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Berkshire Ophthalmic Laboratories Ltd
Thatcham, Berkshire
Summary:
BOL produce the world's best selling rimless spectacle lens drilling
machine, the Optidrill Evo.
PSE were asked to develop Windows-based software to control the drill and
provide the user with the ability to machine complex shapes onto the lens.
The brief
BOL required ongoing development and support of the control software for
their Optidrill Evo. Some software had been developed in-house to provide basic
hole drilling for fixing the lenses to the frame. Market opportunities required
the ability to design complex shapes and machine them onto the lens.
How we answered it
PSE consultants analysed the capabilities of the drill and developed a
protocol for defining the lens shapes.
A Windows application was developed to graphically display the shapes on a
profile of the lens and control the drill to machine them.
Equations were developed for determining the reference points required for the
path of the drill and real-time control software was developed to handle the
communication.
The technology we used
The following development languages and technologies were used in the
development of this solution
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