{"id":41889,"date":"2022-01-03T18:40:26","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T17:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trioptics.fr\/?post_type=product&#038;p=41889"},"modified":"2025-05-19T11:44:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T09:44:23","slug":"optical-glass-machining-techniques-and-equipment","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.trioptics.fr\/en\/product\/optical-glass-machining-techniques-and-equipment\/","title":{"rendered":"Optical glass machining techniques and equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The different <strong class=\"d2b1\">optical glass processing<\/strong> techniques used by AGI for their day-to day tasks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong class=\"d2b1\">Optical glass precision sawing<\/strong>: several computer-controlled precision saws are used to cut <strong class=\"d2b\">optical glass blanks<\/strong> from different materials such as <strong class=\"d2b\">fused silica<\/strong> and <strong class=\"d2b\">optical glass<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong class=\"d2b1\">Optical diamond sawing<\/strong>: 5 <strong class=\"d2b\">diamond band saws<\/strong> to meet all optical material production needs. AGI has one of the largest continuous band saws in the world.<\/li>\n<li><strong class=\"d2b1\">Optical glass waterjet cutting<\/strong>: the waterjet platforms allow to cut all <strong class=\"d2b\">optical materials<\/strong> including <strong class=\"d2b\">fused silica<\/strong>, ZERODUR, Pyrex but also granite, metals etc. They allow the cutting of almost any imaginable shape, and the engraving of <strong class=\"d2b\">optical materials<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong class=\"d2b1\">CNC machining<\/strong>: 8 CNC machining centers, including a DMG Mori Seiki DuraVertical 1035eco that allows you to meet strict tolerance requirements more quickly.<\/li>\n<li><strong class=\"d2b1\">Optical diamond core drilling<\/strong>: AGI has manual and CNC capabilities for the <strong class=\"d2b\">diamond carving of optical glass cylinders<\/strong>. For strict tolerances, precision grinding is possible.<\/li>\n<li><strong class=\"d2b1\">Optical diamond edge cutting<\/strong>: AGI\u2019s 7 <strong class=\"d2b\">diamond edge cutting<\/strong> units meet mass production needs.<\/li>\n<li><strong class=\"d2b1\">Optical glass grinding<\/strong> : the 4 high precision centerless grinding machines allow the <strong class=\"d2b\">machining of glass blanks<\/strong> according to very strict specifications in terms of size and circularity.<\/li>\n<li><strong class=\"d2b1\">Optical rotary surface grinding<\/strong>: 12 rotary grinders for diamond surface grinding. They enable the <strong class=\"d2b\">grinding of large optical glass<\/strong> ingots, fused silica and fused quartz but also smaller and more complex <strong class=\"d2b\">optical glass blanks<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong class=\"d2b1\">Optical sphere and profile generation<\/strong>: spherical, parabolic and aspherical curves can be generated in a wide variety of optical materials ranging from the most delicate <strong class=\"d2b\">optical lenses<\/strong> to the most demanding materials such as fused quartz or <strong>fused silica<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong class=\"d2b1\">Optical precision chamfering<\/strong>: AGI has developed and built a set of semi-automatic chamfering machines to meet all the needs for precision chamfering.<\/li>\n<li><strong class=\"d2b1\">Polishing of blanked optical lens edges<\/strong>: AGI is able to polish <strong class=\"d2b\">optical lens edges<\/strong> of any shape and configuration.<\/li>\n<li><strong class=\"d2b1\">Optical glass blanks molding<\/strong>: With its 5 furnaces, Advanced Glass Industries offers <strong class=\"d2b\">precision molded<\/strong> and <strong class=\"d2b\">repacked optical glass blanks<\/strong> in a variety of configurations such as lenses, discs, domes, windows, prisms, etc.<\/li>\n<li><strong class=\"d2b1\">Optical glass annealing<\/strong>: 16 computer-controlled annealing furnaces allow the <strong class=\"d2b\">optical glass<\/strong> to be annealed with a low residual stress and a controlled refractive index.<\/li>\n<li><strong class=\"d2b1\">Optical glass testing<\/strong>: AGI has a complete test facility to ensure compliance with the standards set for <strong class=\"d2b\">optical glass blanks<\/strong>. All materials are accompanied by a certificate of conformity. Melting data, test reports and measured refractive index values are available on request.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ctadiv\"><a class=\"cta\" href=\"https:\/\/www.trioptics.fr\/en\/contact\/\">Contact us for a quote<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tlchgmt\">\n<div class=\"video\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The different optical glass processing techniques used by AGI for their day-to day tasks: Optical glass precision sawing: several computer-controlled precision saws are used to cut<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":35972,"template":"","meta":{"rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"","slide_template_v7":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[1632],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-41889","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-optical-glass-machining-techniques-and-equipment","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Custom optical components, optical glass machining, waterjet cutting of optical glass<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"TRIOPTICS has various machining capabilities for optical manufacturing. 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