SPE Cleveland Presents
A Presentation on
“Layered Polymer Lens Manufacturing for Advanced Night Vision Systems”
Followed by a Plant Tour and Dinner
Micro- and nanolayer coextrusion processing incorporates tens, hundreds, or thousands of alternating polymer layers within the thickness of traditional polymer films.Reducing the individual polymer layer thicknesses down below a micron, sometimes to 25-50 nanometers, through this specialized form of cast coextrusion has enabled production of films with unique optical, gas transport, water barrier, and mechanical properties surpassing blends or traditional multi-layered approaches. A case study leveraging nanolayering as the key step in a novel ground-up manufacturing process for production of light weight, high performance gradient refractive index lenses for next generation night vision optical systems will be presented.
$15 for Students
$25 for SPE Members
$30 for Non-members
