This article highlights Meller Optics, Inc.’s custom sapphire optics designed for drones, offering superior durability and clarity for commercial and military applications. These optics, ideal for challenging environments like cell tower and bridge inspections, ensure exceptional performance with high resistance to harsh conditions.
Custom configured sapphire optics that are more durable than other materials for the rising use of drones in commercial and military applications are available from Meller Optics, Inc. of Providence, Rhode Island.
Sapphire optics are optical components made from synthetic sapphire, known for its exceptional hardness, optical clarity, and resistance to abrasion. These properties make sapphire an ideal material for demanding applications, including in drones, where durability and performance are key.
Meller Optics’ products are widely used in various applications that require high durability and optical clarity. Their sapphire optics are ideal for drone-based inspection of infrastructure such as cell towers, bridges, and pipelines, where they withstand harsh environmental conditions like dirt, sand, and water. These optics are also essential in military surveillance systems, offering superior performance in demanding environments. With their ability to provide excellent UV to IR transmission and resistance to abrasion, Meller Optics products ensure reliable, long-lasting performance for critical commercial and military operations.
Meller Sapphire Optics for drones include flat windows and domes for all types of vision systems used for inspecting cell towers, bridges, and other challenging commercial and military surveillance applications. Featuring Moh 9 hardness, which is second only to diamond, highly durable and clear sapphire can withstand fast moving dirt, particulates, sand, and water.
Providing up to 85% transmission uncoated in the UV to IR, with up to 99% when A/R coated in two sides, Meller Sapphire Optics can be supplied with surface finishes from 60-40 to 40-20 scratch-dig and flatness held to 1/10th wave in the visible and < 2 arc sec. in/in parallelism per MIL-PRF-13830, depending upon configuration, with precise edge steps and mounting profiles.
Meller Sapphire Optics for drones are priced depending upon configuration and quantity. Price quotations are available upon request.
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