Supplier Terms and Conditions

Services

Ruda-Cardinal, Inc. specializes in optical product development from concept to final production with flexible and creative solutions to any optical design or manufacturing requirement.


View our rate sheet for engineering and consulting services.


We provide the following services:

  • General Optical Engineering & Analysis
  • Optical Design
  • Stray Light Analysis
  • Optical Testing
  • Optical Tolerancing
  • Optical Alignment
  • Product Software Development
  • Beam Propagation/Diffraction Analysis
  • Environmental Analysis & Testing
  • Gradient Index System Design
  • Radiometric Analysis for Infrared Systems
  • Off-Axis Optics
  • Detailed Opto-Mechanical Design
  • Performance Predictions
  • General Optical Contracting
  • Product Development
  • Design of Test Equipment; null lenses

  • Theoretical Studies & Mathematical Development
  • Illumination Systems: Lamps, LEDs, Laser
  • On-site Technical Support for Hardware Integration
  • Non-Imaging Design & Analysis
  • Thermal Analysis & Testing
  • Committee Work (NIF, NASA, Venture Funds, etc)
  • Optics Education Tutorials
  • Design and Fabrication of Lenses for Hostile Environments
  • Conceptual Opto-Mechanical Design
  • ISO-9001, AS9100 QA Traceability
  • Mil-spec Design & Testing
  • Rapid Prototype to Production
  • Precision Optical Alignment

Some of the design tools used by RCI personnel include:

  • ASAP
  • Code V
  • LensVIEW ZEMAX
  • MathCAD

  • MatLab7
  • SolidWorks
  • ProE
  • COSMOS

  • Five dedicated lab rooms for customer's optical projects. RCI has the ability to quickly and efficiently set up test stations for prototypes or alignment of optical systems.
  • Environmentally controlled assembly room equipped with Laminar Flow hoods
  • Nitrogen-purged thermal testing capabilities
  • Dedicated J-STD-001 station certified to requirements for Soldered Electrical and Electronic Assemblies

RCI has developed in-house technology for a variety of applications, providing services to companies requiring optical systems or optical subassemblies.

Laser Alignment and Assembly Station

Precision Optical Component Alignment and Assembly Station

  • Diagnostics and Conformance Analysis Services for optics/lenses
  • Non-contact measurement and alignment
  • Focal and confocal distances of up to 99 elements
  • Visible diode laser beam measures tilts as small as 2 arc seconds
  • Centration accuracy (linear) of less than 0.5 microns
  • Optical-sensing head handles virtually any size lens assembly up to 600 mm vertex-vertex
  • Precision mounting of glass and crystal optical components
  • Perfect for potting subassemblies and assembling entire lenses

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