Plastic Lenticular / Prismatic / Retroreflective Cylinder Mold Engraving Advancements

Itasca, IL 60143 USA  (Located near Chicago International Airport)

Jacobsen Lenticular Tool & Cylinder Engraving Technologies Co. (JacoTech)

NEW: Ask us about our new cubic corner and retroreflective prismatic molds made directly into round cylinder/drum/roll/mandrels that can produce optical quality retroreflective prismatic (four sided cubic corner) plastic films, used for world wide road signs.

For more information contact: Dr. Gary A. Jacobsen, Chief Engineer, President/Owner

January 2009

NON-IMAGING OPTICAL LENS DESIGN & LENTICULAR OR SPECIAL PATTERNED EXTRUSION CYLINDER ENGRAVING SERVICES TO PLASTIC EXTRUDERS OF LENTICULAR AND PRISMATIC REFLECTIVE FILMS and LCD/PLASMA/ SCREENS:

Jacobsen Lenticular Tool & Cylinder Engraving Technologies Co. (JacoTech) of Itasca IL, (Chicago) USA announces the new following unique services to the non-imaging optical and extruding industries.

Custom Optical Lens Designs:

Jacobsen Lenticular Tool & Cylinder Engraving Technologies Co. (JacoTech), commercially now offers to the optical and extruding industries: custom research, consultation and development services to create new optical lens designs, extrusion single point diamond tooling, green base roll building, optical plating of rolls, and jumbo sized cylinder engraving for the lenticular or special profile patterned plastic extruding/embossing/casting industries.

Besides serving the optical imaging field, i.e., lenticular print graphics arts industry; JacoTech now serves many other specialty markets such as (non-imaging) fields of use: offering optical lens designs and custom tooling and mold engravings used for security, light management, lenticular computer screens, lenticular LCD screens, lenticular plasma screens, lenticular projection TV screens, prismatic, faux, saw tooth patterns, cubic corner, as well as other custom optical based patterned applications.

Custom Or Conventional Cylinder Engraving Diamond Turning Services:

JacoTech offers complete turnkey cylinder engraving services worldwide, to almost every country.
JacoTech utilizes newly patented, aspheric/elliptical (state-of-the-art) optical lens designs, JacoTech proprietary single-ply direct engravable optical quality and durable plating (with no additional post chrome flash plating required), patented elliptical profile diamond tools, and precision single point diamond (CNC) micro-machining processes for all lenticular, etc., plastic extruding cylinder users.

JacoTech can build green base water chilled extrusion cylinders, plate and process jumbo sized plastic based engraved cylinders as large as 34" outer diameter x 126" face length (144" between centers), with weights up to 3 plus tons.

All these precision and quality controlled manufacturing steps are verified by in-house scientific measuring instruments, to guarantee the highest quality finished lenticular or custom plastic engraved cylinder surfaces, and precision lens profiles for plastic extruding, embossing or casting cylinders.

JacoTech offers the longest lasting optical lens cylinder engraving and mold life that is available on the market today.

Plastic Lenticular / Prismatic / Retroreflective Cylinder Mold Engraving Advancements 

Prismatic and Retroreflective Cubic Corner Cylindrical Molds for Plastic Extrusion / Embossing / Casting Film Making Production