 35a can have a simple design so that it can receive the finished edged lens 16b in any orientation.

In this exemplary embodiment, the axes x, y and z mentioned below are oriented orthogonally to each other, preferably the x and y axes are horizontal and the z axis is vertical (see also fig. 6a, 6 b).

Fig. 13 to 14b show an exemplary embodiment of a processing device 50 according to the present invention, which is preferably suitable for a device 1, 1', 1 "', 1" ", and/or for carrying out a method according to the present invention. In the exemplary embodiment, two processing devices 50 according to the present invention having the same structure are provided.

In the exemplary embodiment, the two processing devices 50 are attached to a support frame (not shown), in particular at a distance from the trough 68 or the suction opening 69, in order to ensure an undisturbed discharge of the debris waste.

Each processing device 50 preferably has a rough processing area 51 and a fine processing area 52 so that both lenses 16a can be edged simultaneously and/or overlapping in time.

Preferably, the treatment device 50 is designed for simultaneously treating the lenses in a rough treatment zone 51 and a fine treatment zone 52.

In this exemplary embodiment, the rough treatment zone 51 also serves as a loading area for the lens 16a to be treated or as an unloading area for the finished edge-treated lens 16 b.

Preferably, two workpiece spindles or integral spindle housings 53 are provided in each processing device 50.

In this exemplary embodiment, the two workpiece spindles or the one-piece spindle housing 53 are arranged such that they can be rotated by 180 ° about the rotation axis Tr in this exemplary embodiment.

Preferably, the workpiece spindle 53 or the one-piece spindle housing 53 is arranged on the rotating device 54, in particular offset from one another.

Thus, each workpiece spindle or integral spindle housing 53 is arranged to be transferable from the rough treatment zone 51 to the fine treatment zone 52 and back.

The preferred offset arrangement of the two workpiece spindles or the integrated spindle housing 53 has the effect of minimizing the radius defined by the 180 ° rotation ("flight circle").

In other words, the processing device 50 has a spindle device with two workpiece spindles 53, which are formed in particular by an integrated spindle housing 53. The workpiece spindle or integral spindle housing 53, respectively, is preferably configured to hold the lens during processing operations. The spindle arrangement preferably rotates together with the workpiece spindle 53, so that the workpiece spindle 53 can be moved from the rough treatment zone 51 to the fine treatment zone 52 and from there to the rough treatment zone.

Preferably, the workpiece spindles or integral spindle housings 53 are arranged at a fixed distance from each other.

In order to exchange the workpiece spindle 53 between the rough treatment zone 51 and the fine treatment zone 52, the spindle arrangement with the workpiece spindle or the integrated spindle housing 53 can preferably be rotated about an in particular vertical axis of rotation and/or by means of a rotation device 54, in particular by 180 °.

Each workpiece spindle or one-piece spindle housing 53 preferably has the form of a workpiece spindle, in particular two semi-spindles, namely an upper semi-spindle 55 and a lower semi-spindle 56. In the exemplary embodiment, the two semi-spindles 55, 56 are designed to be drivable in the same direction of rotation by means of an electric motor via a synchronous shaft having two belts (not shown) operatively connected to the synchronous shaft in a manner known per se. However, the two semi-spindles 55, 56 can also be driven in the same rotational direction, for example by means of associated electric motors (not shown), respectively.

This defines a vertical axis of rotation C. Preferably, the lower semi-spindle 56 is designed to be vertically movable in the direction of the axis z, in contrast to the upper semi-spindle 55, so that the lens 16a to be treated can be held in a clamped manner on both of its surfaces (not shown) between the upper semi-spindle 55 and the lower semi-spindle 56. In this case, the adhesive force transmitted by the upper semi-spindle 55 and the lower semi-spindle 56 acts on both surfaces of the lens 16a to be machined in each case.

In this embodiment, each semi-spindle 55, 56 further comprises adhesive elements (not shown) such that the surface of the lens 16a to be treated is clamped between the adhesive elements.

The adhesive element is preferably made of a resilient plastic material that is adapted to the respective surface contour of the lens 16 a. In this case, the semi-spindles 55, 56 as provided in the exemplary embodiment are advantageously designed to be rotatable in the same direction about the axis of rotation C and to be drivable individually. In this way, the torque transmitted by the motor is increased, so that a particularly safe entrainment of the lens 16a to be processed is achieved during the edging process.

