Building Better Lenses: An advanced manufacturing and assembly training seminar
Event Details
Are you ready to build better lenses? Roll up your sleeves and join us for an immersive and hands-on training seminar on optical lens assembly, manufacturing, and measurement techniques. Led by experienced industry experts, you’ll learn the most advanced techniques to improve incoming inspection, increase first pass-yields, and discover a new way of designing and assembling optics. Our three-day training seminar will have you building multi-element lens assemblies using cutting-edge instruments to measure, bond and align each element.
But it’s not just about the training! We’ve planned a group dinner on the first night of the seminar, so you can connect with TRIOPTICS experts and fellow attendees. Daily coffee, snacks, and lunch will be provided, so you’ll be fueled up and ready to learn. Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your skills to the next level. Register now for an experience that will transform the way you work!
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Speakers
Dr. Christian Buss
Dr. Patrik Langehanenberg
Ralf Neubert
Dr. Christian Buss creates ultra-precision machine tools that solve optics fabrication problems. In 2014, he received his doctorate degree from the University of Aachen for his contribution to the production technology of spline-interpolated freeform optics. Christian joined TRIOPTICS, now a member of the JENOPTIK group, in 2013. Amongst his first projects where alignment turning machines for large, mounted lenses with diameters up to 800 mm. Today, he leads the R&D department for the development of alignment turning processes and machines to speed up the production of high-performance objective lenses.
After completing a doctorate in 2009 for his work in the field of low coherence digital holographic microscopy from the University of Muenster, Germany, Dr. Patrik Langehanenberg joined TRIOPTICS GmbH where he leads the division for Metrology and Process Technology for Optics Manufacturing (MPO). He is particularly focused on advancing solutions in the field of centration testing and optomechanical characterization of optical components and systems.
Ralf Neubert acquired a bachelor’s degree in “Software Engineering” and a Master degree in “Photonics”. He joined the TRIOPTICS interferometry group in 2006 where he is responsible for systems engineering and development of the µPhase interferometers. Area of focus include automation and internal process communication.
Why sign up
Included
- Daily lunch, coffee, and snacks.
- Kick-off dinner on the first night of the seminar.
- Fully functional lens assembly to take home with you.
- Certificate of training completion.
Training Benefits
- Learn the most advanced assembly techniques available in the optics industry.
- Practice the principles of optical alignment in a hands-on environment.
- Gain knowledge of advanced manufacturing processes to increase first pass yields, deliver units on time, and cut costs.
- Understand how a variety of TRIOPTICS instruments work together to achieve lower costs and higher yields without sacrificing quality.
- Network with TRIOPTICS engineers and other industry experts
Seminar Overview
The TRIOPTICS Academy training seminar on optical lens assembly, manufacturing, and measurement techniques is a comprehensive, hands-on learning experience designed to provide attendees with advanced skills and knowledge in assembling complete lenses.
Each attendee will receive their own lens to measure, assemble, and test before taking it home. This practical approach allows attendees to apply their newly acquired skills in a real-world scenario and reinforces their understanding of the principles covered in the seminar. The seminar will involve hands-on training with TRIOPTICS engineering experts on four different instruments: the OptiSurf® LTM, OptiCentric® 101, ATS – Alignment Turning Station, and µPhase® interferometer.
Through this training, attendees will gain proficiency in optical alignment principles, measuring individual components, bonding them together, turning the optical cells, fitting them to the housing, and aligning all optics within the assembly using these state-of-the-art instruments.
Featured Products
OptiSurf® LTM
In optics production, the high quality of the single lens is the prerequisite for high-precision optical systems. With the OptiSurf® LTM (Lens Thickness Measurement), TRIOPTICS offers a precise center thickness measurement system for single lenses and doublets that seamlessly integrates into any production process. The high precision low-coherence interferometry is based on the established OptiSurf® technology and measures single lenses and doubles with a glass thickness of up to 150 mm with a precision of ±0,5 µm. The non-contact measurement system is gentle on sensitive surfaces and coatings. In addition to the center thickness, the sag value can also be determined.
OptiCentric®
The OptiCentric® product group represents the global standard for optical centration testing and manual and automated cementing and bonding of lenses and lens assemblies. With its extremely high degree of centration accuracy and integrated operation, OptiCentric® systems are indispensable in modern optics productions. It makes no difference whether the sample has a small or very large diameter, works in the visual or infrared spectral range, or is to be cemented, bonded or just measured: modular OptiCentric® systems permit a wide range of different applications and samples for optimum composition.
LensAlign 2D Standard
An OptiCentric® system that is equipped with the LensAlign 2D Standard for cemented elements aligns and cements lenses with a geometry of D/(2R) ≤ 0.7. The unit can be easily adapted to different lens sizes and is recommended when lenses have to be cemented together to the optical axis within short notice.
ATS
During alignment turning, the mount edge and the flange surfaces of mounted spherical, aspherical and cylindrical lenses are produced so that the axis of symmetry of the mount coincides with the optical axis of the lens. UV or IR lenses can also be processed with high precision. The ATS alignment turning machine combines the proven OptiCentric® centration measurement system with an ultra-precise turning machine. This makes it possible to adjust and control all relevant parameters while processing the mount, such as diameter of the mount or the distance of the lens from the contact surfaces of the mount. The high-precision measurement of decentering and the extremely accurate processing of the mount prevent cumbersome, iterative adjustment steps in the overall optical system.
µPhase®
μPhase® interferometers permit fast, high-precision measurements of the surface and wavefront deformation of reflective and transmitting components made from glass, plastics, metal, ceramics or similar materials. The objective and reliable results fulfill the highest quality management requirements. The non-contact measurement process helps prevent damage to the sample.
