9, May 2024 | Social Media
As part of our ongoing program of continuous quality improvement we have just completed a major refurbishment of our production area. In addition to installing a new, higher specification air circulation / filtration system in our clean room, we have also installed...
2, May 2024 | Social Media
Optical product designers for the Infrared waveband (8-14 microns) are drawn towards using off-the-shelf IR lenses because of their typically lower cost. However, when it comes to an application that optically or mechanically requires something more demanding an...
24, Apr 2024 | Social Media
For monitoring applications prone to temperature fluctuations, it is important to design optics that are insensitive to thermal change in the surrounding environment. Developing an athermalized optical design, is especially critical because temperature changes can...
17, Apr 2024 | Social Media
An important part of quality assurance of food, produce and grain, is how inspection and sorting systems are used to help weed out products not fit for consumption. In a new interview with PCN Europe – Mark Pontin discusses why inspection and sorting system...
10, Apr 2024 | Social Media
Our optical engineers have designed a new motorised lens that allows rapid remote adjustment of the iris to help compensate for the hugely different lighting conditions encountered during the day and at nighttime. Created for a surveillance camera manufacturer this...
3, Apr 2024 | Social Media
As a leader in radiation resistant lenses for nuclear, space and medical applications for over two decades – we have an unmatched range of standard fixed focus and zoom lens designs to draw upon. Adapting one of these existing designs enables us to quickly produce a...