In the exemplary embodiment, the rough-treatment zone 51 also preferably has only one tool spindle or tool spindle device 57 for accommodating only one tool 58, respectively, which tool 58 is used for chip-removing edge machining of the lens 16a to be treated, in particular of the lens 16a to be treated held by the associated semi-spindles 55, 56, respectively.

In the exemplary embodiment, tool spindle device 57 is held on x-bracket 59a and/or z-bracket 59b in such a way that it can be moved along the vertical z-axis and/or the horizontal x-axis. This allows the tool 58 to be advanced in the x-direction and/or z-direction towards the lens 16a to be treated.

Thus, in this exemplary embodiment, the tool spindle arrangement 57 preferably has no axis of rotation. Of course, additional axes of movement, including axes of rotation, may be provided to feed the tool 58.

In an exemplary embodiment, the tool 58 may be designed with a relatively small length dimension to minimize handling errors and risk of damage to the tool 58, for example, due to natural vibration or bending of the tool 58.

A measuring device 60 with a measuring probe 61 known per se is preferably also arranged in the rough treatment zone 51. The measuring device 60 is preferably held together with the tool spindle device 57 on the x-carrier 59a and/or on the z-carrier 59b so that it can also be moved in the x-direction and/or z-direction as described above for the tool spindle device, so that the feed of the measuring probe 61 to the lens 16a can thus take place.

The measurement device 60 is used to measure the near-edge machined lens 16a prior to transfer to the finishing area 52 of the processing device 50.

Specifically, the spatial positions of the upper and lower surfaces of the edge area of the lens 16a subjected to the approximate edge processing remaining after the rough processing are determined.

Here, the probe 61 is moved over the surface between the obtained contour of the approximated-edge processed lens 16a and the calculated contour of the desired finished processed lens 16 b. On this basis, specific production data for the finishing of the near-edge machined lens 16a can be determined.

Subsequently, they are transferred to the finishing zone 52 and the final finishing is transferred to the finished treated lens 16 b. In this manner, the most accurate finishing can be performed on the finished treated lens 16 b.

The finishing zone 52 preferably has several (in the exemplary embodiment, five) different tools 62 for chip removing machining of the lens 16a to be treated.

Each tool 62 is fixedly mounted on a tool spindle 63 and is preferably provided for a single defined processing task. However, a cluster tool may also exist, which may be provided for two or more processing tasks.

The tool 62 is preferably selected in such a way that all lens edge types can be manufactured (in particular for glasses with full-rim, half-rim and/or rimless glasses). In particular, different tools 62 are provided for different processing tasks.

The tool spindle 63 is accommodated in the holding device 64 in any order. Preferably, the tool spindles 63 are received in such a way that they can be easily replaced and/or received, so that their order can be changed.

The holding device 64 is preferably accommodated in the x-bracket 65a so as to be pivotable about a horizontally extending axis, thereby defining a pivot axis B. The x-carriage 65a is in turn designed to be movable along the x-axis. Preferably, the x-carriage 65a is in turn held on a y-carriage 65b, which y-carriage 65b is designed to be movable along a y-axis extending at right angles to the x-axis.

Finally, the y-bracket 65b is preferably held on a z-bracket 66, which z-bracket 66 is designed to be movable along a z-axis perpendicular to the plane formed by the x-axis and the y-axis.

As a result, the tool spindle 63 and its tool 62 are preferably movable in all three spatial directions x, y, z and additionally about the pivot axis B and are therefore designed to be feedable onto the respective lens 16a to be processed held by the associated semi-spindles 55, 56.

The tools 62 can be selected independently of one another for the finishing of the lens 16a to be processed and fed by means of a linear movement in the y direction respectively to the lens 16a held in the associated one-piece spindle housing 53 which has been roughly machined and then brought into engagement with the lens 16a by means of a pivoting movement about the pivot axis B. This enables full edging of the lens 16a to be processed, producing a finished edged lens 16b of full size and/or having a variety of edge shapes.

