OptiCentric®Inspection,Alignment,CementingandAssemblyofOpticsOVERVIEWContents2PagePrincipleoftheCenteringErrorMeasurementinReflectionandTransmissionMode..........4ComparisonbetweenReflectionandTransmissionMode..............................5CenteringErrorsofLenses......................................................6OptiCentric®MAN............................................................11OptiCentric®SMART...........................................................12OptiCentric®MOT100.........................................................13OptiCentric®MOT300.........................................................16OptiCentric®MAX.............................................................17OptiCentric®3D..............................................................19OptiCentric®Custom..........................................................21OptiCentric®Software..........................................................22OptiCentric®MOTExtensionModules..............................................24AutomatedCementingofLenses................................................28AutomatedBondingofLensesintoaMount........................................29AlignmentTurning.............................................................31OptiCentric®Cementing.......................................................31OptiCentric®Bonding.........................................................34OptiCentric®AlignmentTurning..................................................35MotorisedCenteringandCementingEquipmentwithVacuumChuck....................36ExtensionofMeasurementRange................................................36MeasuringSensorandLinearMeasuringGauge.....................................36AlignmentSet................................................................37Illumination..................................................................37RevolvingTurret..............................................................37CalibrationTool..............................................................38OptiCentric®PRO31AssemblyofOptics28Accessories36ApplicationOverview38OverviewofAvailableConfigurations39OrderInformation40OptiCentric®METRO9MeasurementofCenteringErrors4OptiCentric®3OptiCentric®3TheLeadingandMostComprehensiveLineofEquipmentforOpticalAlignment,Centering,Cementing,BondingandAlignmentTurningAccordingtoISO10110acenteringerrorispresentwhentheopticalandthereferenceaxisofalensdonotcoincide,respectivelythesearedifferentinpositionordirection.Duringtheprocessofcementing,alignmentandbondingoflensesinamount,significantcenteringerrorscanresultandaddtothemachiningerrorsofalens.Consequently,therequirementsofahighperformanceopticalsystemcanonlybefulfilledwhenallthepro-ductionstepsfromthecenteringtolerancemeasurementtotheassemblyofthelensinamountareplannedanddesignedasaninte-gratedconcept.TheTRIOPTICScomprehensivelineofequip-mentunderthegenericnameOptiCentric®hasbeenspecificallydesignedtocoverap-plicationsrelatedtoanytypeofopticalcom-ponentsandtorespondtodifferentaccuracydegrees.TheOptiCentric®-Systemalsocoversalltheproductionstepsfromthecentrationmeasurementtothealignment,cementingandassemblyofoptics.TheOptiCentric®in-cludesvaluabletoolsforanyapplication,fromsimpleandaffordablevisualinstrumentstocomplex,fullyautomatedandPC-con-trolledproductionandlaboratorystations.ThemodularTRIOPTICSproductgroupisabletomeasurenearlyalltypesoflensesandopti-calsystemsfromthetiniestandsmallesten-doscopesystemstoprecisionobjectivesweightingseveralhundredkilosforwaferstep-persinthesemiconductorsindustry.TheproductsoftheOptiCentric®rangearesubdividedinto:•OptiCentric®METRO-formetrologyandcomprehensivemeasurementofopticalsystems•OptiCentric®PRO-forproductionandas-semblyofobjectivelensesThecapabilitiesofOptiCentric®METROarenotlimitedtothemeasurementoflenscen-trationerrors.Variousenhancementsandad-ditionalmodulesallowformeasurementofmanyotheropticalparameterstobepre-sentedinthenextchapters.OptiCentric®OverwiewOptiCentric®MOT100theleadinginstrumentforopticalcentrationerrormeasurementMeasurementofCentrationErrors4MeasurementPrincipleandTypicalCentra-tionErrorsThefollowingsectionsdescribethemeasure-mentprinciplebehindtheOptiCentric®instru-mentsandtypicalerrorswhichoccurduringtheassemblyoflensesandobjectives.Themeasurementofacenteringerrorprimar-ilyinvolvesdefiningapointofsymmetryinre-lationtoareferenceaxis.Thiscan,forexam-ple,bethecenterofcurvatureofalenssur-faceorthelocationofafocuspointofalensinrelationtoareferenceaxis.Whenthecenterofcurvatureofalenssur-faceisusedforthemeasurementofcentra-tionerrors,themeasuringprocedureisknownas“MeasurementinReflection”.Similarlythemeasuringprocedureusingthefocalpointofalensisknownas“MeasurementinTrans-mission”PrincipleoftheCenteringErrorMeasurementinReflectionandTransmissionModeThebasicproceduretoidentifythecenteringerrorsofalensim-pliestherotationofthelensaroundaprecisereferenceaxis.Thisprecisereferenceaxisisde-cisivefortheaccuracyofthemeasurement.OptiCentric®productlineprovidesdifferentinstrumentmodul