Through the Lens

Author: North American Coating Labs

Want to know more about what goes in specialized optics? Want to know some Hollywood special effects secrets? Curious about the optics world? Learn about the final optical design process from drawing to production and beyond!
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We Didn't Start the Fire
Episode 1
Wednesday, 1 October, 2025

We Didn’t Start the Fire… but firefighters live in it every day. In this episode of Behind the Coating, we explore how a supplier set out to build the world’s first in-mask Thermal Intelligence System—and the challenge of protecting a plastic lens that had to survive the heat, smoke, and chaos of a burning building.Discover how North American Coating Laboratories used a dip-applied polysiloxane hard coat and a high-performance AR coating to transform a vulnerable lens into a rugged, mission-critical optic. Innovation, chemistry, and a nod to Billy Joel and Fall Out Boy all come together in this story of how coatings save lives.