This construction according to the invention allows the edge treatment of the lens 16a with different tools 62, wherein according to the invention preferably no time-consuming tool exchange takes place, but the tools 62 required in each case are fed to the lens 16a to be treated by means of a linear displacement and a subsequent pivoting movement of the holding device 64.

Since the tool spindles 63 and thus the tools 62 are advantageously arranged in as large a spatial proximity as possible to each other (i.e. without interfering with each other when the tools 62 are fed to the lenses 16a to be processed, respectively), the feed path of the tools 62 is short, so that the feed movement itself can also be performed very quickly.

In order to save more time, the tool 62 may be activated, i.e. the tool 62 is set in a rotational movement, before the previous edge processing step has been completed, i.e. before the tool 62 is advanced to the lens 16a to be processed.

In this exemplary embodiment, the device 1, 1', 1 "', 1" ", according to the invention, has an integrated control system, in particular for all controllable components of the device 1, 1', 1"', 1 "", according to the invention, in particular for the buffer system 17, the handling device or the handling device 20, the at least one conveying device 30, the at least one measuring device 40 and/or the at least one processing device 50.

Exemplary embodiments of the method according to the present invention can be implemented with the exemplary device according to the present invention just described and preferably with the following method steps.

Preferably, the transport box 13 is transported by means of the conveyor belt 12 into the region of the device 1, 1', 1 "', 1" ", according to the invention.

Each transport box 13 contains at least one, preferably two, to-be-processed lenses 16a, 16b assigned thereto, wherein each transport box is preferably provided, for example, with identification data or production data and/or frame data 13a of the to-be-processed lens assigned thereto.

In principle, however, the lenses 16a, 16b and/or the transport boxes 13 can also be transported in other ways to the apparatus 1, 1', 1 "', 1" ", and away from the apparatus 1, 1', 1"', 1 "".

In the region of the buffer strip 17a, the transport boxes 13 are preferably pushed one by one from the conveyor belt onto the buffer strip 17a by means of the pusher 12 a.

Subsequently, each transport box 13 preferably first passes through a reading device 19, which reading device 19 reads out the identification data or production data and/or frame data 19 and passes them to the control system of the apparatus 1, 1', 1 "', 1" ".

Each transport bin 13 on the buffer belt 17a is further transported into the measuring area 10a of the apparatus 1, 1', 1 "', 1" ", according to the invention, preferably controlled by a stopping device 18, which stopping device 18 in a manner known per se allows each transport bin 13 to be further transported segment by segment according to the control of the apparatus 1, 1', 1"', 1 "".

When the transport bin 13 reaches the end of the buffer strip 17a, it can be pushed, for example, in a manner known per se by means of a pusher onto a buffer strip 17b extending parallel to the buffer strip 17 a.

Each transport bin 13 on the buffer belt 17b is preferably further transported out of the measuring area 10a of the device 1, 1', 1 "', 1" ", according to the invention, controlled by a stopping device 18, which is provided with a locking device in a manner known per se and which allows each transport bin 13 to be further transported section by section according to the control of the device 1, 1', 1"', 1 "".

During such section-by-section transport of the transport box 13, the lenses 16a to be treated assigned to them are removed from the transport box 13, in particular by means of a handling device or handling apparatus 20, and are fed to further treatment in the apparatus 1, 1', 1 "', 1" ", according to the invention.

The finished edge-treated lenses 16b are returned to the transport boxes 13 assigned to them and placed therein, in particular by means of a handling device or handling apparatus 20.

At the latest when the transport bin 13 reaches the end of the buffer belt 17b in the area of the conveyor belt 12, the finished edged lenses 16b assigned to it are loaded into the transport bin 13 and pushed back onto the conveyor belt 12 and/or, according to the invention, transported out of the area of the apparatus 1, 1', 1 "', 1" ", by means of the underlying transport bin 13.

Here, it is preferably not necessary to remove the lenses 16a to be processed in the order in which the transport boxes 13 arrive on the buffer zone 17 a.

