South Windsor, Conn.-As part of its ongoing conversation with the “Voice of the Customer,” Gerber Coburn has listened once again and fulfilled yet another wholesale lab request: to solve nagging dust and polycarbonate swarf and clogging problems at an affordable price.

Designed for use with the Lensmaker XRT™ generator, our new Granulator and Poly-Swarf Management system (Granulator plus DISA Vacuum) eliminates polycarbonate lens waste issues that are often experienced when using standard choppers or vacuum systems indicated Randy Baldwin, group product manager, Gerber Coburn.

“When we asked customers, what one item would they change on the Lensmaker, the majority voiced, ‘a better way of handling lens material waste,’ but without a costly equipment investment. Customers told us, if we could find an industrial-built system that could handle waste better, provide longer blade life, help maintain a clean lab environment, and reduce downtime, then it would be worth its weight in gold - so we embarked on finding that solution,” said Baldwin.

Baldwin went on to say, “We set our product specifications extremely high to ensure that we delivered a product that could not only withstand the demands of the wholesale lab, but also provide labs the flexibility of working with their existing equipment. And we believe we’ve done just that with our new granulator and vacuum.”

“The Granulator Model GC-III delivers superior granulating capabilities, shrinking polycarbonate waste strands to ¼” pieces, increasing the time between bag changes, and reducing downtime. The DISA GC 1000 Vacuum provides over 1,000 CFM for proper air volume to eliminate polycarbonate swarf clogs. With its large 40-gallon waste bin and automatic bag shaker, the vacuum can also handle multiple generators,” Baldwin stated.

Baldwin noted, “The granulator can work with a single Lensmaker XRT or it can be outfitted to support two generators. For labs needing to achieve the optimum benefits of an integrated Poly-Swarf management system, the granulator and DISA vacuum is the perfect combination. When used as a total system, clogging issues disappear completely. Because the granulator can be configured to work several different ways, labs can easily adapt it to their existing machines without an enormous expense. The introductory price for a single granulator is $6,750, $8,250 for a multiple generator configuration, and $7,600 for the vacuum - when compared to the basic systems on the market today, our new products offer exceptional value.”

Gerber Coburn is the world's leading provider of computer integrated optical lens processing systems. The company designs, produces, markets, and supports equipment software and supplies used in surfacing prescripitons in lens blanks, coating lenses, and machining lenses to fit patient frames. Based in South Windsor, Conn., Gerber Coburn is a business unit of Gerber Scientific, Inc.

Gerber Scientific (www.gerberscientific.com) is the world's leading supplier of sophisticated automated manufacturing systems for sign making and specialty graphics, apparel and flexible goods, and ophthalmic lens processing. Headquartered in South Windsor, Connecticut, the company operates through four businesses: Gerber Scientific Products and Spandex Ltd., Gerber Technology, and Gerber Coburn.