Find out what’s new in edgers, whether you should consider buying a new edger, and how you can optimize the edgers you already have with proper maintenance.
Have you ever felt like a little dog in a big dog’s fight? Equipment makers are offering turnkey equipment systems that enable smaller labs and retailers to chomp a chunk of the growing market for digital free-form lenses.
Learn about the latest innovations in free-form generators and polishers plus tips from the manufacturers.
5-Axis edgers are the next generation of edgers. What can they do for your lab?
Still walking job trays around from station one to station two? Maybe it’s time to look at the next generation of conveyer systems that are more efficient and quieter than ever before.
Taking that leap from conventional surfacing to digital shouldn’t be as difficult as landing on the moon. Find out what it takes and what manufacturers have to offer for both large and small labs.
Looking to upgrade your edger? Check out the menu of choices available to improve your process.
Digital surfacing generators and soft lap polishers go together like soup and sandwich. Finding the right polisher to complement your digital generator is key.
Learn five trends in digital surfacing that could influence your decision to add freeform to your menu of services.
Three of the major surface blocker manufacturers reveal their innovations in this category.
Get a sneak peek at the new lens and equipment coming out this fall at Vision Expo West.
In Part II, you’ll learn how to determine the faithful reproduction of the lens design, ensuring control of the digital surfacing process.
Stay up-to-date with the latest in edging breakthroughs and hear from optical labs that have been using these products for an unbiased report on how the equipment functions on the job.
The experts take you on a journey down the road to automating your lab. Whether you automate just your generator or edger, an entire line or the entire production environment, you’ll learn what it takes to get things moving.
New measurement systems and procedures have been developed to give labs the tools they need to meet the challenge of measuring freeform and complex lens surfaces.
If it’s not a generator or an edger can it still cause excitement in lab rats? You bet it can. Optical laboratory owners and managers were asked what their favorite piece of equipment was and why.
Like the computer industry, the technology of digital surfacing can be grouped into two areas: hardware (the equipment) and software (the data files).
Equipment manufacturers are raising the bar, creating the new equipment today that will allow optical laboratories to produce the best lenses possible, tomorrow.
Find out how to get the most out of your plastic lens polish slurry and keep quality high and costs down.
What exactly is 3D tracing and are you really doing it? Learn the technical details that make the difference.
Smaller frames, larger frames, and wrap styles, plus new coatings are all raising the frustration level in the finishing room. What's a lab rat to do?
Learn about the latest offerings from the leaders in generator manufacturing.
Find out the common concerns, questions and challenges for labs thinking of investing in direct surfacing technology
The fully automated lab tends to evolve over time. Find out what manufacturers have to say about how to move to automated systems.
Find out how new surfacing and finishing equipment speed up job times and add new features to automate workflow and help lab personnel multitask like never before.
We are at the dawn of a technological revolution that will transform the way our industry produces lenses. Are you ready for digital surfacing?
Lab owners and managers find multiple benefits from multifunction edgers. Find out what works for them and how to make your edger work for you.
A few carefully placed pieces of automated equipment can save you time and money, making your lab run more efficiently.