Opto-Mechanical

This entails the development of a variety of illumination systems across differing industries – from the buttons on a mobile phone to backlights of LCD displays on a patient monitor, to reflectors and PIR sensors for industrial luminaries. The analysis is run as a computer simulation which is preformed in-house with TracePro™ software. This makes it possible to calculate, visualise and optimise how light is dispersed in the system and thereby optimise it to achieve the desired result. The number of physical models required is thereby reduced as the early virtual prototype minimises the need to carry out several tests to find the right solution.

We can develop complete systems or can work integrally with teams of engineers to support development projects with bespoke and/or commercially available off the shelf optical hardware.

The 3D forms of optical components are sometimes complex geometry and require freeform modelling. This is handled by the high end 3D CAD software Catia™ which is integrated into TracePro™ for optical analysis.

We use TracePro™ to model varieties of light source types whether it be light emitting diodes, organic light emitting diodes, incandescent bulbs, vacuum fluorescent or electro-luminescent films. We normally design these systems within the context of the requirements of medical device and automotive standards as well as supplementary OEM specifications.