DM Components
Diamond machining can be used to produce a variety of lenses, mirrors, mould tools and even mechanical components.
Lenses
The diamond machining capability allows the manufacture of a variety of different IR lenses, including:
- Spherical lenses
- Diffractive lenses
- Dome/hemispherical lenses
- Aspheric lenses
Mirrors
A wide variety of mirror types can be manufactured using diamond machining methods, including:
- Flat mirrors
- Polygon mirrors
- Slicer mirrors
- Spherical mirrors
- Spherical mirrors
- Aspheric mirrors
- Elliptical mirrors
- Parabolic mirrors
Mould Tools
A variety of tools can be manufactured to a very high accuracy and surface finish for moulding purposes. It is possible to design in-house and manufacture to customer specification, or alternatively machine to customer data points. With a good relationship with replication and moulding companies, complete moulded components can also be produced.
Types of mould tools manufactured include:
- Fresnel
- Contact lens
- Lens arrays
Mechanical components
Although diamond turning was developed for optical components, it can also produce ultra high precision mechanical components, as long as they are rotationally symmetrical.
Examples include:
- Bearings
- Video drums
- Lens potting jigs
