Meller Optics' Gugolz Pitch for Polishing Optics Is All-Natural


PROVIDENCE, RI--(Marketwire - Aug 7, 2012) - Meller Optics, Inc. provides a full line of optical polishing pitch that is made from all-natural wood resin, rather than petroleum byproducts. It is ready to use and offered in various grades and melting points to precisely match the optics being polished.

Gugolz™ Polishing Pitch from Meller is made from all-natural wood resin, instead of petroleum byproducts, and comes in five grades from very-soft to very-hard with melting points from 52°C to 87°C. Allowing users to exactly match pitch hardness to the optics being polished, this pitch is ideal for blocking, lapping, and polishing virtually any optical substrate material.

Eliminating the need for screening, filtering, or mixing additives, Gugolz™ Polishing Pitch is ready to use by simply slicing the amount required, melting, and pouring onto the lap. This all-natural pitch is totally consistent from batch-to-batch in terms of hardness and consistency.

Gugolz™ Polishing Pitch is priced from $21.00 to $27.00 per 1 kg. container, depending upon quantity. It is available at www.melleroptics.com or by contacting Meller Optics, Inc.

About Meller Optics, Inc.

Founded in 1921, Meller Optics has been providing high quality optics to defense, medical, laser, and industrial markets for 90 years now. Specializing in the grinding and polishing of hard, durable materials such as sapphire and ruby, the company has also developed high-speed, low-cost finishing processes for a variety of laser glasses, fused silica, zinc selenide, germanium, silicon, fluorides, and ceramic materials. Configurations include windows, substrates, lenses, domes, and prisms.

Meller Optics is ISO 9001:2008 certified and in addition to providing standard, off-the-shelf products, they custom fabricate components that meet exacting specifications from delicate, difficult to work with optical materials. They also supply quality Microlux Alumina polishing abrasives and Gugolz optical polishing pitch.

Contact Information:

For more information contact:

Meller Optics, Inc.
Steve Lydon
Marketing
120 Corliss St. / P.O. Box 6001
Providence, RI 02940
(800) 821-0180
FAX (401) 331-0519
e-mail: steve@melleroptics.com
www.melleroptics.com

Gugolz(TM) Polishing Pitch from Meller is made from all-natural wood resin.