Projects
Collaborative Projects:
Advancing Innovation Together
As a leading provider of optical solutions, ULO Optics actively participates in a wide array of projects across different industries and sectors.
Our involvement in these projects stems from our commitment to innovation, collaboration, and problem-solving.
By engaging in diverse initiatives, we strive to leverage our expertise, technologies, and resources to address complex challenges, drive advancements, and contribute to the success of our partners and clients.
At ULO Optics, we believe that collaboration and shared knowledge are essential drivers of progress, and we are dedicated to playing a pivotal role in shaping the future through our participation in various projects.
Project partners
ESA Living Planet Multi-Spectral Imager Instrument
ULO Optics contributed the polished Zinc Selenide optics for this instrument, which is part of a European-Japanese mission, addressing the need for a better understanding of the interactions between cloud, radiative and aerosol processes that play a role in climate regulation.
One of the lenses manufactured for the instrument is shown in the picture above. The optics also included lenses and windows for the TIR camera.
Laser Snake II - Nuclear Decommisioning
ULO Optics collaborated with OC Robotics and TWI Ltd as part of a UK Technology Strategy Board competition for nuclear R&D feasibility studies.
For this study a snake-arm robot was combined with a 5kW laser to enable a selective, remote-controlled approach to dismantling and decommissioning complex structures in hazardous and confined nuclear environments.
Modulase
ULO collaborated with partners including Centro Ricerche Fiat, TWI and EWF on the Modulase project. ModuLase aims to develop, validate & demonstrate a rapidly re-configurable laser process head that:
- Is capable of welding, cladding and cutting, through the use of three modular end-effectors
- Includes intelligent sensor technologies for in-process monitoring
- Is linked to an intelligent system, in order to achieve adaptive process control, quality assurance, and semi-automated process parameter configuration.
