1st March 2021 6:30 am 26th February 2021 12:30 pm With the help of additive specialist EOS, Chinese company BRAGi Optical Technology is delivering custom-built eyeglasses to its international customer base. (credit: BRAGi) “One size fits all” – a nice idea, but often not feasible. This applies especially to acetate frames manufactured using the traditional injection moulding or 2D cutting process – individual face shapes with their decisive nuances are simply too different. In some cases, the lenses may even be at the wrong distance from the eye, or the wrong height in relation to the pupils. “We are already familiar with the concept of customised production from numerous other applications, for example in the medical sector,” said Gong Xinyi, designer at BRAGi. “After all, prostheses or implants are also tailored to individual patients. So why wouldn’t the same concept work in the field of optics?”