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Optimax has planned updates and enhancements for the web site this year. For the latest on Optimax, please visit the Optimax Web Site regularly. Cheers,
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Photonics West showcases the tools, applications, and innovations that
are emerging in the market. Walk the floor and see 1,000+ companies;
Optimax will be at Booth 635. At SPIE Photonics West exhibition Optimax will be celebrating our 20 year anniversary and the expansion that doubled manufacturing capacity. This expansion also includes machining and metrology investment for large diameter (up to 500mm) high precision optics. |
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In addition, Optimax will continue to strengthen its workforce with plans to hire 50 more employees in 2012 including sales engineers, manufacturing engineers, inspectors, opticians, and coating technicians. A short list of attendees from Optimax includes: Rick Plympton – CEO Jamie Hutchins – East Coast Sales Team Leader Joe Pinto – West Coast Sales Team Leader Jess Dennie – West Coast Sales Engineer (Employee Profile featured at bottom) Optimax will be exhibiting from Booth 635, and any customer or potential customer who mentions the Optimax Newsletter gets a Free Optimax BEERSTEIN!! Let's talk about how Optimax can help you be successful on your 2012 projects. Hope to see you there! |
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innovative manufacturer of precision optics.
Investing in the Future:
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Community College organized advisory boards for both
the Optics and Precision Machining programs offered at the
school. The boards are comprised of industry
representatives including Optimax and educators from secondary
education programs. Recent
discussions have been focused on the content of the program, e.g.
course
offerings, and the process of
collaborating with local
high schools, industry, and government. |
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Representatives of the industry agree that programs to develop advanced manufacturing skills in fabrication, assembly, and metrology are needed to compete and succeed in a global market space. Future discussions will be held to decide how to modify programs to better meet the needs of the students and make them more appealing. The effectiveness of these groups depends on the participation of companies interested in hiring graduates of the programs, or utilizing them to develop their incumbent work force. Currently, Optimax has more than 20 people enrolled in college courses. For more information contact Ross Micali at MCC, rmicali@monroecc.edu |
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Rochester Based Webinars:
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Rochester Regional Photonics
Cluster (RRPC) is excited to create global
recognition for Rochester photonic manufacturing technologies through
an exclusive monthly Webinar Series. Optimax will be presenting the first in this new series of webinars on Asphere Metrology on Jan 17th at 1:00 pm EST. The webinar will include specifying and tolerancing aspheric forms, today’s options for measuring aspheric form error, and various manufacturing methods as well as influences on metrology selection. A new webinar will be available every month from Rochester based companies. The following are webinars scheduled for 2012 with their respective topics and presenters: |
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February
- Asphere Design March
- TBD April
- Cost of Tolerancing (Optimax) August
- Optics Manufacturing Standards - OEOSC v. MIL Spec (Optimax) *topics are subject to change |
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An innovative manufacturer of precision optics.
VIBE Eliminates Mid-Spatial Frequency Errors:
| The Optimax VIBE process is a patented full-aperture, conformal polishing process. It incorporates high frequency and random motion to eliminate mid-spatial frequency (MSF) errors created by sub-aperture deterministic polishing in a VIBE finishing step while maintaining low spatial frequency form accuracy. Mid-spatial frequency errors negatively impact system performance by introducing small angle scatter. The Optimax R&D department is currently working on this technology through a NASA Phase II SBIR. |  |
| For more information on the VIBE process or current SBIR's visit our Innovation webpage. |
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Employee Profile: Jess Dennie
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Jess
has joined our West Coast Sales team as a Sales Engineer working under
the mentorship of Joe Pinto.
He
has been an employee of Optimax for
several years, starting his career as an intern after high school. With his professional
experience as an Optical Materials Buyer and completion of
his B.S.
degree in Business Management from SUNY Geneseo, Jess offers a unique
perspective that will help create program
solutions to meet cost objectives. Jess will be at Photonics West, you can meet him in the New York Cluster, Booth 635. Outside of Optimax, Jess enjoys the outdoors, traveling, and camping. He also spends a lot of time playing sports including basketball, golf, and running. His older brother is Josh Dennie, Optimax's Manufacturing Manager. |
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If you'd like to learn more about Jess, please contact us at sales@optimaxsi.com |
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An
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