Micro-extrusion of optical plastics

Northcopter micro extrusion system

We operate micro-extrusion of optical plastics. The advantage of extruding ourselves is that we can put any additive inside plastics. We can also produce polymers using a liquid process, then grind the resulting bars and feed them into one of our extruders.

After that, we have the possibility to add a cladding to the fiber obtained in order to generate an optical fiber with specific properties.

Our latest invention consists of a PET core fibre with an acrylic coating. It gives excellent results, particularly when loaded with fluorescent dopants. The fluorescent optical fibre thus generated is both inexpensive and highly efficient.

More info : lak@northcopter.com