Successes

Successes

The following are a few examples of LumenFlow's development successes. Many products cannot be shown due to their proprietary nature.

When a large plastics company needed to characterize their plastic for laser welding, LumenFlow worked with their material scientists to build a one-of-a-kind laser energy transmission instrument

A subcontractor for a major automobile manufacturer needed an optical solution for a bore inspection device capable of measuring gaps below valve seats to assure they were inserted properly. LumenFlow designed an optic capable of detecting and measuring gaps to within 50 microns when combined with a standard ccd camera and appropriate software.LumenFlow retains the intellectual property rights for device. [more]

LumenFlow developed an Illuminated Dental Mirror, including a patent pending light coupling technology, which significantly outperforms other cordless Illuminated Dental Mirrors on the market. The startup company that contracted with LumenFlow continues to work toward releasing the product to the market.

An instrument manufacturer came to LumenFlow for assistance in the design of a precision measurement device when their initial prototype failed to give consistant results. LumenFlow completely re-designed the optics section of the device, including new lenses, new mounting hardware that significantly reduced the number of required adjustments during assembly, and a new laser that eliminated optical feedback that was de-stabilizing the laser being used. The result was a prototype that exceeded performance expectations the first time it was turned on and a design that was much easier to manufacture.

Circularized laser diodes are typically expensive or too large to fit in many products. The LumenFlow solution is a proprietary diode and lens assembly that fits in a standard 9mm diameter package.

The demand for low noise, low cost laser assemblies prompted LumenFlow to provide a custom product for its clients that needed a high performance laser.

A customer looking for an infrared doublet lens design was surprised to find that LumenFlow could improve performance at 40% less cost than they were paying before.

By redesigning the optical front end of a free space communications device, LumenFlow was able to significantly improve the reliability of the product, including its ability to communicate in adverse weather conditions such as rain, snow, or fog. Set up and field adjustments were minimized and costs were reduced significantly.

By using a less diffractive, custom-designed lens, this infrared transmitter designed for a telecommunications company provided improved power density and collimation in a smaller package.

A manufacturer of thermal imaging cameras looking for a low F/# lens at lower cost contracted with LumenFlow to design these mid-band infrared lenses. By making the lenses from silicon rather than germanium LumenFlow was able to improve cost in a smaller package.

A company whose DNA chip reader objective was no longer available turned to LumenFlow for a replacement. This very light weight objective and high resolution laser focuser used one less element and cost 35% less than the product it replaced.

This night vision lens is much easier to assemble than the lens it replaced and costs over 50% less.

This night vision eyepiece designed for a third generation image intensifier device outperformed the competition at 40% less component cost and 60% less assembly cost.

LumenFlow created a family of broadband infrared lenses when a large optical manufacturer discontinued their line of lenses. The new lenses improve performance at 30% less cost. The short focal length infrared spectroscopy lens achieves better light transmission over a broader range for Raman Scattering spectrometers used in the scientific community.

LumenFlow designed this pattern projection system for guiding robotic arms.

When a well known lens supplier to the machine vision industry discontinued their product line, LumenFlow developed a series of high definition replacement lenses with focal lengths ranging from 13 to 111 mm. These lenses outperformed those they replaced with virtually no coma error and improved field width.

This state of the art UV and IR lens was developed for use in interferometers used by the United States Air Force for an upper atmosphere ultra high winds study. The instrument required a very low 0.7 F/#.

This mid-infrared camera and microscope system is used for real-time process control on a thin film curing production line.

A company developing a process for separating bad rice from good rice was having problems consistently differentiating between the two. After some lab work, LumenFlow recommended a change in teh color of light used to illuminate the rice and the color of the background. Problem solved.