Silicones create higher performance, lower costs and expanded opportunities for LumenFlow
Silicones create higher performance, lower costs and expanded opportunities for LumenFlow
2 PagesSilicones create higher performance, lower costs and expanded opportunities for LumenFlow LIGHTING The challenge Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, LumenFlow Corp. is a photonics engineering and manufacturing firm with customers in numerous industries, including automotive, manufacturing, agriculture and medical equipment. LumenFlow was looking for a solution that would replace an existing polycarbonate 10° TIR (total internal reflection) lens in a customer’s machine vision product. The old polycarbonate lens was a two-piece system (lens and carrier) that was having warranty issues with parts coming off of the LED printed circuit board assembly (PCBA). The existing lens provided light in a narrow beam angle when matched with a specific LED. However, it created hot spots when
