Ray Pini

Director of Marketing, LightPath Technologies

Ray Pini is director of marketing at LightPath Technologies (Orlando, FL).

(Images courtesy of Robert Kalinowski)
FIGURE 1. Molded optics can start with raw materials made of plastic (left) or glass (right). Thermoplastic resins for plastic optical injection molding are provided in extruded and cut pellet form. The PGM process requires a precision preform prior to molding.
July 1, 2011
Advances in mold tooling and glass technologies have enabled production of molded glass optics that are cost competitive with plastic optics for an increasing range of applications...