An unusual solution from you is the Backlight Sheets. What’s it all about?
The Backlight fluoresheet, or BF590, is designed to achieve a backlight effect using front illumination. Backlights are typically used to provide sharp contrast to outline shapes, edges, or openings, but space constraints in some applications may limit the use of traditional backlighting. When the fluoresheet is illuminated from the front with a blue LED light, it emits an orange fluorescence. A backlight effect is created by using a MidOpt Orange Bandpass Filter (BP590) to capture the orange emission while blocking the blue LED excitation, resulting in the appearance of a bright white diffuse background in a monochrome image.
Which of your solutions are you particularly proud of?
While we’re proud of our entire catalog, our innovative and robust line of Protective Windows is something we’re especially excited about. As machine vision applications are increasingly used in challenging environments – dealing with debris, liquids, fluctuating temperatures, and other factors – the need to protect cameras, lenses, and other expensive components while maintaining a small footprint has become more critical. We take pride in offering these protective windows in multiple substrate types, from high-quality optical acrylic for more budget-conscious solutions to sapphire, which is extremely scratch-resistant while also providing very high optical transmission. These substrates are further enhanced with our hydrophobic and oleophobic coatings, which help prevent the buildup of condensation and keep oils, grease, and fingerprints from collecting on the surface. Customers are even more impressed when they see the customized shapes and sizes we can offer. Our new in-house silk screen printing capabilities allow us to print logos and images directly on the protective window, creating a truly customized solution. Additionally, the ability to add strong adhesive backings to these windows makes mounting them to an enclosure or other surface incredibly easy.
We believe our true expertise lies in designing and manufacturing the highest quality filters, protective windows, and custom optics solutions for machine
vision and beyond.