Optimization in high-precision glass forming

The question of interest in the present study is the inverse problem for high precision glass forming, i.e. 'How to design the mould and the temperature regime so that at the very end of the forming process we will get at room temperature a prescribed glass geometry with a precision in the order of the Micron?' The aim is to eliminate from the manufacturing process the costly and time-consuming post-processing when the final shape does not conform precisely to the desired one.