Resolve Optics can design and manufacture high performance lenses able to undertake sensing, detection and measurement applications at high temperature.
The company has experience of developing optical systems that will operate up to 950°C without the need for cooling.
Lenses capable of operating at such high temperatures, without degradation, have made it possible to remotely inspect the inside of an operating furnace/boiler and non-invasively analyse high temperature processes including incineration, recycling, smelting and chemical manufacturing.
Optical systems for high temperature applications need to be carefully designed to ensure performance is maintained at the application operating temperature.
When materials heat up there is expansion, the rate of which differs depending on material types.
To avoid the optical system going out of focus as it reaches operating temperatures, Resolve Optics engineers take careful consideration of the rate of expansion of components and air spaces.
Temperature also affects the refractive index of materials so this also needs to be taken into account.
Lenses from Resolve Optics feature designs where athermalisation of the optical systems ensures that top performance is maintained over a given temperature range.
