A quarter of the world’s glass polishing powder Electronics is a major outlet for rare-earth polishing. A peer-reviewed review published in 2018 lists the uses of ceria-based polishing powder as “glass, precision glass lenses, glass…
A field guide for identifying surface defects, isolating root causes, recovering the process, and selecting the right polishing compound FLAT GLASS • GLASS MOULD POLISHING • OPHTHALMIC LENSESPRECISION OPTICS • ELECTRONICS GLASS THE GOVERNING PRINCIPLEWhat…
Where polishing actually happens in flat glass Most people outside the industry assume that window glass is polished. It is not — not any more. When Pilkington introduced the float process in 1959, it eliminated…
Why mineral glass still matters Mineral glass keeps a distinct place in eyewear. Corning, a long-standing producer of ophthalmic glass, puts it simply: “scratch resistance is a natural quality of ophthalmic glass”. Its range runs…
Why Illumine Consultants Our vision for independent, high-performance polishing — and why we refuse to be a commodity supplier. The paradox we were founded on In a flat glass or optics workshop, polishing powder is…
Beyond the headlines Rare earths have become a geopolitical headline. For a glass processor, a lens laboratory or an optics manufacturer buying cerium oxide polishing compounds, the headlines are mostly about other elements. The questions…