The control system of the apparatus 1, 1', 1 "', 1" ", according to the invention preferably calculates the sequence in which the lenses 16a to be processed are to be removed from their transport boxes 13, so that the lenses 16a to be processed are removed from their respective transport boxes 13 depending on the use of the at least one measuring device 40 and/or the at least one processing device 50. This means that the measurement or alignment and edge processing of the lens 16a to be processed can be carried out at an optimum speed, in particular without waiting times, for example caused by preceding lenses 16a having long measurement and/or processing times.

Therefore, preferably, both the lens 16a to be processed and the finished edge-treated lens 16b can be removed from or placed in their transport boxes 13, irrespective of the position of the transport box 13 assigned to them on the buffer belts 17a, 17 b. At the latest when the transport box 13 reaches the end of the buffer belt 17b in the region of the conveyor belt 12, the finished edge-treated lens 16b assigned to it must be loaded into it again.

As mentioned above, by means of a third conveyor belt (not shown) the transport box can be additionally circulated to optimize the buffering effect of the buffer belts 17a, 17 b.

After the lens 16a to be processed has been removed from its transport box 13, it is transported by the handling unit 20a to the then available measuring system 40 or the respective measuring device 40. The lens 16a is placed with its convex surface facing upwards on a storage table assigned to the respective lens holder 41, so that the lens 16a can be fixed and transferred to the measuring device 40 by means of the clamping means of the lens holder 41 in a manner known per se, as described for example in WO 2016/095939a 1.

The lens 16a to be machined is measured in a manner known per se.

Subsequently, the measured lens 16a is picked up on the convex surface of the measured lens 16a, preferably at the calculated shading point, by the handling unit 20b and released from the clamping device of the lens holder 41.

The lens 16a to be treated is then aligned in a manner known per se, for example as described in WO 2016/095939a 1.

Now, the control system preferably determines to which of the transport devices 30a, 30b the lens 16a being measured and preferably aligned is transferred, in particular while maintaining its alignment. This preferably depends on which processing device 50 assigned to the respective conveying device 30a, 30b can be reloaded at this time.

Thus, the aligned lens 16a is transferred from the handling unit 20b to the suction cup/gripper 34a of the selected transport device while maintaining its orientation, which suction cup/gripper 34a now preferably grips the lens 16a at the concave surface of the lens 16 a.

Preferably, but not necessarily simultaneously, the handling unit 20a picks up the finished processed lens 16b, held by the suction cups/grippers 35a on its concave surface, from the suction cups/grippers 35a of the selected conveyor 30a, 30b, removes the lens 16b from the suction cups/grippers 35a, and places it in the delivery box 13 assigned to it.

The carriage 33 of the selected transport device 30a, 30b now moves out of the measuring region 10a of the apparatus 1, 1', 1 "', 1" ", according to the invention, along the guide 32a, 32b into its processing region 10b, preferably through the opening 11a, 11b through the partition wall 11. In the process, the doors associated with the respective openings 11a, 11b are preferably opened so that the brackets 33 can pass through the openings 11a, 11 b.

The openings 11a, 11b are then closed again, preferably by means of the door assigned to it.

When the carriage 33 is at the height of the processing device 50 in the rough treatment zone 51, the processed lens 16b is preferably transferred from the workpiece spindle or integral spindle housing 53 to the transport device 30a, 30 b.

In particular, for this purpose, the suction cup/gripper 35a moves under the upper semi-spindle 55 of the workpiece spindle or one-piece spindle housing 53 and takes over the processed finished lens 16b held on the upper semi-spindle 55 at its concave surface. The pivotable holder 35 is then folded in the direction of rotation D so that the suction cup/gripper 34a can be moved under the upper spindle half 35 of the workpiece spindle or the one-piece spindle housing 53. The lens 16a to be processed is picked up by the upper semi-spindle 55 while maintaining alignment and then released from the suction cup/gripper 34 a.

The carriage 33 is now removed and the finished treated lens 16b is transported back to the measuring area 10a of the apparatus 1, 1', 1 "', 1" ", according to the invention, preferably again through the opening 11a, 11b in the separating wall 11 as described above.

The lower spindle half 56 of the integrated spindle housing 53 is moved upward so that the lens 16a to be processed is fixed in its predetermined orientation and edge processing can begin.

