Waveplates, Plano Optics, Lenses-Texan – Master Optician Don’t mess with Texas!!!

Meet Donald Avritt, Director of Manufacturing for Tower Optical Operations. 

 Don’s 40 year career in optics has taken him to many different parts of the United States; including his beloved Texas.

Don is a real cowboy with an extraordinary knowledge about optical component manufacturing, process engineering, and metrology.

Don has developed great expertise in optical production areas such as:

Beveling

Lapping

Pitch polishing

Pad polishing

Spherical lapping and polishing

Flat lapping and polishing

Planetary polishing

Ring lapping

Double Sided lapping and polishing

Blanchard grinding

CNC curve generating

Conventional curve generating

OD Grinding

Centerless grinding

Cylindrical lapping, and polishing ( rotary and X-Y motion)

Laser cutting

Water jet cutting

Air jet machining

Single point diamond turning

Interferometers

Surface roughness profilometry

Autocollimators

Laser testing

CMM machines

Optical CMM machines

Slice/dice machines

Wire saws

Bore grinding and polishing

Metal lathes

Bridgeport machining ( CNC and manual)

Surface grinders

Air bearings

Hydrostatic bearings

Wedge testing

Flatness testing

Surface quality testing

Precision thickness measurements (sub-micron)

RMS roughness testing

Sine bars

Electronic gages

Capacitor gages

LVDT gages

Don also has experience with the following materials: most common glass types such as crowns and flints, ZnSe, Germanium, CaF2, MgF2, BaF2, ZnS, Si, SiC, Sapphire, Crystal Quartz, Moly, Stainless, and Ceramics.

This cowboy knows how to do his job, so you better get ready to use our wide variety of optical components!  Our optics are cooked in Florida with some Texan hot sauce so you better not mess with Texas!

Want a quote, drop us a note at sales@toweroptical.com!