Compact automatic dip hardcoating for ophthalmic lens production, cleaning and coating up to 20 lenses per hour in the smallest fully automatic footprint.
The HC20 is the most compact system in the Unitech Shyre dip hardcoating range, the smallest fully automatic dip coating footprint. It integrates multi-stage ultrasonic cleaning and automated dip coating in one enclosed, clean-air line, so lenses move from load to finished coated output without manual handling between stages. Its small footprint suits development, low-volume and specialist ophthalmic production.
Lenses are cleaned, spray-rinsed, dried and coated within a single controlled environment. The coating section runs inside a pressurised clean-air enclosure supplied with HEPA-filtered air, holding the particulate conditions that a hardcoat finish demands. Drying uses an infrared drier sized for the process.
Recipe-based automated control governs tank levels, temperatures and sequencing. Process monitoring and data capture record each batch, and remote support access allows Unitech Shyre engineers to assist without a site visit.
Ophthalmic hard anti-scratch coating, index-matched coatings, and primer coatings for polycarbonate and pre-coated substrates.
| Throughput | Up to 20 lenses per hour |
|---|---|
| Batch size | 2 lenses |
| Process | Integrated ultrasonic cleaning and automated dip hardcoating in a compact enclosed line |
| Tank configuration | 9 stations: 1 etch and strip (4 positions, 4.7 l, 50 W / 38 kHz), 1 spray rinse, 1 cleaning (2 l, 50 W / 38 kHz), 2 pure water rinse (2 l, with filtration and purification), 4 infrared drying positions, 4 cooling positions (ambient), and 3 coating stages (1.8 l, each with a cooling zone) |
| Coating baths | 3 standard |
| Enclosure | Fully enclosed clean-air |
| Drying | Infrared drier |
| Automation | Servo pick and place transporter |
| Dimensions | L 1720 mm (2520 mm including inspection booth) x D 1000 mm x H 2000 mm |
| Electrical | 400 V 3ph+N+E, 50/60 Hz, 32 A (transformer on request) |
| Water | 15 mm at 2 bar minimum, potable |
| Compressed air | Not required |
| Effluent and extraction | 32 mm gravity drain (pump-away optional); 100 mm fume duct |
Tell us your throughput target, lens substrate and coating chemistry, and we will recommend the right HC20 configuration for your line.
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