Meller Optics' Overrun List Eliminates Special Ordering, Saves Time and Cuts Cost

PROVIDENCE, RI--(Marketwired - Feb 18, 2014) - Meller Optics, Inc. is introducing a completely updated overrun list of first-quality optics that are available from stock to eliminate the higher costs and delays associated with placing custom orders for product designers and research & development departments.

The Meller Optics 2014 Stock Parts List consists of over 75 categories of first-quality optics including BaF2, CaF2, germanium, laser glasses, quartz, ruby, sapphire, silicon, strontium titanate, and ZnSe. Eliminating the need for special ordering in many situations, the list is updated weekly and includes sapphire windows, waveplates, lenses and other hard-to-find precision optics in round, square, rectangular, flat, and wedge shapes.

Priced at a typical 20% cost savings relative to custom ordering and shipped immediately, the Meller Optics 2014 Stock Parts List parts have dimensional tolerances ranging from ±0.001" to ±0.0005", flatness from 10 waves to 1/10^th wave, and 10-5 to 80-50 scratch-dig typical finishes.

The Meller Optics 2014 Stock Parts List is available with online ordering at www.melleroptics.com/overrun.asp.

About Meller Optics, Inc.

Founded in 1921, Meller Optics has been providing high quality optics to defense, medical, laser, and industrial markets for 90 years now. Specializing in the grinding and polishing of hard, durable materials such as sapphire and ruby, the company has also developed high-speed, low-cost finishing processes for a variety of optical materials such as laser glasses, fused silica, zinc selenide, germanium, silicon, fluorides, and ceramic materials. Configurations include windows, substrates, lenses, domes, and prisms.

Meller Optics is ISO 9001:2008 certified and in addition to providing standard, off-the-shelf products, they custom fabricate components that meet exacting specifications from delicate, difficult to work with optical materials. They also supply quality Microlux Alumina polishing abrasives and Gugolz optical polishing pitch.