ClearXM at MEI
- By Editorial Team
- June 19, 2024
MEI has launched ClearXM in Milan this Spring, an innovative solution for automatic edged lens brush cleaning and cleaned lens cosmetic checking. Mei explains that the existing technology for cleaning lenses provides machines designed as long tunnels in which multiple cleaning stations are aligned along a main conveyor system, which transports the lenses without any holding system. Those traditional solutions have several limitations, including:
- Contamination while moving the lenses from the washing to the inspection.
- Extensive footprint.
- Lenses’ shape limitations: the traditional lines can handle only uncut lenses.
- Risk of damages, especially in the case of manual inspection.
- Possibility of human error during the very repetitive manual inspection.
ClearXM is a very compact system that combines a loading system able to accommodate any shape of edged and uncut eyeglass lens with a cleaning section made of sealed chambers designed to avoid contamination.
With the incorporated imaging technology, ClearXM scans and recognizes the contours and dimensions of the lens, ensuring a secure and precise clamping mechanism. By understanding the specific shape and size of the lens, the system can optimize the cleaning process and apply the appropriate pressure and movement patterns needed to effectively remove dust, smudges, or other particles from the lens surface while avoiding the risk of scratching or other damages.
Additionally, ClearXM has the option of the integrated cosmetic control, performed right after the cleaning of the lenses, to assure a control onto a perfectly cleaned surface, limiting the risks to wrongly judge dust or other debris. This option, which learns from each lens and auto-improves its performance continuously, does not impact the ClearXM cycle time.
