| On-Site Laboratory |
| The doctors and staff of Michiana Eye Center & Facial Plastic Surgery are dedicated to providing our patients
with premier service and quality in every facet of their experience. That's why we have
invested in a state-of-the-art optical laboratory, located inside our Mishawaka practice.
Accordingly, our laboratory craftsmen will custom manufacture your eyeglasses, unless
your vision benefit plan dictates that we use their own laboratory. |
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| Benefits for our patients |
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 1) Quality Control = Accurate Prescription
We complete the entire process of an eyeglass purchase.
From our opticians assisting with frame and lens selection,
to our lab technicians fabricating your eyewear, we insure
insure that your lenses are 100% accurate to the doctor's
prescription, that the lenses correctly match your frame,
and that the lenses chosen meet/exceed our doctor's
high standards.
2) Reduced Manufacturing Time = Greater Convenience
We stock thousands of lenses in our on-site laboratory, so we often begin
fabricating your new eyeglasses the same day! When eyeglass emergencies
occur, we're able to get our patients replacement glasses in a matter of
hours, not weeks. This includes bifocals and progressive multifocals, too.
3) New Lenses Only = Cost Savings & Convenience
Often, eyeglass frames outlast the life of your prescription or your lenses. If
you want to put a new prescription in your current frame, most optical shops
require you to leave your frame so it can be mailed to their outside laboratory.
At Michiana Eye Center & Facial Plastic Surgery, you keep your glasses while we make your new lenses,
and then schedule an appointment with our lab technicians to insert your new
prescription while you wait! That way, you have the choice of avoiding the cost
of new frames, or that you don't have to be without your glasses for weeks. |
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| State-of-the-art equipment |
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Our on-site laboratory is equipped with the latest in technology, innovation and automation.
We're able to manufacture virtually any lens, any prescription. The process usually consists
of two distinct elements.
 1) Surfacing
Our technician begins with a semi-finished lens blank
(looks like a hockey puck), uses the computer to
calculate the proper curvature required on the back
surface, places the lens blanks in the generator
(pictured) to grind the curves, then uses a cylinder
machine to fine and polish the lens.
 2) Finishing
Once the exact prescription is ground into the lens
blanks, our technician will use the frame tracer to
precisely measure the size and shape of the frame
eyewire, transfer the data electronically to the edger
(pictured) which will cut the lenses to the exact size
and shape to fit perfectly in your frame. |
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