Research Article

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

Table 2

Experimental settings for CIS with varying compression pressure.

Melt temperature [°C]270
Test temperature (high mold temperature) [°C]170
Adapting time [s]420
Compression pressure [bars]600–1000 in steps of 100
Packing time of compression [s]3
Process during cooling [ ] Isochoric
Cooling time [s]360
Demolding temperature (low mold temperature) [°C]100