Optical grade silicone is an elastomer. Meaning, once it has hardened it can no longer be shaped. Vulcanised optical grade silicone is similar to glass and therefore used to manufacture lenses or lamps, for example. The high resistance to heat or weather conditions make it an ideal material for a large range of applications.

Optical grade silicone is often used for state of the art LED lamps. One of the most common applications of optical grade silicone is the car. The properties of optical grade silicone allow the production of lenses which enable effective and efficient matrix LED, adaptive full beams or dynamic headlamp.

• Both on the visible and on the UV spectrum, optical grade silicone is virtually as transparent as the best glass available (high refractive index)
• Considerably more resistant to scratches than glass, PC and PMMA
• Won’t break, unlike glass, PC and PMMA
• No yellowing, thus the ideal material for outdoor applications
• High operating temperature range
• Resistant to ageing, heat and UV rays
• Lighter than glass, PC and PMMA

Optical grade silicone is superior to regular glass in many aspects.
Its properties make optical grade silicone particularly far superior to glass in manufacturing lenses. In injection moulding the liquid silicone rubber vulcanises into a super-transparent elastomer. So the finished lens can let all of the incident light pass through. Precise injection moulding allows full control over the light. Entering and exiting light can be precisely refracted, focused or diffused. The numerous options to shape light are evident in the increasingly extroverted shapes of headlamps.