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Space Optics – FAQ 2

Space Optics – FAQ 2

Q: How can I ensure my optics withstand deployment into space? A: The cost of launching payloads into space is considerable, incorporating only ‘space ready’ ruggedized lenses or optical systems...

Optimising camera sensor performance

Optimising camera sensor performance

Industrial camera sensors come in sizes ranging from one-quarter-inch to 1-inch and beyond. Consequently, choosing an optimised lens or lenses to integrate into your product will play a pivotal role...

Low Light Lens

Low Light Lens

Manufactured from radiation resistant glass our Model 313 fixed focus lens has an aperture of f/1.4 to enable as much light as possible to be gathered and transmitted to your sensor. Design...

Selecting optics suitable for your satellite orbit

Selecting optics suitable for your satellite orbit

The cosmic radiation emitted during solar events such as sunspots, solar flares, coronal mass ejections and proton storms is well known to have a deteriorating effect on orbiting optical equipment...

Focusing in on Cancer treatment

Focusing in on Cancer treatment

Using an application optimised high resolution lens designed by Resolve Optics – a leading radiotherapy equipment supplier is precisely focusing the high levels of radiation produced by their...

Tech Note: Military Optics

Tech Note: Military Optics

If you design products for military operations ranging from vision systems and target designators used by personnel on the ground, through guidance systems in manned and unmanned aircraft, to...

High performance lenses for sorting and inspection

High performance lenses for sorting and inspection

If you looking to sort and inspect agricultural produce, then SWIR (Short-Wave Infrared) imaging offers real advantages. While some applications may require a solution that operates over a wide SWIR...

Application optimised lenses for parts recognition

Application optimised lenses for parts recognition

Commonly machine vision systems are used to identify parts by locating a unique pattern or identify items based on colour, shape, or size. Unfortunately, not all applications can be solved using an...

Interview: Designing optics for use in nuclear plants

Interview: Designing optics for use in nuclear plants

Designing optics able to withstand the high levels of radiation found in and around nuclear plants is the subject of a new interview featuring our customer support manager – Rob Watkinson. Recently...