Preferably, simultaneously during these operations, the other lens 16a is held in a spindle housing 53 located in the finishing zone 52 of the edge-processing device 50 and finished. In this process, the tool spindle 63 may already be moved upwards before transferring the lens 16a to the finishing zone 52 in order to keep the processing time as short as possible. The finishing of the lens 16a to be treated generally takes longer than its roughing.

Conveniently, the number and/or design and/or sequence of tools 62 is chosen in such a way that the edge treatment of the lens 16a to be treated can be carried out in the most time-saving manner. Since the tools 62 have feed paths of different lengths along the y-axis, the respective sequences or arrangements in the holders 64 may result in an overall minimum travel path for the holders 64, which in turn may shorten processing time.

In the starting position of the carriage 33 in the measuring area 10a of the device 1, 1', 1 "', 1" ", according to the invention, the handling unit 20a grasps the finished processed lens 16b, which is held on the concave side by the suction cup/gripper 35a, from the suction cup/gripper 35a, removes the lens 16b from the suction cup/gripper 35a and places it in the transport bin 13 assigned to it. Immediately thereafter, another measured and aligned lens 16a to be processed is transferred to the suction cup/gripper 34a, which now grips the lens 16a on the concave side while maintaining its alignment.

As mentioned above, this further lens 16a is now transferred to the treatment area 10b of the apparatus 1, 1', 1 "', 1" ", according to the invention.

At the same time, the edge treatment of the lens 16b, which has been located in the finishing zone 52 of the treatment device 50 at the same time, has been completed.

By rotating the integrated spindle housing 53, the finished processed lens 16b is transferred to the rough processing area 51 of the processing apparatus 50, and the lens 16a which has been subjected to the finishing pretreatment as described above is transferred to the fine processing area 52.

While finishing the lens 16a is started, the finished processed lens 16b is waiting to be picked up by the carriage 33, as described above. The described cycle starts again.

Thus, all measuring devices 40, 110 can be equipped with the lens 160 to be measured or the lens 16a to be treated in any order.

Likewise, each conveyor 30a, 30b may be loaded with measured and aligned lenses 16a to be processed in any order.

On the basis of production data and/or frame data of the lenses 16a to be processed, which may have been read out by the reading device 19 and transmitted to the control system or storage of the apparatus 1, 1', 1 "', 1" ", the control system thus preferably calculates the order in which the lenses 16a are processed and the selection of the respective measuring device 40, 110 and the respective conveying device 30a, 30b and the respective processing device 50 for each individual lens 16a to be processed. The calculation is carried out in particular in such a way that an optimum time sequence of the measurement, transport and edge treatment of the individual lenses to be treated is achieved, in particular with a latency that is as short as possible.

The control system or monitoring device suitable for the method according to the invention is in particular able to manage the treatment status of the lens 16a to be treated.

The measurement and processing steps required for each lens 16a are preferably defined in a so-called processing plan.

If multiple measuring devices 40, 110 and/or multiple processing devices 50 are provided, it is preferred that each lens 16a is free to select the particular measuring device 40, 110 and/or processing device 50 to be used, i.e., independent of any other measuring device 40, 110 and/or processing device 50 currently in use.

In this way, the basic sequence "measure-rough-finish" for each lens 16a remains unchanged.

The actual processing conditions for each lens 16a are reflected in the processing state. The treatment status indicates, for example, a measurement or treatment that has been performed or is to be performed next, wherein particularly preferably is performed with reference to a respective treatment plan for each lens 16 a.

The control system or monitoring device suitable for the method according to the invention is also preferably adapted to manage for each lens 16a its individual measurement time in the measurement device 40, 110 and individual processing time in the processing device 50 and/or to determine the occupancy time for each measurement device 40, 110 and processing device 50, i.e. the time period during which the respective measurement device 40, 110 and the respective processing device 50 are blocked by the relevant lens 16 a.

Based on this, the control system or monitoring device can determine the order of measurement and processing of the lens 16 a. On the one hand, the determination is preferably such that the measuring means 40, 110 and the processing means 50 can be operated as free of dead time as possible. On the other hand, it is particularly preferred to determine the order of measurement and processing of the lenses 16a independently of the order in which their respective transport boxes are arranged on the buffer belts 17a, 17 b.

