A trip to Sigma lens factory in Aizu
2. Metal processing
In the hall you can find more than a dozen of machines which finish magnesium alloy moulds delivered by an external supplier. During the processing some surfaces of the moulds are polished, cut, drilled, and everything is levelled off with the highest precision demanded by the production of optical instruments.
Please Support UsThe coronavirus crisis has been adversely affecting many businesses and, sad but true, ours is not an exception. Despite that difficult situation we would like to preserve continuity and high quality of publications available on all our websites. Still, we are now aware it might be impossible without additional financial help. That's why we would like to ask all those who visit, read, and care about Optyczne.pl, LensTip.com i Allbinos.com for support - it's enough you send us a small sum of money via PayPal. If a lot people decide to support our websites we think we'll stand a chance and survive next months without any lasting harm. We count on your support and understanding, stay safe and be healthy. |
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Even if the whole hall looks more like a locksmith workshop there are a lot of precise measurment tools around. All parts are checked on an ongoing basis; callibrating machines for new working programs needs very precise measurements of first benchmark parts in order to check whether they fit the standards.