Looking for an Illumination Expert?

…or do you just need to complement your existing team? Either way, we employ some of the most talented luminaire and illumination systems designers in the world. Whether you need automotive exterior lighting, medical luminaires, projection displays, or a new down light, we have the required tools and the experience.

Confused about efficiency versus efficacy, irradiance versus illuminance, or watts versus lumens, or wondering what a nit or an apostilb is? Our staff has written a number of guides to help you sort out your requirements. We work to develop a precise specification to make the lighting aspects of your product a success.

We have experience with LED, high-intensity discharge (e.g., Xenon, metal halide, sodium), Tungsten, and even electrodeless systems. We have designed illumination systems with production unit costs of $0.10 up to $100,000. Whether your system needs reflectors, light pipes, Fresnel lenses, lens arrays, flutes, prisms, diffusers, or just about any other optical element, we have the expertise to develop or improve your product’s lighting performance.

Do you need guidance about how to get your illumination system parts made, specified, or checked? Our engineers have a broad background of experience that includes both mature and state-of-the-art production techniques and quality assurance metrology.

Trying to Decrease Design Cycle Time?

Let us introduce you to software prototypes. Our engineers use LightTools^®, ORA's award-winning program developed for illumination design. Our goal is to create a computer model of your system that is sufficiently accurate to eliminate the need for most of the time consuming prototype process. Optimizing your system using LightTools is significantly more cost-effective and can cut months out of your design schedule.

LightTools is fully compatible with most mechanical CAD systems. Our designs can be integrated directly into your mechanical models, or we can read and analyze your designs.

World Class Engineering

ORA continues to advance the state-of-the-art in illumination design and illumination design tools. Please contact us by phone or at engr@opticalres.com so that we can fulfill your illumination systems needs.