In particular, with such a control system or monitoring device, the handling device or handling arrangement 20 and the transport devices 30a, 30b can be operated in such a way that the two measuring devices 40, 110 are controlled independently of one another, loaded with the lens to be measured and unloaded from the measured lens, according to the above-described exemplary embodiment of the method of the invention.

In a comparable manner, the two processing devices 50 can be controlled independently of one another, loaded with lenses 16a to be processed or unloaded from lenses 16b which have already been edge-processed.

Thus, according to the invention, the measurement and the edging of the lens 16a to be treated can be carried out in such a way that the lens 16a to be treated can be optimally assigned to the measuring device 40 and the treatment device 50, respectively, in a simple and complex manner, so that the lens 16a to be treated can be measured and edged, respectively, with the least possible expenditure of time or loss of time.

For this purpose, the control system of the device according to the invention has available corresponding production data or frame data of the lens 16a to be processed. The handling device or handling apparatus 20 and/or the transport devices 30a, 30b can thus be controlled such that the lens 16a to be processed is optimally assigned to the free measuring device 40 and/or transport device 30a, 30b and/or processing device 50 in order to achieve a measurement and/or edge processing that is as time-saving as possible.

When the respective transport box 13 enters the machine, as described above, the lens data required for this purpose, for example processing data, processing plans, processing sequences, processing steps, optical data and/or geometric data, are stored in the control system or monitoring device by means of a storage medium and/or read out from the data carrier 13 a.

Thus, the recording of the respective treatment status of the individual lenses 16a, 16b located in the device according to the invention serves to control, coordinate and organize the sequence of the individual measurement and treatment processes in the individual measuring devices 40, 110 and the treatment device 50.

These process states may alternatively or additionally be transmitted to an external monitoring system or control center, stored and/or displayed to an operator. Thus, for example, for each individual lens 16a, 16b, the following may be recorded and stored: in which measuring device 40, 110 it is measured, and in which processing device 50 it is processed. Such data acquisition may be particularly useful for troubleshooting and/or error correction if the completed lens 16b does not correspond to the production data and/or frame data assigned thereto.

In a comparable manner, however, the respective operating states of the buffer 17, the control device or control apparatus 20, the measuring devices 40, 110, the conveying devices 30a, 30b and/or the processing device 50 can also be transmitted to such a monitoring system, stored and/or displayed to an operator. "on", "off", "ready", "waiting for lens", "processing lens", "ready to deliver lens", "number of movements", "number of lenses measured", "number of lenses processed", "down time", "required maintenance", "required tool change", "failure", etc. may be defined as an operational state, as required by the specific situation. In this way, in particular, the condition, use and effective operation of the device according to the invention can be checked particularly easily and, if necessary, measures can be taken appropriately, such as tool changes, repairs, optimization of the time sequence, etc.

Tables 1 and 2 below, in conjunction with fig. 15, show an exemplary time schedule of the process according to the invention in the apparatus according to the invention as a whole (table 1) and for each individual process (table 2). In each case, time is in seconds.

In particular, FIG. 15 represents a graphical representation or rendition of operations 1a-6g listed in Table 1. As an example, fig. 15 shows a process performed simultaneously in two stations, and the stations "station 1" and "station 2" designated in fig. 15 correspond to two processing apparatuses 50, in particular, processing apparatuses having the same structure.

TABLE 1

TABLE 1 (continuation)

Here, for each handover, the duration is assumed to be 1 second, respectively.

TABLE 2

Procedure	Time [ s ]]
		1 transfer buffer 17->Measuring device 40, 110	∑5
Clamping/holding lens 16a	1
		Lifting lens 16a (Z-stroke)	1
To the measuring device 40, 110	2
		Placing the lens 16a in the measuring device 40, 110	1
2a measuring device 40, 110	∑24
			12
	12
		3 transfer of the measuring device 40, 110->Conveying device 30a, 30b	∑5
Clamping/holding the lens 16a to be measured	1
		Lifting the measured lens 16a (Z-stroke)	2
To the conveying devices 30a, 30b	1
		The lens 16 is placed on the gripper/suction cup 34a	1

Table 2 (continuation)

