Research Article

Compression-Induced Solidification: A Novel Processing Technique for Precise Thermoplastic Optical Components with Negligible Internal Stresses

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Schematic diagram of the process of CIS: (a) mold heating starts; (b) melt injection and begin of adapting time; (c) compression and shortly afterwards start of mold cooling (isochoric process); (d) demolding.
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