Author(s)

Ying Liu, Wenlong Liu, Yajun Zhang, Daming Wu, Xinliang Wang

Institute of Plastics Machinery and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China.
L.K.Group Ningbo L.K. Technology Co. Ltd., Ningbo, China.

A continuous hot embossing method is reported in this paper. The continuous means that the extruder and the hot embossing equipment is used in series, the polymer film is embossed after extrusion immediately. The basic principle of this method, the key design point and the corresponding operate process of the embossing equipment is described in this paper. The polymer diffuser with micro-lens matrix on its surface is designed and the optical properties are simulated. Then, the diffuser is fabricated by the embossing equipment. The optical properties of the diffuser are tested and compared with the results of the simulation to verify the reproducibility of the equipment. By this method, the diffuser with large area can be fabricated with high precision of graphic replication, high efficiency and low cost.

Extrusion Microns Embossing; Hot Embossing Equipment; Diffuser; Reproducibility

Y. Liu, W. Liu, Y. Zhang, D. Wu and X. Wang, "A Novel Extrusion Microns Embossing Method of Polymer Film," Modern Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 2 No. 2, 2012, pp. 35-40. doi: 10.4236/mme.2012.22005.