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Highlights from Photonics West 2025
We are proud to have joined 24,000 optics and photonics professionals from more than 75 countries at this year’s SPIE Photonics West 2025. It was an excellent show highlighting new research, industry trends, and many technical presentations. Our own Kevin Sweeney celebrated achievements in metrology in his featured lecture "The measurement of object distance for projected virtual objects using a scanning pentaprism and digital alignment telescope." The highlight for our team was meeting many technical experts at our booth. It was an opportunity the discuss design ideas for their projects as well as introduce new testing and manufacturing capabilities available at our facility in Wakefield, MA. In talking with the organizers of the event, Optikos Director of Operations Dennis Fantone...
Reducing Cost in a Manufacturing Environment
In my previous blogs, I focused on the quality of the manufacturing processes both in In-Process Testing In a Production Environment and in Quality Statistics in Production: Using Data and Statistical Techniques to Improve Manufacturing Processes. While quality is essential to a successful manufacturing program, it cannot be taken in a vacuum without also looking at cost. For a successful manufacturing relationship, the manufacturer must make a quality product while minimizing cost and giving the customer a great overall value. At Optikos, we employ LEAN principles in order to reduce touch time and offer a cost competitive manufacturing solution to our customers. We also utilize our domestic and global supply chains to reduce material cost. Reducing Touch Time In order...
The Optikos Team Prepares for Photonics West 2025
Photonics West promises to be an excellent week of networking, training, and innovating. SPIE describes it as the world’s premier event for lasers, biomedical optics and biophotonic technologies, quantum, and optoelectronics. We talked with the experts from Optikos who will be joining the event to chat about what they are most excited for. Lars Sandstroem shares, “Photonics West is a great opportunity to connect with industry leaders, engage with existing and new customers, and explore how our photonics expertise can bring their applications to life.” Byron Seabolt agrees, noting he looks forward to “connecting with customers and industry leaders to explore cutting-edge advancements in photonics and optics.” Photo credit: SPIE Our team especially appreciates Photonics West for the opportunity to...
Join Optikos at Photonics West 2025
Since 1995, Photonics West has been a celebration of innovation, research, and emerging technology for the international optics and photonics community. Optikos is proud to be joining leaders from the industry, academia and the government to share our expertise and bring our optical engineering design, manufacturing, and testing services to life. Optikos Exhibiting at Photonics West 2024 As explained by David Biss, Senior Manager, Optical Engineering at Optikos, "Photonics West is one of the most important shows for us to attend. It's a perfect place for us to show off our image quality metrology systems and offerings, and it's a great place for us to talk to customers about our optical and opto-mechanical engineering and manufacturing capabilities." When you visit Optikos...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Microscopy Applications – Removing the Need for Precision Imaging Sub-systems?
Artificial Intelligence, or AI, is the buzzword of 2024 in nearly every industry—and microscopy is no different. The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into microscopy has further advanced life science diagnostics. By harnessing the power of machine learning and deep learning algorithms, AI-driven microscopy has further improved how we visualize and interpret biological samples. But one popular question remains: does the rise of AI mean the end of precision imaging sub-systems in microscopy? Let’s take a deeper dive. The Role of Precision Imaging Systems in Life Science Diagnostics For almost four centuries, precision imaging systems have been the backbone of microscopy. Microscopy sub-systems for life sciences, especially diagnostic applications, have made significant advancements in the last few decades. These sub-systems,...
