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Coastal Optical Systems has completed integration of in-house coating capabilities in it’s West Palm Beach facility with the installation of an 850 mm coating chamber.

Better support for OEM customers

"This was the next natural step in the growth of Coastal", says Jay Kumler, president of Coastal. "With the growth in serial production, sub-contracting coatings had become a logistical burden on several serial production projects. With the new chamber, we can meet common ongoing coating requirements in-house and still work with specialty coating houses to meet challenging requirements from customers."

Complements capabilities

The ion-assist chamber manufactured by Tecport Optics, Inc (Orlando, FL), was delivered in February and is configured for 50 mm to 150 mm diameter elements. The chamber's configuration complements capabilities available through sister company Liebmann Optical which specializes in small and micro-lenses (2 mm - 75 mm ø).

Quality Assurance considerations

A PerkinElmer Lambda 950 Spectrophotometer (175nm – 3300 nm) has been added for coating analysis.

Coastal Optical Systems, Inc., founded in 1991, designs and manufactures precision lens assemblies primarily for aerospace and defense, machine vision, metrology, digital imaging and projection, and astronomical research applications.

Coastal Optical Systems is a wholly owned subsidiary of JENOPTIK Optical Systems GmbH (Jena, Germany).

JENOPTIK Optical Systems GmbH was founded in 1995 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the JENOPTIK AG technology group of Jena, Germany (ISIN DE0006229107). The company develops, produces and distributes laser sources, optical components, modules and system solutions as well as the technologies used in the precise measurement, imaging, structuring and analysis of a variety of materials. The company’s success is anchored in its use of the latest in technology and its custom-designed applications.