At Jena, Germany at the Hannover-Messe on April 21 through 25, scientists from the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF in Jena will be presenting the 3-D measuring system LensShape, which is a faster and a more cost-effective optical system. According to Dr. Gunther Notni of the IOF, “The lenses used in many optical components today – for instance in car headlamps, or in digital projectors or cameras – are no longer spherical, but have free-form geometries.” He adds, “While Carl Zeiss GmbH requires the version that measures up to 300 millimeters, we can also measure smaller lens systems down to less than 10 millimeters.” They began marketing the new method several months ago.

[via Measurement Devices]

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