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Abrisa Technologies
Company Description
Abrisa Technologies is comprised of three of the optics industry's market leaders; Abrisa Industrial Glass, Sycamore Glass Components, and ZC&R Coatings for Optics. With over 80 years of combined design and manufacturing experience, Abrisa Technologies delivers precision thin film coatings, custom flat glass fabrication, and specialty glass products to the defense, display, imaging systems, lighting, photovoltaic, medical, digital cinema, and general industrial markets.
Specialty glass products include soda lime, borosilicate, ceramic glass, High Ion Exhange(HIE) glass, and a host of specialty glasses. Thin film coatings include indium tin oxide (ITO) index-matched ITO, anti-reflective, hot & cold mirrors, UV blocking filters, color filters, dichroics, beam splitter, metal coatings, front surface mirror, covert and semi covert filters, IR coatings, neutral density filters, and more. Custom glass fabrication includes cutting, edging, screen printing, etching, machining, assembly, Bus Bar, strengthening (chemical & heat), cleaning, and specialty packaging. From standard off-the-shelf products to custom, high volume applications, Abrisa Technologies has the precision coating and custom high quality glass/optics solution.
Contact Information
 200 S Hallock Dr
Santa Paula,CA
United States
Press Releases
| Abrisa Technologies Stocks a Broad Selection of Schott Borofloat & Supermaxx for Diverse Applications
Abrisa Technologies, a premier optics solutions provider, stocks and distributes a broad selection of Schott Borofloat® from 0.7mm thick up 25.4 mm thick. This highly chemically resistant borosilicate glass has a low thermal expansion due to the float method of manufacturing by Schott. This flat glass is highly resistant to water, neutral acidic and saline solutions as well as to chlorine, bromine, iodine, and organic substances.
Sheet sizes available from Abrisa Technologies include:
•1150mm x 850mm – for 0.7mmm to 25.4mm thickness
•1700mm x 1300mm – for 16.0mm to 21.0mm thickness
•2300mm x 1700mm – for 3.3mm to 15.0mm thickness
In addition to Schott Borofloat®, Abrisa Technologies stocks Schott SUPERMAX®, an ultra thick, rolled borosilicate glass, the benefits of which include low thermal expansion, high thermal resistance, excellent light transmission, and impressive chemical durability. It is a low density glass that is 12% lighter than soda-lime glass, and is available from stock in thicknesses up to 57.2mm and up to 66.7mm on order. It is an environmentally friendly glass made of non-hazardous inorganic and natural raw materials. Highly versatile, this material is well-suited for a broad array of optics applications.
Standard sheet sizes available from stock from Abrisa Technologies include:
•1000mm x 1500mm – for 34.9mm and 57.2mm thickness (alternative thicknesses from 28.6 up to 66.7 can be ordered)
Borofloat® and SUPERMAX® glass can undergo the following glass fabrication processes at Abrisa Technologies:
•Cutting
•Edge work – ground or polished, faceted, or arrissed
•Dubbed and radiused corners
•Drilling
•Surface polishing
•Screen printing and sand blasting
•Can be thermally and chemically strengthened
•Coating applications – anti-reflective, ITO, Cold Mirror, Hot Mirror/ IR Blocker, Dichroics
Borofloat® has a low specific weight in comparison to soda-lime glass, and is consequently well-suited for applications where weight limitations are a consideration. The glasses low thermal expansion and its high thermal shock resistance as well as its ability to withstand temperatures up to 450°C for long periods of time make Borofloat® ideal for applications where temperature stability is a must.
As far as optical properties, Borofloat® is a clear, transparent, colorless glass, with excellent transparency both in the ultraviolet and also in the visible and near infrared range of light. Its extra low inherent fluorescence or light emission, combined with very good surface quality, flatness, and homogeneity allow it to be utilized for a wide-range of applications for optics, opto-electronics, photonics, and analytical equipment.
Due to its low alkali content, Borofloat® acts as a high-power insulator, and is therefore a suitable material for applications where good non-conductive properties at temperatures up to 450°C are called for.
Typical applications include:
•Photovoltaics – glass for solar collectors
•Optical filters
•Lighting – protective panels for spotlights & high power floodlights
•Medical Technology – microscope slides, DNA sequencers, micro-fluidic systems and more)
•Display glass & wafers
•Sight glasses
Borofloat® can be easily cleaned with nearly any commercially available glass cleaner. Abrasive sponges, scouring powders, or other abrasive cleaners should not be used on Borofloat as they can cause damage to the surface of the glass.
