ANSI is the acronym for the American National Standards Institute, a nonprofit organization that serves as administrator of the United States private sector voluntary standardization system. The primary...
This Guide Is To Give The Reader A General Overview Of The Lens Types, Styles, Colors, And Uses For Sunglasses, Safety Glasses, And Goggles Polycarbonate Polycarbonate lenses provide superior eye...
What Is Polycarbonate ? The Stuff They Use For The Lenses In Sunglasses, Safety Glasses And Goggles Polycarbonates are a particular group of thermoplastics. They are easily worked, molded, and...
By looking at lots of people, eye doctors have decided what a "normal" human being should be able to see when standing 20 feet away from an eye chart. If you have 20/20 vision, it means that when you stand...
The ability to see is dependent on the actions of several structures in and around the eyeball. The graphic below lists many of the essential components of the eye's optical system. When you look at an...
Ultra thin and incredibly light polycarbonate plastic lenses can dramatically improve your appearance and eye safety. Follow these easy steps to keep them and any type of lens looking like new. Start by...
There are many variables that will cause fogging weather it be goggles, glasses or your car windshield. There are goggles with dual lenses such as a dual pane windows that the "Snow" crowd uses that...
No one knows for certain when eyeglasses were invented, although documents from the 13th century prove the existence of eyeglasses at that time. Several sources quote a manuscript written in Rome in 1289...
Photochromic lenses are lenses that darken on exposure to UV radiation. Once the UV is removed (for example by walking indoors), the lenses will gradually return to their clear state. Photochromic lenses may...
Ultraviolet radiation (UV) comes naturally from the sun. There are also some manmade lamps and tools (welding tools, for instance) that can produce UV radiation. For most of us, however, the sun is the...