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The CEO Sleepout for Charity this year!
On 12th May, our very own CEO, Colin Overton, will be sleeping out in the grounds of Kent’s Leeds Castle to raise money for homeless individuals in the UK.
Laser Focus: What Optical Components Are Used for Lasers?
As a specialist leading supplier of custom-made (and stock) high-precision optical components, Knight Optical’s customer base comprises a substantial directory of distinguished companies working on laser-based devices. The global optics provider investigates a few typical applications in this blog and explores recent pioneering projects that have made the news.
Custom-Made Optical Components for High-Performing Automation Systems
Knight Optical (KO) has provided discerning engineers, designers, and the like from the automation sector with dependable, premium-quality optics for over three decades. Throughout this time, the leading supplier has helped refine the precision of some of the world’s most innovative technologies and partnered with a wide range of companies throughout the industry.
Knight Optical Sees Surge of Demand for Optics for Automated Ultraviolet (UV) Disinfection Systems
Knight Optical – the leading global supplier of custom-made optical components – has met a universal increased requirement for high-precision ultraviolet (UV) optical components for high-performing automated (and manual) UVC disinfection systems.
What Technologies are Used in Modern-Day Alcohol Production?
Alcohol production across sites worldwide is a hive of activity as brewers, distillers, winemakers, and the like begin to turn their attention to this year’s harvests and manufacturing processes. In this blog, Knight Optical explores the modern-day alcohol making landscape and the latest optical technological advancements from the sector
In the Spotlight: Light Guides & Prisms
For this month’s optics spotlight, Knight Optical – the leading supplier of on-spec, metrology-tested and custom-made optical components – groups together two of its most popular optical components. One has long been favoured for high-spec vehicle applications and ultra-precision, laser-based beauty and medical therapies.
In the Spotlight: Calcium Fluoride Optics
Here at Knight Optical, we’ve observed a peak in requirement for our custom-made Calcium Fluoride (CaF2) Optical Components. To coincide with this proliferation, we’re placing these in-demand optics under the spotlight.
What Technologies are Helping with Waste Management & Recycling Throughout the World?
Excessive waste is a universal issue that we’re all fighting to change. Economic growth and industrialisation have led to more waste being generated and carelessly disposed of over the years. So, with today’s heightened sense of awareness concerning waste disposal and more people pursuing ways to reduce rubbish, how are we tackling the challenge of waste management? In this blog, Knight Optical, the global supplier of on-spec, custom-made optical components, looks at several ….
COP26: Cultivating Technologies for Climate Change
The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference – or as it’s otherwise acknowledged ‘COP26’ – sent waves through the sphere in November. As world leaders gathered inside Glasgow’s SEC for the 26th conference to formulate climate change antidotes, the world waited in anticipation for drip-fed updates on refined reformations and pragmatic pledges. In this blog, Knight Optical – the leading supplier of optical components for scientific applications and forward-thinking technologies – explores the crux of recent COP26 discussions and investigates some technologies that seek to alleviate concerns relating to the climate crisis.
Knight Optical puts Optical Flats in the Spotlight
To coincide with this month’s optics focus, we’re diving into our sought-after range of Optical Flats. In this summarising blog, we’ll explore the main features of these optical components, explain how they work and reveal the customisation elements that are available here at Knight Optical.