Optical Finishing & Processing

Operating nearly 30 years, Knight Optical have gained the skills and expertise to offer a wide range of optical finishing and processing methods. With our state-of-the-art metrology facility, we can ensure that your specifications are fulfiled.
Have a requirement for a process to be carried out on a material? Does your window need further polishing? We have a wide range of manufacturing capabilities including toughening, polishing, drilling, precision lapping, diamond turning, to name a few.

All optical components are finished to a high standard with our manufacturing capabilities encompassing a wide range of materials including glass, plastic and crystalline substrates.

Once manufacturing and processing has been completed our metrology and QA department inspect the optical components to ensure they meet the required specification.

For more information on any of our optics services, to discuss your requirements or place a direct order with one of our technical sales team, please contact Knight Optical by email or alternatively call direct on +44 1622 859 444 (UK, EUR or ROW) +1 401 583 7846 (USA & Canada).

Diamond Turning This process produces surfaces with drastically reduced or eliminated diffraction

Laser Cutting This works by directing the output of a high-power laser at the material to be cut

Polishing Polishing can either be done by hand or by using a polishing machine in which…

Sandblasting Sandblasting is where a stream of abrasive material is blasted at high pressure…

Toughening Knight Optical can strengthen glass via controlled thermal or chemical treatment

Waterjet Cutting Ideal for cutting complex designs and shapes leaving a fine ground edge with…

Precision Lapping This can achieve flatness, parallelism and quality surface finish under stress free