Meller's Gugolz Optical Lapping Pitch Comes in Five Consistent Grades

PROVIDENCE, RI--(Marketwired - Oct 20, 2015) - Meller Optics, Inc. supplies a full line of optical lapping pitch offered in five consistent grades that are ready to melt for polishing CaF2, germanium, quartz, ZnSe, ZnS, silicon and other materials.

Gugolz Optical Polishing Pitch is made from all-natural wood resin, rather than petroleum byproducts, and comes in five grades from very-soft to very-hard with melting points from 52°C to 87°C. Ready to slice, melt, and pour onto the lap, users can exactly match the pitch to their optical substrates without the bother of screening, filtering, and mixing additives.

Totally consistent from batch-to-batch relative to hardness and consistency, Gugolz Optical Polishing Pitch helps prevent contamination of the polishing media and substrates because of its all-natural wood resin composition. Suitable for blocking, lapping, and polishing, all grades are compatible to permit mixing for custom hardness applications.

Gugolz Optical Polishing Pitch is priced from $21.00 to $27.00 per 1 kg. container; depending upon quantity, and is available from stock.

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 optical materials such as 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.