Procedure	Time[s]
		4 conveying device 30a, 30b	∑7
Taking the measured lens 16a	1
		The measured lens 16a is transported to a processing device 50	1
Finished processed lens 16b on pick gripper/suction cup 35a	1
		Rotating gripper/suction cup 35a away	0，5
The lens 16a to be measured is moved to the rough processing area 51	0，5
		Transferring the measured lens 16a	1
Transporting the finished processed lens 16b to the measurement area 10a	1
		Transferring the finished processed lens 16b to the handling apparatus 20a	1
5 treatment device	∑37
		Taking lens 16a	1
V-shaped inclined plane	22
		Safety bevel	12
Rotation of	1
		Transfer of the finished treated lens 16b to the gripper/suction cup 35a	1
6 transfer transport means 30a, 30b>Buffer 17	∑5
		Clamping/chucking of the finished lens 16b	1
Lifting the finished treated lens 16b (Z Stroke)	1
		Transport of the finished treated lenses to a buffer zone 17	1
Lowering the finished treated lens 16b (Z Stroke)	1
		Placing the finished processed lenses 16b into the dispensing shipping box 13	1

The apparatus 1, 1', 1 ", 1'", 1 "" according to the invention and/or the method according to the invention therefore preferably allow the edge treatment of lenses with a throughput of at least 100 lenses per hour. In particular, in combination with the processing device 50 according to the invention, a production of up to 250 lenses per hour can be achieved.

The invention is therefore advantageously characterized by any combination of one or more of the following features:

-providing at least one transport bin, at least one reading device, at least one measuring device, at least one transport device and/or at least one processing device;

-the at least one measuring device, the at least one conveying device and the at least one processing device are arranged or can be arranged in any orientation to each other;

-each processing device is linked to at least one conveying device;

each transport device, measuring device and/or at least one transport bin is linked via a handling device or handling apparatus;

-providing a handling device or handling equipment for transferring the lenses from the at least one transport bin into the at least one measuring device, from the at least one measuring device into the at least one transfer device and/or from the at least one transfer device into the at least one transport bin;

-providing at least two measuring devices and at least two processing devices, which are linked to each other by at least two transport devices;

-providing structurally identical measuring means and/or structurally identical processing means;

the at least one measuring device is suitable or designed for contactless measurement by means of a deflection method, transmission radiation and/or luminescence radiation;

-at least one processing device is adapted or designed for simultaneously processing two lenses;

-at least one treatment device having a rough treatment zone and a fine treatment zone;

-the rough treatment zone serves as a loading and unloading zone;

the at least one processing device has two workpiece spindles or spindle housings which can be rotated by 180 ° and/or are arranged offset to one another;

the rotation of the workpiece spindle or spindle housing allows to change the treatment method for the lens to be treated;

each spindle housing is designed in one piece and is therefore particularly robust against forces acting during lens processing;

the spindle accommodated in the one-piece spindle housing is designed in two parts;

the upper half spindle is designed to be rotatable and fixed, and the lower half spindle of the one-piece spindle housing is designed to be rotatable in the same direction as the upper half spindle and to be movable (vertically) in the z-direction;

the tool in the rough treatment zone is designed to be feedable in the z-direction and the x-direction to the lens to be treated, i.e. it is moved towards and away from the lens and in the vertical direction for depth adjustment;

several tools in the finishing zone are arranged in parallel and/or can be fed individually or engaged with the lens to be treated (in particular by linear and/or rotary movement) and/or can be exchanged individually and/or designed for different treatment tasks and/or can be arranged in any order;

the size of the adhesive element on the spindle unit (e.g. 20mm x 10mm of the ellipse) is designed so that a full size (even for children) lens can be held securely;

-providing at least one transport box in a feeding and/or discharging area of the transport box;

the feed and/or discharge area is designed as a buffer;

-the buffer zone has a third conveyor belt for circulating the transport boxes;

-the device has a measurement area and a treatment area;

the measuring area has a feed and/or discharge area and at least one measuring device;

the treatment area has at least one treatment device;

at least one conveying device extends over the measurement area and the treatment area;

the measuring region and the treatment region are separated from one another by a separating wall, wherein the at least one conveying device passes through at least one opening provided in the separating wall;

the at least one opening is provided with a door which can be opened for the passage of the at least one transported lens and can be closed again after the passage of the at least one transported lens.

