Established in 1998 to meet the needs of our customers, the Tucson Design Center is located in the heart of Arizona's optics valley. The group serves as a technical resource primarily applied to custom optical and opto-mechanical design, engineering services, and product development.
Design Philosophy
Being a manufacturing company, Design For Manufacturing (DFM) is an important aspect of our job. The true philosophy of our design center is to design for cost-effective manufacturing while maintaining customer requirements through production. We ensure this through intense up-front sequential and non-sequential analysis using tools such as CodeV® and FRED™.
Expertise
OPTICAL (35+ years experience):
• Imaging, projection, and visual systems
• Design experience from the deep UV through the visible, into the far IR (long wave) spectral regions
• Complex optical analysis (including tolerancing, sensitivity, ghost, thermal, and custom macro development)
• Stray light analysis
• Illumination & coupling efficiency modeling
• Non-imaging optics
• Complex system engineering
• Optical testing-process/fixture development
OPTO-MECHANICAL (45+ years experience):
• Focus movements (including differential thread and helical)
• Iris designs (3 to 12 leaf designs)
• Challenging envelope requirements
• Integration of systems into existing products
• Test fixture development and design
Typical Contract Structure
Trade Study: A contract in which the statement of work
and deliverables are loosely defined. This is
typically reserved for investigating a problem or
developing a specification in conjunction with the
customer.
Time/Material: A contract in which an hourly rate
is applied (engineer specific) against a not-to-exceed
estimate.
Fixed Price: Reserved only for the concretely defined
projects, this is a fixed NRE applied to
obtain the specified deliverables.
Examples of our design expertise
TELECENTRIC IMAGING LENS
• 140mm FOV
• 2/3" Sensor
• Focusing
• Iris (F6-close)
• Stray Light Analysis For Maximum Contrast
FOCUSING IMAGING LENSES
• Various Focus Movements (including Helical, Acme, and Differential Thread)
• Various Iris Mechanisms (including Click Stop and Continuous)
• Various Mounting Options (including C-Mount, F- Mount,and T-Mount)
UV SCANNING SYSTEM
• F-Theta Telecentric Lens
• 0.03 Wave RMS Wavefront
• Field Format 20x20mm
• Lithographic Crystalline Material
CUSTOM TEST BENCH DESIGNS
• Metrology and Assembly
• Pass/Fail or Parametric Value Output
• Semi-Automated and Computer Controlled
• Lot Serialization
• Optical Testing of Various Parameters (including MTF, Telecentricity, and Best Focus)
Contact Us
Optical Design & Consulting Center
6464 East Grant Road
Suite 100
Tucson, AZ 85715 USA
Phone: 1-520-574-2572
Fax: 1-520-574-2683
E-mail: tucson@edmundoptics.com
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