Summer isn't the only thing that's hot. Your vision system or laser assembly could be running hot too. Sapphire windows can take the heat better than your failing glass optics. Sapphire is useful up to 1800° while some glass optics lose their effectiveness just over...
Guild Optic's R&D has been hard at work making strides in polishing Zirconia and YAG. We were recently approached to test our processes with a new material to us. Optical Grade Zirconia grown by our neighbors at Exothermics of Amherst, NH. Our team did some...
Sapphire windows and lenses backed by experience Another year older and another year wiser. Ordering your optics from Guild Optical Associates is certainly a smart decision. Over the past 33 years, Guild Optics has been refining and perfecting the art of grinding and...
The current world of business has led to many delays in industries across the board. It's no surprise to anyone doing business that there are new difficulties and challenges in completing what used to be fairly straight forward manufacturing programs. Guild Optical...
Many people ask me what the benefits are to using sapphire windows instead of glass or fused silica. There are a few short easy answers such as; It's scratch resistant, stronger, etc., but there's even more involved such as spectral ranges and long term costs. Below,...
