Optics Innovations
Enabled by 3-D Printing
For two optics companies, additive manufacturing has opened new business opportunities.
[Luxexcel]
Recent advances in materials science and 3-D printing technology have broadened the palette of printable materials to include not just plastic and metals, but also glass. These advances, combined with improved scanning and printing software, enable the printing of macro-scale optical elements—such as lenses and prisms—that can now meet the high standards of transparency and structural integrity demanded by the optics industry and its customers.
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