MarcusDRobinson
Plastic
- Joined
- May 20, 2019
I work for a medical manufacturing company based out of Florida. We are looking to add to our production line. We currently cut acrylic parts. The product we produce is called an IOL (IntraOcularLens). These medical parts are then put into the eye to replace the eyes natural lens. A lathe we are looking for is 2-axis. It needs to be precise and cut from one side of the acrylic part to the middle and raise. The first cut is what gives the lens the Focus. (Ex: Glasses - They have a convex or concave shape to fix the patients sight)
Current lathes used:
Optoform 40
ALMe Lathe | DAC International
YouTube
YouTube
Basically all the lathe does is cut from the side to the middle and raise up a specific amount.
This gives the piece of acrylic the diopter power. (this needs to be extremely extremely precise)
Diopter - a unit of refractive power that is equal to the reciprocal of the focal length (in meters) of a given lens.
Any information that anyone can give me would be appreciated and if anyone has questions or advice please let me know. We have older lathes that work great. The new DAC Intl Lathe is air bearings our older DAC Intl Lathes are grease. Both work great.
I am going to attempt to build a CNC lathe that can perform these functions. If anyone would like to help don't hesitate to contact me.
If you have information regarding old/cheap lathes that will work for me/us please let me know.
Current lathes used:
Optoform 40
ALMe Lathe | DAC International
YouTube
YouTube
Basically all the lathe does is cut from the side to the middle and raise up a specific amount.
This gives the piece of acrylic the diopter power. (this needs to be extremely extremely precise)
Diopter - a unit of refractive power that is equal to the reciprocal of the focal length (in meters) of a given lens.
Any information that anyone can give me would be appreciated and if anyone has questions or advice please let me know. We have older lathes that work great. The new DAC Intl Lathe is air bearings our older DAC Intl Lathes are grease. Both work great.
I am going to attempt to build a CNC lathe that can perform these functions. If anyone would like to help don't hesitate to contact me.
If you have information regarding old/cheap lathes that will work for me/us please let me know.