Are you looking for a reliable partner in optical lens design? Do you need custom optics designed for manufacturability? Shanghai Optics has a strong engineering team with deep knowledge of optical design and manufacturing processes. We serve companies across a wide range of industries, including pharmaceutical, biomedical, life science, industrial, consumer and defense. We invite you to work with us to bring your optical products to market as quickly and cost-effectively as possible.
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Our Top Optical Design Engineers can develop optical systems that will cater to your specifications.
Optical Lenses Designed for Manufacturing
When designing optical components, it’s not enough to make the prototype work; the optical solution must meet feasibility criteria for production at scale. Selecting a company for optical design requires partnering with experts who understand both design and manufacturability. At Shanghai Optics, we excel in optical lens design, but more importantly, we are an optical manufacturer. Our engineers use the right lens design process, combining deep knowledge of manufacturing processes, limitations, and cost considerations.
ODM (Original Design Manufacturer) Optical Design
Many of our customers rely on us to provide design support and manufacturing of lenses while retaining their own branding. For example, a home planetarium projector manufacturer came to us with a request to reverse engineer a high-quality projection lens. Our engineering design team went beyond just re-creating the lens and created an even better performing one. Our customer retained the branding and successfully brought the enhanced projector to market.
OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) Optics Design
Are you an OEM in need of optics design assistance? We can help you optimize your lens design for manufacturability (DFM) and make your lens in production quantities with your branding. Our DFM input will cover materials selection, geometric dimensioning and tolerance analysis to GD&T standards. You’ll have a specification that’s easy to read, reasonable to manufacture and meets your customer’s objectives without over-engineering.
Obstacles in Optical Design
One common challenge in optical design is dealing with aberrations, particularly spherical aberration. Aberrations occur when light rays from a point source don’t converge at a single point after passing through a lens. These can be analyzed using spot diagrams or ray trace curves, which help identify and measure the aberrations. Aberration theory allows these imperfections to be broken down into components, making it easier to diagnose and correct the issues by understanding which parts of the optical elements contribute to the problem.
Our optical engineers are committed to helping you design products that not only meet or exceed your requirements but are also cost-effective to produce.
The Shanghai Optics Advantage for Optical Lens Design
- Consultation and preliminary feasibility study
- Professional DFM (design for manufacturing) for economical production
- Both rapid prototyping and volume production capabilities
- Local support from offices around the country
- Top quality with competitive pricing
Our optical engineers understand your need to design products that meet or exceed requirements and can be made cost-effectively. We look forward to partnering with you and ask the right questions to develop an optical design feasibility study, as well as estimates for prototype and volume production. Contact us today for your consultation.
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