About Manasota Optics, Inc.

Our mission is to provide our customers products that are second to none in our industry. Our vast experience with metal optics has allowed us to evaluate our customer’s design for manufacturability which in return creates a functional, but cost-efficient product that is delivered to our customers when promised.

Quality Objectives

We strive to accomplish our mission through the following Quality Objectives:

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION: Achieve a rating of 5 on a scale of 1 through 5. This is monitored through all interactions with the customer (engineering, purchasing, quality, etc.), from the quoting stage through final shipment

ON TIME DELIVERY: Achieve and maintain 95% or better on time delivery rating

DEFECT FREE PRODUCT: Scrap rate to be <1.0% of cost of goods sold

SUPPLIER SATISFACTION: Supplier Performance will be measured with less than 10% of all suppliers receiving a “below expectations” rating

Our mission is to provide our customer a product which is second to none in the metal optics industry. It is our personal commitment to deliver a defect free, on time product at the most competitive price within our business sector. Our objective is not only to meet our customer's quality standards, but to be the standard for others.

We will achieve our mission through:

Open communication with our customer. We will clarify customer product specifications and quality requirements to ensure we have a clear understanding before the production process begins. This process will continue with our employees during the production stage. The final product compliance will be verified to ensure our product meets our customer's expectations.
Understanding that our reputation IS our business. Quality is our basic strategy for survival and a requirement for future growth.
By adopting a policy of continual improvement and by paying attention to "lessons learned". If we fail by producing a defective product, we will determine what went wrong and how to avoid future occurrences.

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION: Achieve a rating of 5 on a scale of 1 through 5. This is monitored through all interactions with the customer (engineering, purchasing, quality, etc.), from the quoting stage through final shipment.
ON TIME DELIVERY: Achieve and maintain 95% or better on time delivery rating.
DEFECT FREE PRODUCT: Scrap rate to be <1.0% of cost of goods sold.
SUPPLIER SATISFACTION: Supplier Performance will be measured with less than 10% of all suppliers receiving a “below expectations” rating.

Diamond Turning—Flycutting Machines

6 SPDT machines with additional machines to be added in the near future
Upgraded Controllers installed in 2009
Polishing / Grinding Machines
72” Strasbaugh Planetary Polisher
9 Single Spindle Polishing / Lapping Machines
Dual Spindle Polishing / Lapping Machine

Optics Manufacturing Equipment Thin Film Coating Machine

36” x 36” x 36” Box Coater with Sycon Disposition Controller and Brooks Vacuum Gage Controller and CV-8 Power Supply.
Tenney 30C - 30 Cubic Foot Temperature Chamber with ranges of -100oF to 212oF
Humidity / Thermal Chamber - Cincinnati Sub Zero Bench Top

Quality & Metrology Testing Equipment

Zygo® GPI-XP Phase Shift Interferometer
Zygo® 6" Dynaflect Transmission Flat
Zygo® 4" Transmission Flat
Zygo® Mark II Interferometer with radius slide
Zygo® Transmission Sphere f/0.75
Zygo® Transmission Sphere f/1.5
Zygo® Transmission Sphere f/3.3
Zygo® Transmission Sphere f/7.2
Ultradex® Sub Arc Second Accuracy Rotary Table

For Larger Optics

18" Collimating Lens, OSTI
Davidson 16" Optical Flat
Richey Commons Sphere
Perkin Elmer Lambda 950 Spectrophotometer URA Attachment (Absolute Reflectance Measurement) Reflectivity ranges from 200nm - 3300nm
Perkin Elmer GX Optica Spectrophotometer. FTIR Reflectivity ranges from 1 Micron - 25+ Microns; PIKE II Variable Angle Accessory
WYKO NCP-1000 Non-Contact Profilometer
Brysen Optical Half Aluminized Scratch / Dig Standards
Tenney TC-30 Temperature Thermal Chamber with Watlow F4 Controller & Honeywell Chart Recorder
Blue M Temperature Stress Relieve Chamber with Watlow F4 Controller & Honeywell Chart Recorder
Cincinnati Sub Zero Humidity & Thermal Chamber with Watlow F4 & Honeywell Chart Recorder
Nikon 6D Autocollimator with calibrated angle blocks

Established in 1994, Manasota Optics, Inc. was founded by David Lowery, a Navy Veteran, after acquiring assets from Applied Optics Center which was closed by IMO Industries (AOC's parent company in 1993). MOI is comprised of personnel with 30 - 35 years’ experience in diamond turning, polishing, and coating of flat "plano" and spherical metal optical components. In 2014, MOI became a majority woman owned business and continue to operate at ISO 9001:2015 certified standards.