It is possible to design and manufacture arsenic and selenium-free chalcogenide glass aspheric lenses!!
"Earth and user-friendly, high-precision far-infrared glass lenses" In the fields of autonomous driving and surveillance, there are challenges in sensing during low-light nighttime conditions. One solution that has gained attention is far-infrared sensing. Many of the mainstream chalcogenide lenses used in high-pixel far-infrared cameras contain toxic substances such as arsenic and selenium. To address the challenge of reduced workability when these substances are removed, Konica Minolta has improved both materials and processing methods through industry-academia collaboration, enabling greater design freedom than ever before. For example, it has become possible to express diffractive shapes and freeform surfaces on the lens surface, and by providing optical designs that leverage these features, we offer far-infrared lenses that are friendly to both the Earth and users. Please feel free to contact us for inquiries or consultations. Contact: KMOCsupport@konicaminolta.com
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**Technical Overview** The process of creating chalcogenide glass lenses is divided into the melting of glass materials, preform creation, lens mold creation, and lens molding using molds. Konica Minolta conducts all of these processes in-house and addresses processing challenges by innovating in each stage. In addition to lens molding, we possess a range of technologies that enable one-stop solutions for optical design, including Fresnel and free-form surfaces, functional coating design and manufacturing technologies such as AR and DLC, as well as mechanism design, assembly, and adjustment for lens unitization, allowing us to provide optimal solutions overall.
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Infrared glass lens, etc. *For more details, please feel free to contact us.
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We are delivering not only equipment sales but also new image IoT solutions tailored to each customer's site. Utilizing the various know-how that Konica Minolta has cultivated over the years, we have transitioned from a product-specific sales structure to a system that integrates equipment, services, and solutions to more firmly contribute to our customers' value creation and business growth. By developing our own products and creating new value through collaboration and partnerships with other companies, we aim to achieve sustainable growth as a business entity. We wish to grow together with our customers by being close to them, discovering challenges, and continuously providing new value. The rapidly changing business environment presents us with opportunities to create and deliver new value to our customers. We will continue to embody the know-how that the Konica Minolta Group has accumulated over many years and contribute to our customers and society.
