ODM processes of doing eyeglasses and sunglasses

1. Make the concepts / Ideas

Concepts/ Ideas were the first steps doing the eyeglasses or sunglasses in all materials

Important thing is that How were the concepts come from, Most of them come from the lifelike you saw a leaf of tree, you will think how could us using the leaf color on acetate, or plating color in metal if possible, Some time you can get the ideas from the exist eyeglasses or sunglasses, can improve the structures with the new idea and chose the new acetate color or plating color make them better,

But those are not easy without any experience, From the beginning is the hard part, you do not know which styles, designs will be accepted in the market, customers like them, that is why doing the research must be done before the idea come out

2. Find the right materials

After confirming the concepts and make the tech drawing, next one finds the right material

There are so many materials available like if doing the metal eyeglasses or sunglasses frames, need to find the stainless steel or nickel-free metal, Monel, etc. if doing the plastic eyeglasses or sunglasses frames, need to find the acetate, Nylon, TR90, PC, etc.

Metal eyeglasses are not thought about the color when starting, the structures are most important thing need to do first, because have to think how the structure works, sometimes even can make the tech drawing, but in the real situation in production, they do not work,

Plastic eyeglasses or sunglasses in a different way, after confirming the tech drawing, next one is choosing the color of plastic, the PC, TR90 plastic materials are clear, just the acetate material need choose the color in first,

3. lens

There are not much to say, normal the eyeglasses chose the clear lens, for sunglasses need to choose the lens color, There are many materials of lens, like PC lens, CR39, AC, TAC, Nylon, etc. principle of choosing lens is matching the frame color like if the frame color is blue, the lens choose the blue is right,

4. Metal core / hinges

Next step is to choose the right metal-core or hinges

Metal-core is simple to choose, just one need to pay attention is that when the acetate or plastic frame is clear, for the good to see angle thinking, normally when the metal core plating the colors do not leave the mark on the metal-core. when doing the metal frames they do not have the metal core

Hinges are one import accessories, choose the right shape, right material, Like chose the OBE hinges,