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Lens Finishing Systems

Purchasing Mr. Blue was a great experience from the beginning, in 2011. Our Essilor Instruments sales rep has been a great resource on what equipment fits our office needs. In the last seven years, we have been able to increase productivity by keeping drill, high base curve, and custom bevel jobs in-house. This keeps turn-around time at a minimum and keeps more profits in the office. Technical support is always timely in getting information I need. Great instrument for our practice now and for the future.

Lens Finishing Systems

Mr. Blue handles all aspects of lens production for us, including testing, measuring, edging, drilling and mounting. This technology allows us to cut lenses to fit the exact dimensions and shape of a frame. He also ‘reads’ each lens to find the perfect optical center to ensure the lenses are made to the exact specifications.

If a patient wants to use his/her current frame, Mr. Blue lets us trace the shape of the frame on the patient’s first visit, save it in his memory and have the lenses cut and waiting to put in the frame when the patient arrives to pick them up – saving the extra wait time.

And if a patient is in a hurry and we have the lenses in stock, Mr. Blue can have them ready for the patient in less than an hour.

Feeling adventurous? Mr. Blue can cut almost any custom shape patients can think of!

To us, Mr. Blue is the most advanced technology in edging to ensure glasses are made to the patients’ exact prescriptions and fit for frames.

Lens Finishing Systems

I purchased the Mr Blue edging system for in office finishing and custom spectacle lens design in 2012 after seeing what it was capable of doing in person when I attended a conference in 2012 in San Francisco. What impressed me the most about the design of the edger was its capability of custom shaping and milling functions, lack of significant sound and lack of significant odor during high-index edging. As the anti-reflective coatings and lens treatments have improved over the past 10 years, one of the most difficult aspects of in-office edging was controlling the lens when blocked for edging. Since a high-velocity wheel was typically used to cut and finish a lens to size, typically the errors made in edging were slip-related. The milling function has been wonderful for eliminating this variable. Reshaping frame traces has also improved the aesthetics of the jobs leaving my office/lab. I feel that any issue that has arisen in the past 5 years mechanically has been immediately and professionally addressed. This is what in my opinion separates my experience with Essilor instruments and other large equipment manufacturers/distributers that I have used in the past.

Lens Finishing Systems

I’m using my second Mr. Blue from Essilor Instruments, I love it! It’s the extra lab person who never calls in sick, takes a day off and doesn’t ask why…..