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LUXeXceL is a Dutch company who offer the 3D printing process of functional optics. The technology which makes this printing process possible, called "printoptical technology" allows a 3D printer to build functional optics, such as Fresnel Lenses, free form lenses, prisms, micro strutures and optical laminates on a clear substrate material, directly from a CAD file.

LUXeXceL has put its focus on catering the LED lighting industry, where alternative methods of optics manufacturing, such as injection moulding, have the disadvantage of high costs when producing small batches of optics.

The difference of printoptical technology as opposed to traditional ways of additive manufacturing, is that with traditional forms the quality of the created objects surface is not sufficiently smooth for optical functionality. Light is scattered and this results in significant reduction in quality.

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