Abrisa Technologies can supply Schott Borofloat® and SUPERMAX® in low and high volume quantities to service both small and large users with their exact Borofloat® and SUPERMAX® requirements.
About Abrisa Technologies: Abrisa Technologies is headquartered in Santa Paula, California and is comprised of three divisions that provide precision optical products and services. The divisions include; Abrisa Industrial Glass, Inc., Sycamore Glass Components, and ZC&R Coatings for Optics. As a market leader in optical coatings and high quality precision glass fabrication, Abrisa Technologies is dedicated to providing premier customer service and cost-effective products that fit each customer’s exacting requirements. www.abrisatechnologies.com |
| Chemically Strengthened Thin Glass from Abrisa Technologies Produces Minimal Optical Distortion in Display Panels & Touch Screens
Abrisa Technologies chemically strengthens thin glass per ASTM 1422 and tests per ASTM C 158. This process does not affect the optical quality of the glass, making it an ideal solution for display panel and touch screen applications. The chemical strengthening process can make the glass up to 8 times stronger than annealed float glass.
This strengthening process is done via an ion-exchange surface treatment, and works well for strengthening soda-lime or other thin glass material with a high sodium oxide content and a thickness of less than 3 mm. Abrisa Technologies has the capability to chemically strengthen glass in sizes up to 28” x 36”.
Chemically strengthened thin glass by Abrisa Technologies, improves transmission, reduces weight, and may also reduce mounting costs, while also providing improved impact resistance, scratch and abrasion resistance, and increased bending strength and temperature stability.
The chemical bath process causes the surface of the glass to be in a state of compression and the core in compensating tension improving the tensile strength of the glass. The end result of chemical strengthening is glass that has little or no bow, warp, optical distortion, or strain pattern.
Optical clarity is of prime importance for display panel and touch screen applications; consequently chemically strengthened glass is used versus heat tempered glass. Glass that has been chemically strengthened by Abrisa Technologies is well-suited for optical bonding, protective covers, viewports, and front surface optics in hostile environments including high temperatures, high pressure, and vacuum situations.
About Abrisa Technologies: Abrisa Technologies is headquartered in Santa Paula, California and is comprised of three divisions that provide precision glass optics products and services. The divisions include; Abrisa Industrial Glass, Inc., Sycamore Glass Components, and ZC&R Coatings for Optics. As a market leader in optical coatings and high quality precision glass fabrication, Abrisa Technologies is dedicated to providing premier customer service and cost-effective products that fit each customer’s exacting requirements. www.abrisatechnologies.com |
| Large Format Screen Printed Optics Now Available from Abrisa Technologies
Abrisa Technologies has recently upgraded their Santa Paula facility with new equipment which enables screen printing of glass substrates in sizes up to 56” x 86” or 1,422.4 mm x 2,184.4 mm. with a tolerance of up to ±0.030” or ±0.76 mm depending on part size and image. Minimum substrate thickness is approx. 0.039” or 1 mm with maximum substrate thickness of 0.75” or 19 mm.
Screen printing is available in multiple standard and custom colors, including metallics, opaques, and semitransparent inks, and range from low temperature epoxies to high temperature frits. Minimum print resolution can be as fine as 0.005” or 0.127 mm for printing logos, icons, lettering, borders, and more.
The large format screen printing is ideal for large touch panels and display screens, outdoor displays, and digital signage applications. In addition to large format screen printing, Abrisa Technologies can also screen print glass substrates in sizes as small as 3” x 2” or 76.2 mm x 50.8 mm, with a tolerance of ±0.006” or ±0.15 mm. Minimum thickness for the smaller screen printing of 16” x 16” or 460 mm x 460 mm is 0.030” or 0.76 mm and maximum substrate thickness is 0.5” or 12.7 mm.
Abrisa Technologies’ screen printed optics can be combined with additional processes such as chemical strengthening, custom glass fabrication (cutting, edging, drilling, etc.) and the application of optical thin film coatings (AR, UV, ITO, IMITO, hydrophilic, hydrophobic, and oleophobic) to provide a integrated package solution for display enhancement or other high quality, high precision optics application.
About Abrisa Technologies: Abrisa Technologies is headquartered in Santa Paula, California and is comprised of three divisions that provide precision optical products and services. The divisions include; Abrisa Industrial Glass, Inc., Sycamore Glass Components, and ZC&R Coatings for Optics. As a market leader in optical coatings and high quality precision glass fabrication, Abrisa Technologies is dedicated to providing premier customer service and cost-effective products that fit each customer’s exacting requirements. www.abrisatechnologies.com |
| Front Surface Mirrors from Sycamore Glass Components Provide Increased Reflectivity
Sycamore Glass Components, a division of Abrisa Technologies provides front surface mirrors or first surface mirrors for a broad scope of optics applications. These mirrors have a long product life, superior durability, and can be cleaned easily.
