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News Release from: Optical Surfaces | Subject: High-precision lenses
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 06 October 2004
Underground lab testifies to lens
precision
Working with a range of materials including fused silica, germanium and a range of glasses, Optical Surfaces can supply high-precision lenses, including aspherics, up to 600mm diameter.
Working with a range of materials including fused silica, germanium and a range of glasses, Optical Surfaces can supply high-precision lenses, including aspherics, up to 600mm diameter With workshops and test facilities deep underground where temperatures remain constant and vibration is practically nonexistent, Optical Surfaces routinely produces lenses with a surface accuracy of lambda/20 and surface quality of 20:10 scratch dig or better
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 8 Jun 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Working with a comprehensive inventory of tools and test plates Optical Surfaces can produce lenses with focal lengths up to 30m and radius accuracy measured to within 0.01mm.
Optical Surfaces' ISO9001:2000 approved manufacturing facility provides the flexible resources to supply from single specialist requirements to OEM quantity high precision lenses and lens systems.
Benefiting from its stable environment, lens quality testing becomes quantifiable and reliable.
All lenses and lens systems up to 600mm diameter are provided with a complete quality test assurance report.
The company is particularly renowned for singlets and air spaced doublets for astronomical use, meniscus and cylindrical lenses, Schmidt plates, and purpose-built camera objectives.
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