Custom Optics Manufacture
Kingsview Optical specialises in custom optics manufacture and has been in business since 1996. Over that time we have developed a reputation for quality, reliability and quick delivery manufacturing a range of custom optical components. From prototype batches to full scale production we are happy to offer both.
Where we differ from others we can offer a one stop solution for custom optics in the UK. The whole optical manufacturing process is carried out at our site this includes optical component manufacture, metalwork housing if necessary and optical coating. This gives us greater control and quicker deliveries improving time to market. If needed we can also offer an optical lens design service tailor made to your requirements. We are also happy to offer advice on your application discussing potential solutions and manufacturing tolerances.
We are also please to say our custom optics and design practices are fully audited to ISO 9001 standards.
Custom Optical Lenses Capability
Optotech CNC Optical Polishing – Spherical Optics 5-80mm
Conventional Polishing – 0.5mm -200mm diameter lenses
CNC edging – Complex shapes can be edged with features like steps and bevels
Optical Coating – Multilayer A/R to metal mirror coats
Optical Cementing – Precision bonding and alignment of doublets and triplets
Zygo with MX software – Surface Reports can be requested with your lenses
Perkin Elmer Spectrophotometer – To measure AR coating performance of reflection to transmission 300-3000nm
Custom micro prism
Sizes – 0.5mm endoscopic micro prisms to large periscope prisms
CNC edging – Complex shapes can be edged with features like steps and bevels
Optical Coating – Multilayer A/R to metal mirror coats
Precision Angle – Using Taylor Hobson autocollimators we can achieve better than 10 arc seconds
Zygo with MX software – To measure flatness surface reports can be provided
Perkin Elmer Spectrophotometer – To measure optical coating reflection and transmission
Examples – Right angle, dove, roof, polarizing etc
Custom Optical Filters
Twin Lap polishing – When parallelism is important can achieve better than 10 arc seconds
CNC edging – Complex shapes can be edged with features like steps and bevels
Optical Coating – Multilayer A/R to metal mirror coats
Perkin Elmer Spectrophotometer – To measure optical coating reflection and transmission
Materials – Schott, Hoya or Isuzu
Custom Schott KG5 with gold mirror reflector
Custom protected gold mirrors
Custom Optical Mirrors
CNC edging – Complex shapes can be edged with features like steps and bevels
Optical Mirror Coating – Wide range of mirror materials available including aluminium, silver, gold and dielectric
Perkin Elmer Spectrophotometer – To measure optical coating reflection and transmission
Components mirror coated – Lenses, prisms and windows available
Custom Windows
Twin Lap polishing – When parallelism is important can achieve better than 10 arc seconds
CNC edging – Complex shapes can be edged with features like steps and bevels
Optical Coating – Multilayer A/R to metal mirror coats
Perkin Elmer Spectrophotometer – To measure optical coating reflection and transmission
Materials – Schott, Ohara, CDGM or Fused Silica
Custom Sandwiched polariser sheet window with AR coat
Custom Optical Coating services
Kingsview Optical can offer a range of standard or custom optical coating options dependent on your application. Our coating service is all done at our site meaning we can reduce costs and improve delivery rather than sending it externally.
Optical Coating Options
Broadband Antireflective (BBAR) – Multilayer coating typical range of 425-650nm. Can be made wider and optimised to suit.
Single layer Magnesium Fluoride (MgF2) – Standard coating works over a large range of angles of incidence
Optimised V coat – When you are only interested in a small wavelength range
Polarising beamsplitting – Custom Dielectric coating
Mirror Coating – Range of metals including aluminium, silver, gold, chrome, dielectric
Custom lens design
Optical design capability – Tailor made solutions using Zemax optical design software
Mechanical design – Full metalwork design using solidworks
Deliverables – Can provide Zemax optical design files and 2d lens drawings with optical tolerances
Full prototype manufacture – Can manufacture optics and metalwork fully assembled
Advice – Can offer advice on lens tolerances and potential solutions to customers projects
Custom graticules
Customer Supplied patterns – With the customer supplying the pattern they need we can manufacture custom graticules quickly through photolithography.
Graticule materials – Wide range of materials from chrome, aluminium, gold or our own high contrast black
Different optical components – Can produce graticules on a range of components including windows, prisms and lenses.
Different applications – Graticules used in a range of applications such as sighting devices, resolution charts and counting chambers.
Why choose us for custom optics?
At Kingsview Optical we truly are a one stop solution for custom optics manufacture in the UK. We supply a large range of optical components across industries including industrial, defence and augmented reality. Kingsviews quality management system is also fully audited to ISO 9001.
Our speciality is manufacturing custom optics in the quickest turnarounds. We are also happy to offer advice on your projects and give you some ideas of potential solutions. It can sometimes be daunting to understand what are realistic lens manufacturing tolerances for custom optics but we are happy to offer advice on it.
So please get in contact if you have any questions or enquiries as we would be happy to offer quotations. If you would like to arrange a visit to our facility to show you around we encourage it as this will give you a better idea of what we can do for you.
