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Reduce your optics fabrication cost and risk

PanDao helps you identify the optimal fabrication chain and the optimal supplier during optics design and purchasing

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The PanDao tool is a whole new kind of software, which simulates the fabrication chain out of the design data

Customized for

Optics Designer

Create cheaper products
Design for manufacturability
Connect your design to fabrication

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Optical Engineer

Reduce risk of project failing
Minimize fabrication risks
Get information about needed manufacturing technologies

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Executive Management & Controlling

Get more transparency
Reduce risk of project
Let optical design and manufacturing cooperate

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Purchasing manager

Audit and choose suppliers better
Negotiate cheaper prices
Get technology insights for audits

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Customers

Carl Zeiss AG Jena, Germany

Supporters

That's what our customers and supporters say

"Outstanding! See what their software does: Quantitative optimization to find the most cost-effective process for any given project using the resources you have. This should be a real game-changer!"

Ray Williamson:

consultant, SPIE fellow,

https://www.ray-optics.com,

July 2022

"I’m working now for over 18 years in the field of precision optics manufacturing and for me PanDao is a game changer. Disruptive innovation as its best I’d say. Enthusiastic software from enthusiastic people. Congrats Oli and team for creating this awesome product!"

Oliver Kienzle:

Leica Camera, Oct. 2020

"Great tool: the first time the human to human contact between designers and fabrication specialist gets replaced by deterministic trustful software tool, as it happened about 50 years ago by inventing the first optical design software tools at Zeiss."

Prof. Dr. Jens Bliedtner:

University of Applied Sciences Jena, Feb. 2021

"We all know that you can make only what you can test. We now learned from Dr. Fähnle that you can produce only when you can control the process. Now PanDao, which is a powerful and readily available tool in the field, is demonstrating that you can "modulate" fabrication chains only if you really understand manufacturing on a processing level."

Daewook Kim:

Assistant Professor of Optical Sciences and Astronomy, University of Arizona, Apr. 2021

"..Eine coole Software, die mir während der Verhandlung und Auswahl eines Lieferanten sehr nützlich war"

Lars Nakotte:

CeO All-In-Optics,

www.all-in-optics.de,

June. 2021

"As optical systems designers and engineers we're always trying to understand optical elements manufacturability issues. This is a big challenge and always very time consuming while trying to turn our challenging design to be manufacturable. PanDao software tool, one and only of its kind, which is essentially crystallized >20 years of optical manufacturing process experience, makes it possible to learn the best manufacturing process for your design. Dr. Fähnle gives the access to his extensive knowledge and you can use it for your particular design in a very simple and intuitive interface. You can get a clear picture about the optimal manufacturing chain, the cost drives for your elements, manufacturing time and cost. And you get a list of companies that can actually manufacture your elements. Last but not least, Dr. Fähnle is always open to learn, upgrade and extend the PanDao options, to be valuable for more use-cases and cover more options. PanDao is a must-have if you want to cut down the design to manufacturing time and cost!"

Olga Resnik:

Co-Founder @Joya Team, Jul. 2021

"PanDao GmbH really is an example of how to set up a supply chain of optics while calculating production cost and times! I was amazed from the first time I met you. I am a fan!!"

Jose Pozo:

CTO of www.optica.org, USA, Feb. 2022

"Great tool – PanDao helped us to identify the optimum fabrication chain and to show the potential for a funded Swiss research project!"

Hansruedi Moser:

Head of Technology & Intellectual Property, FISBA AG, Feb. 2022

"Working with PanDao is like a professional discussion with a disembodied conversation partner who stimulates with intelligent thought-provoking impulses."

Michael Heinicke:

Senior Expert Optics Technology, Zeiss Group

Jena, Germany Nov. 2022

"PanDao makes it easy for the optical engineer to get manufacturing information early in the design process, such as potential cost, time, and processing methods. It's also a great tool for letting optical designers and manufacturers communicate clearly about all the details of a part. PanDao will save a lot of time on both sides!"

Erin Elliott:

Principal R&D Engineer at Ansys

Jan. 2024

PanDao GmbH

Based in St. Gallen, Switzerland
International experts with several decades of experience in research and industrial fabrication of optics
Founded 2018 by:
Contact us:
- info@pandao.ch