The invention relates to the technical field of optical element
machining, in particular to an HUD free-form surface mirror
machining method which comprises the following steps of S1, substrate selection and
cutting, S2, edge treatment, S3, first-stage hot bending forming, S4, second-stage hot bending forming and S5,
grinding. According to the
machining method disclosed by the invention, through cooperative use of the first-stage hot bending forming and the second-stage hot bending forming, machining operation of the free-form surface mirror with the
large size, the large curvature and the small thickness can be achieved; meanwhile, through the two-stage hot bending forming process, primary forming is conducted through first-stage hot bending forming, pressure maintaining is conducted near a
softening point through second-stage hot bending forming, the glass is evenly heated and stressed,
residual stress is effectively released, the
surface type is promoted to present an ideal gradual change trend, edge
distortion is greatly reduced, and the high-precision
surface type of the final
curved mirror is ensured.