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Optimax Buying Process

With years of expertise in lean manufacturing, Optimax ensures fast, on-time deliveries. As the world’s leading rapid-delivery manufacturer of custom optical components, we guide you through every step to create the perfect solution for your needs.

1
TOOLS
MATERIALS
3
PRODUCTS
OPTICAL COMPONENTS
4
ORDERING
THE ESTIMATOR
5
ORDERING
SUBMIT RFQ

 

STEP 1 ―

Materials

Optimax maintains a sizable inventory of standard-grade optical materials. These glasses are recommended when quick delivery is critical. Optical crystals and ceramics are also processed at Optimax. When you place your order, please make sure to consider the material and delivery date you need for your project.

Find Out More About our Preferred Glass List
Optical Coating Final Inspection

 

STEP 2 ―

Manufacturing Limits & Tolerances

Our manufacturing capabilities are built on a foundation of metrology expertise: If we can measure it, we can make it. We manufacture custom optics to extremely tight tolerances, depending on our skilled engineers to iteratively derive tolerances throughout the nominal manufacturing process. Manufacturing tolerances must be considered carefully to best match price to performance.

Find out more about limits and tolerances:
Optical Manufacturing Metrology

 

Aspheric gold coated mirror lenses
STEP 3 ―

Products

At Optimax, we produce high-quality optics from ceramics, crystals, fused silica, and glass for cutting-edge industries. Our core products of custom optics includes:

Which product is right for your project?

Find out more about our products:

 

STEP 4 ―

The Estimator

The Estimator is a unique tool designed to allow you to input the parameters of an optic and adjust tolerances to get an estimated cost of your optic. It is designed to generate cost estimates with a standard delivery in mind. The full scope of capabilities at Optimax are much broader.

Want to find out more about the Estimator tool?

 

STEP 5 ―

Submitting a RFQ

Optimax quotes are structured to offer standard pricing and delivery. Options for quicker deliveries are available upon request. This empowers our customers to balance price and delivery considerations, giving your project the best chance of success.

Ready to submit your quote?
Prototype optics