Front surface mirrors by Sycamore Glass Components have over-coated dielectric layers that are vacuum deposited on the surface of a clear glass substrate to increase reflectivity and protect against humidity and abrasion. The sharper image created by a front surface mirror lacks the ghosting effect of a conventional mirror.
The substrate of choice for a front service mirror is float glass with a typical flatness and irregularity of 4 to 6 waves per inch. Typical thicknesses that are available from stock are 1mm, 1.6mm, 2.3mm, 3mm, 5mm, 6mm, and 10mm. Front surface mirror sizes are available in dimensions up to 74” x 130” or 1880 mm x 3320 mm in 3mm and 6mm thicknesses.
Enhanced aluminum mirror coatings reflect from 85% to 97% over the visible spectrum (400-700 nm)
Protected gold mirror coatings reflect an average of 97% over a broader spectrum (700-2000 nm)
Front surface mirrors provided by Sycamore Glass Components can be used in such applications as:
Industrial/Office Automation
Photocopiers & document scanners
Facsimile machines & laser beam printers
Audio visual equipment & point-of-purchase scanners
Cameras & analytical instruments
Military training simulators
Telescopes
Projection & broadcasting equipment
Front surface mirror coatings offered by Sycamore Glass Components conform to MIL-C-48497, MIL-M-1350BC, and MIL-STD-810C.
About Sycamore Glass Components: Sycamore Glass Components provides optical components, precision optical coatings, glass and ceramic materials, and materials fabrication services. Our glass components range from prototyping to high volume production, simple parts to precisely-machined components. Sycamore offers a wide variety of glass and optical coating products including front surface mirrors, first surface mirrors, anti-reflective (AR) glass, dichroic filters, cold and hot mirrors, borosilicate and Borofloat®, soda-lime float glass, beamsplitters, microsheet glass, AR filters, laser mirrors, neutral density filters, ITO IM-ITO coatings, water-white glass, and non-glare glass. www.sycamore-glass.com
About Abrisa Technologies: Abrisa Technologies is headquartered in Santa Paula, California and is comprised of three divisions that provide precision optical products and services. The divisions include; Abrisa Industrial Glass, Inc., Sycamore Glass Components, and ZC&R Coatings for Optics. As a market leader in optical coatings and high quality precision glass fabrication, Abrisa Technologies is dedicated to providing premier customer service and cost-effective products that fit each customer’s exacting requirements. www.abrisatechnologies.com |
| Extensive Line of Coatings from Abrisa Technologies Optimize Glass & Optics Performance
Abrisa Technologies, an ISO 2001: 2008 and ITAR registered company applies high precision optical coatings to the surface of glass substrates to alter the interaction with wavelengths of light in terms of reflectance, transmittance, and absorption as well as abrasion resistance and electrical conductivity. The extensive line of coatings offered by the company includes numerous standard and off-the-shelf treatments for prototype and high-volume production quantities. Custom coatings and filters are also available to suit unique customer application specific requirements.
Typical coatings include:
Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) and Index-Matched Indium Tin Oxide (IMITO)
Metal Coatings – Protected and Enhanced Silver, Aluminum, and Gold Mirrors
Multi-band Films
Hydrophilic, Hydrophobic and Oleophobic Coatings and Films
Hot and Cold Mirrors
Thin Film Polarizers
Neutral Density Filters
Covert and Semi Covert Filters (IR Surveillance)
High Power Lasers
Beam Splitters
Dichroic Color Filters
Abrisa Technologies’ thin film coatings are applied via electron beam guns with ion-assisted deposition. Coatings and components can be provided from 200 nm to 20 microns, from the ultraviolet (UV) out to the far infrared (IR).
As coatings experts, Abrisa Technologies can not only apply coatings to a wide variety of technical and commercial glass substrates, multiple coatings may be applied to the same substrate as well as other glass fabrication processes such as strengthening, screen printing, cutting, drilling, polishing, cleaning, edge work , and more for an integrated optics solution.
About Abrisa Technologies: Abrisa Technologies is headquartered in Santa Paula, California and is comprised of three divisions that provide precision optical products and services. The divisions include; Abrisa Industrial Glass, Inc., Sycamore Glass Components, and ZC&R Coatings for Optics. As a market leader in optical coatings and high quality precision glass fabrication, Abrisa Technologies is dedicated to providing premier customer service and cost-effective products that fit each customer’s exacting requirements. www.abrisatechnologies.com |
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