(Taylor Hobson: Leicester, England) -- Taylor Hobson, a global provider of ultra-precision measurement instrumentation, has further expanded the capabilities of its Talysurf family of metrology instruments by launching the Talysurf Optics 3D. Based on the established PGI Blu, the new PGI Optics 3D offers the combination of a wider range of part diameters, up to 200 mm, with new features supporting 3-D measurement. Repeatability can be typically lower than 50 nm.

The versatile Talysurf PGI Optics 3D provides maximum flexibility with measurements possible on optics ranging from small (<2 mm diameter) parts with high numerical apertures up to parts of 200 mm in diameter with 20 mm of sag. This allows the instrument to measure optics used in a range of applications, including Blu-ray DVD optics, cell phone and digital camera lenses, IR imaging optics, laser diode/LED collimation optics, and fiber-optic coupling components.

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