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IcareLabs Adds Digital Surfacing Department

December 12, 2011

By Andrew Karp: Group Editor, Lenses + Technology

  
Pictured in IcareLabs’ new robotic digital surfacing department are (l to r) Skip Payne, president; Scott Payne, CEO; Danny Payne, industrial engineer; and James Payne, IT manager. 
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—IcareLabs recently installed a digital surfacing department featuring Satisloh equipment and Vision Star LMS. The St. Petersburg, Fla. lab can now offer a wider range of products, including digitally designed lenses such as Essilor Ideal, Definity, Varilux DRx and Enhanced, as well as provide greater precision and efficiency. Along with its in-house Crizal AR facility, the new digital surfacing lab gives IcareLabs the ability to provide a fusion of high quality products and premium Crizal coatings.

“This new acquisition is a monumental step forward for IcareLabs,” said Skip Payne, co-owner and president. “It is consistent with our philosophy of continually striving to offer our customers the best technology design in the market at a competitive price. IcareLabs is dedicated to providing its customers with a variety of brand lenses and lens treatments. By being an independent full-service lab, we now have, with in-house digital capabilities, another way in which we can further satisfy the needs of our customers.”

With the addition of a digital surfacing department, IcareLabs has begun producing the Legacy series, a line of competitively priced, private label digitally processed lenses. It consists of four types of lenses: Legacy, Legacy DRP, Legacy SV and Legacy Office.

According to IcareLabs, the Legacy DRP achieves an optimal balance between different fields of vision, utilizing back and front surfaces to allow up to 35 percent more vision. The Legacy DRP adapts lens characteristics to compensate for variables which affect vision quality. It offers high resolution, crisp vision, and larger visual fields. ■


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