Colored lenses
Our core strengths are rapid development cycles and a process that scales easily from small batch production in the US to high-volume overseas manufacturing.
We have extensive experience designing filters, matching colors, and adapting dye packages for use in surface layers and in-mass applications.
A safe library of narrow notch dyes, broadband colors, and photochromics can be used in isolation or in complex blends to produce color enhancing lenses, basic sunglasses, or therapeutic eyewear with precise spectral targets.
Color and spectral modeling accurately predict the likelihood of manufacturability with our standard dyes before any lab work is required.
Casting
Basic curing takes just 10 minutes with our lens casting systems. Our standard array of molds and gaskets covers roughly 93% of dispensed prescriptions in the US. In-mold hardcoats and nanoparticle-based anti-reflective coatings are applied by our small automated spin coaters.
While our systems were designed for cast-to-prescription lenses, they are also routinely used in research where they provide fast turnaround and minimal tooling costs. In a properly equipped chemistry lab, single-lens batch sizes are possible with repeatable results in hours, instead of days or weeks.
Most of our chemistries use short curing cycles initiated with light. Because we blend our own materials, we can modify curing parameters, UV absorbers, and other additives at will. We use LED, fluorescent, strobe, and mercury vapor light sources to cure various chemistries.
Development work
We prioritize projects that align with our core competencies. We also take on select client-directed development, testing, and investigative work when there is a strong strategic fit, but pricing must reflect the level of effort and the potential absence of clear downstream revenue opportunities.
