Plastic Lens

TOYOTEC has met various customer needs since the manufacturing of the first plastic lens in 1986. We continue to improve our technical capabilities at a daily basis to fully utilize our accumulated know-how. Not only shall we guarantee a thorough assurance system to provide high quality / high precision lens, but we guarantee the best way of productizing based on application usage.

To do high precision injection molding, optimized setting of the molding parameters based on the material, shape, and required accuracy is needed. We can correspond to various needs with our 1st-class injection molding technicians and provide a stable suppply of high quality products.

TOYOTEC’s Optical Design Technology Navigator, is currently working on a technological innovation based on our know-how from manufacturing plastic lens. We will create a one-of-a-kind lens that will suit your needs.

Hybrid Lens

Other than glass and plastic lens, we develop a lens called “hybrid lens”. A Hybrid lens is a “combined aspherical lens” that has the various optical characteristics / environmental resistances of a glass lens, and the high-precision-aspherical character which is made by plastic molding technology.

Every plastic material and manufacturing equipment we use for the hybrid lens is a TOYOTEC original. We co-developed the plastic material used exclusively for hybrid lens with a material manufacturer, and it has the perfect optics and environmental resistance. Hybrid lens is also compatible with single / multi coating for better transmittance.

You can also order optical design using hybrid lens on Optical Design Technology Navigator. For lens units that need multiple lens to meet the required performance level, using hybrid lens can decrease the total weight, reduce the amount of lens, and lower the total cost. We also have established the manufacturing method of large apeture hybrid lens, and we are capable of doing an optical design that no other company can do.

Design and Development of Lens Tooling

In Optical Design Technology Navigator, you can order the manufacturing of ultraprecise lens core, which is the key to creating plastic lens, and also order tooling design (flow analysis included). It can be said that the outcome of a lens depends on the accuracy of the tooling. We utilize our unique know-how and manufacture high precision aspherical / free form lens using the latest ultra-precision machining equipment.

As assembling tooling needs expert knowledge and techniques, we have constructed a database that is organized by the techniques of our skilled technicians. That is why we are able to efficiently manufacture our tooling even in cases when micro-levels of accuracy is required.

In Optical Design Technology Navigator, ordered tooling are simulated by mold analysis software (MOLD FLOW). Analysis results are disclosed and reviewed by our technicians to plan out the best way to manufacture the tooling in advance. This is how we reduce the cost and time for prototype development.

Lens core tooling, a crucial part of optical design, is designed and manufactured in-house. Our high precision/ high quality tooling manufacture and its know-how based on our 30+ years experience has been highly praised from customers domestically and around the globe.

Designing / Developing Precise Lens Units

In Optical Design Technology Navigator, not only do we provide services to manufacture lens tooling and do optical design, but we can also do integrated manufacture of precise lens units assembled by lens / mechanical components.

TOYOTEC consists of 3 core technologies: optical, mechanical, and electronical. This is why we can answer customer needs from not only optical design but through mechanical design and electronical technology, and provide support from the designing / developing phase to productization.

TOYOTEC’s Optical Design Technology Navigator, has manufactured many optical units to various markets over the years.We can support customers by 2 different ways. By doing optical design based on customer specifications and needs, and by realizing the needed mechanical structure.

ODM Manufacturing

Optical Design Technology Navigator provides total support for ODM, from optical unit design to product development. We have a wealth of mold-making know-how based on more than 20 years of experience, and a large number of optical units that we have manufactured for a variety of industries over the years. Our customers are able to realize highly efficient production and higher profits by effectively using our technical capabilities and production system.

We also have experience in the development of various prototypes. Optical design products are rarely mass-produced immediately, and it is not until they have gone through the prototype development process many times that they are ready for mass production. At Optical Design Technology Navigator, we act as your partner in optical design technology, providing an integrated service from prototype development to mass production.

High Quality / Low Price Manufacturing

In addition to providing a stable supply of high quality, high precision components, we also offer optical components at low prices.

In order to respond to changes in markets and demands with a global system, our head office in Japan is focusing on design development, development of production technology elements, development of measurement technology, quality assurance, environmental management, and so on, with the factory in China as the production base. For this reason, we are able to consider production locations and production methods that meet the needs of our customers, e.g., China for mass production and Japan for small-lot high-mix production. Even in the midst of increasingly stringent cost requirements, we have a mass production system that enables us to manufacture products at low cost, based on the optical technology we have built up over many years.

In addition, some of our products are already manufactured in our factory in China, so we can produce them in an integrated manner, from tooling making to molding, in our factory in China. Our strength is that we can meet the needs of our customers with Japanese quality and Chinese prices.