Products in this category are generally used in conjunction with other electronic equipment or solid state devices.  Lenses and Light-guides are usually moulded in clear Acrylic or Polycarbonate and the involvement of Carclo design CAD and optical software is often important to ensure optimum performance.

Miniaturization is a key feature of this product group and Carclo have developed techniques that enable surface finishes to micron accuracies.

Carclo have extensive experience in the design and manufacture of Polyethylene PIR lenses and offer a selection of 'off the shelf' variants for the lighting and security industries.

LED OPTICS

Recent advances in LED technology, particularly with regard to the Luxeon range from Lumileds, has lead to the development of high efficiency Collimator Lenses for these diodes.  Although most applications call for a custom solution, a range of lenses to meet the most popular applications is now available. The recently introduced range's of Collimator Lenses for the High britness LED's.  These lenses are available in popular angular divergences and can be customized to suit any application.  The lenses can be supplied with a range of holders.

PIR Lenses

Carclo product range includes over fifty types of Polyethylene Passive Infra-Red lenses for the lighting and security industries.  In addition, Carclo supply hundreds of custom lenses and can offer their design services if required.  The latest product in this category is the miniature PF17CL that is intended for modular lighting applications and short range alarm devices.

Laser Diode Collimating Lenses

Available in two numerical apertures, 0.25 and 0.5, these lenses are designed to work with Solid State Laser Diodes and typical applications include Laser Pointers, machine guards and security devices.  Custom solutions can be considered where sufficient quantities are required.
 Mirrored Moulding for Spectrometer

Components requiring a vacuum deposit mirror coating are common within Carclo product range.  The moulding shown here has a uniform wall thickness and a flange that facilitated bonding to the bracket.  The mirrors  provided a 20% improvement in optical performance compared with glass mirrors in earlier models.  Because flat mirrors cannot focus the light and spherical surfaces cause beam-shaping problems, an off axis aspheric mirror was required.  The aspheric's ensured a much tighter focus (100µm) at the specimen stage to enhance sensitivity and discrimination and are also tougher, lighter and provide better vibration damping than glass components.

Display Light-guide

This type of light-guide is used to transfer light from an LED matrix to the front panel of a display.  3D raytracing software was used to ensure minimal light bleed between indicators.  A popular application for this type of product is computer network hubs.