CVI Melles Griot has a long history of supplying electro-mechanical shutters for military and commercial applications. Now, our rugged rotor drive technology is incorporated into a new generation of shutters which may be customized for any application requiring a smallspace envelope and unprecedented reliability, even under severe operating conditions. This actuator technology has a design life of several million cycles, and its open architecture is easily configurable for custom packages and requirements. Rotor drive shutters are available in both single-and dual-blade formats. The dual-blade 04 RDS 002 is intended for large clear-aperture requirements; the single-blade 04 RDS 001 replaces traditional flag shutters in smallspace and small clear-aperture requirements.

CVI Melles Griot have been manufacture a range of sophisticated and complex Infrared optical components providing enabling capability throughout the Defense, Safety and Security market segments for over three decades. Super-durable Infrared Windows and Domes define the industry standard for high survivability in the most severe environments experienced in Land based, Airborne and Naval applications.

CVI Melles Griot offers the broadest range of optical filters products in the photonics industry. Our reputation for optical filters is founded on our manufacturing capabilities and the performance demanded by a worldwide base of customers.

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Globalization and new manufacturing technologies have transformed the optics industry allowing customers more choices, higher precision, better quality, and lower prices for the products they buy. However, lead time improvements for custom optical components have been slow to develop. Optics suppliers usually rationalize their long lead times by pointing to their limited glass availability, long manufacturing cycles, and queue times at different stages of the manufacturing process. In the meantime, time to market is increasingly becoming one of the most important metrics for a competitive manufacturing company’s product development process. Often it means the difference between success and failure of the new product launch.