Any number of measuring devices and/or conveying devices and/or processing devices may be combined with each other;

the measurement and processing of the lenses are designed to be separate from each other;

neither the measurement nor the processing must be synchronized or crossed with each other;

the design and the mode of operation of the measuring device and/or the conveying device and/or the processing device are freely selectable;

-the measuring means and/or the transporting means and/or the processing means can be selected according to the measuring and/or processing workload and/or the available capacity of the measuring means and/or the processing means;

a higher level control system/state management (control center) controls the selection of measuring devices and processing devices, distributing the lenses to be processed to the free measuring devices and/or processing devices in an optimal, time-saving manner;

lenses that enter the device later can be measured and processed earlier than lenses previously received in the device; these may remain in the buffer until a measuring device or a processing device is selected for them by the control system;

the measuring device and the processing device are separated, i.e. the measuring device is not fixedly assigned to only one processing device.

List of reference numerals:

11 ', 1 ", 1"', 1 "" -device

1010' shell

10a measurement area

10b treatment area

11a partition wall between 10a and 10b

11a, 11b opening in 11

12 external conveyor belt (transport case)

12a pusher at 12

13 transport case (lens)

13a data carrier at 13, containing production data and/or frame data

14 rotating arm

14a operating unit

15 switch cabinet

16a lens to be treated

16b edge-treated lenses

17 buffer area

17a buffer zone, passing into

17b buffer zone, carry-out

18 stop device

19 reading device

20 operating device or operating device in 10a

20a first control unit 20

2120 a first track

21a, 21b 20a guide

2220 a second track

2320 a clamping device

2420 a clamp or suction cup

20b 20 second manipulation unit

25b 20b of the first rail

2620 b second track

2720 b clamping device

2820 b gripper or suction cup

29a, 29b, 29c, 29d motor

30a, 30b conveying device

31a, 31b linear feeder

32a, 32b guide rail

33 bracket

34 rigid retainer

34a gripper or suction cup

35 pivotable holder

35a clamp or suction cup

36

37

38

39

40 measuring device

41 lens holder

41a 41 frame

42 measuring table

43

44

45

46

47

48

49

50 processing device

51 rough treatment zone

52 fine processing area

53 workpiece spindle/integrated spindle housing

5453 turning device

55 half of top of main shaft

56 half of the bottom of the main shaft

5751 tool spindle device

5857 the tool

59 support frame

59a x bracket

59b z bracket

60 measuring device

6160 measuring probe

6252 tool

6362 tool spindle

6463 holding device

65a x bracket

65b y bracket

66 z bracket

67 casing

68 groove

69 air inlet

Arrow E entrance transport box

Return arrow R transport container

Arrow L

Moving direction of arrow M20 a

Arrow N

Arrow O

Moving direction of arrow P20 b

Arrow Q

Conveying direction of arrow S30 a

Conveying direction of arrow T30 b

34a, 35a, respectively

53 direction of rotation Tr

110 measuring device

111 holding table

112111 bottom side

113111 top side

114 recess

115 holding element

116 drive unit

117 rack

118 engine

119

120 measuring/detecting device

121120 holder

122 Camera

123 camera objective lens

124 engine

125121 opening in the base plate

126

127

128

129

130 clamping unit

131 holding plate

132 guide plate

133a guide shoe

133b guide rail

134 clamping device

135 clamping element

136135 pneumatic cylinder driving device

137 storage table

138137 holding arm

139138 bearing and rotating equipment

139' 139 driving cylinder

140 first radiation source

140a, 140b 140

140' additional radiation source

141 laser diode

142 line

143' mask

144 clamping and centering arrangement

145 pairs of clamping devices 134

146 rotating device

147 adjusting device

148

149

150 second radiation source

151 receiving plate

152

153

154

155

156

157

158

159

160 lens to be measured/treated

160' 160 coating

161160 top side

162160 bottom side

163160 edge

164

165

166

167

168

169

170 evaluation device

201-210 method steps

Z' moving axis (Z axis)

M' measuring axis

S' axis of rotation

Axis of rotation of D

B pivot axis