Beck Optronic Solutions offers a comprehensive service capability, taking full ownership for the design and production of precision optical solutions. With a highly skilled and experienced team, and extensive investment in design, manufacturing and test equipment, BOS is able to fulfil the most demanding project requirements for Clients. BOS can call upon a network of long-standing, high quality partners to deliver highly specialist complementary products and services for integration into the solution.
Design
We have a highly skilled,
experienced and innovative design capability, unrivalled among
medium sized UK companies involved in precision optics /
opto-mechanics. Our team has extensive experience in visible, near
infrared, thermal imaging and CO2 laser systems and
regularly works to full military specifications. Our design
capability encompasses optics, thin film coating, mechanics, and,
through specialist partners, electronics and software, enabling us
to undertake full responsibility for total solution design for
complex, integrated assemblies. We are equally comfortable
undertaking all of the work ourselves, or in working closely with
the Client's own engineering team.
Our design team uses industry standard CAD tools - ZEMAX for
optical design, SolidWorks for mechanical design and Essential
Macleod for the design of thin film coatings.
Prototype Build
Many projects require us to build
prototype systems for testing and evaluation prior to a decision on
production manufacture. Again, we are always pleased to actively
support the Client's development programme, and to offer our
knowledge and experience in the quest for design improvements that
enable the system to enter into a production process.
Production Manufacture
When a design is approved for
production manufacture, we will immediately assign a Production
Engineer to manage the transition. His responsibility is to develop
the most efficient production process, including the design and
supply of tooling, documentation, test procedures, etc. Often, it
will encompass design enhancements that build upon the prototype
output. Our procurement team will set about acquiring all necessary
materials, sourcing globally, including any specialist components
or processes that are outsourced. The management team will schedule
the production run once there is a full picture of
availability.
The whole manufacturing process is
managed through an ERP application, and subject to the rigours of
our accredited ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System.
Integration & Assembly
We take total responsibility for
the full integration of third party elements and final assembly and
testing of the solution or system. We have a 300 m² clean room
facility with positive air pressure, and a 75 m² electronics
assembly area with full electrostatic protection procedures in
place. We are experienced in setting up production lines for
complex systems, taking all of the internal optical and mechanical
components together with third party elements, and integrating,
fully assembling and testing them.
Test & Measurement
We are particularly proud to have
comprehensive test and measurement capabilities within the Company,
including modulation transfer function (MTF) test facilities.
Within our extensive test laboratory, not only do we have five MTF
test stations, perhaps more importantly we also have the skills and
experience to calibrate them, to use them and to interpret the
results. The MTF capability encompasses visible, near IR and 3
µm-14 µm. In addition, we have six Fizeau interferometers together
with fringe analysis software. Further testing is available to
cover electronics, humidity, salt, temperature, etc. Full vibration
and shock testing is undertaken when required at a local test
facility.
All production output is subject to
stringent final test procedures to ensure that shipped product
meets or exceeds the required specification.
After Sale Support
We believe that it is important to
offer ongoing support and maintenance services for the systems that
we deliver to our Clients. We regularly provide full life support
for our manufacturing output, initially under agreed warranties and
thereafter on a contracted or chargeable basis. It is common for us
to provide refurbishment and upgrade programmes, and indeed we
undertake some refurbishment work for systems that originated
elsewhere. We maintain all tooling for in-house projects in case of
later need.
