Eyewear Testing

QC Tailored for the Eyewear Industry

Leverage our expertise in eyewear testing to ensure compliance with relevant quality standards for different eyewear types while maintaining focus on product durability and safety.

QIMA provides performance and lab testing for all categories of eyewear, eye protection, and ophthalmic products, including:

Ophthalmic Optics

• Optical lenses

• Spectacle frames

• Ready-to-wear readers

• Spectacles with ophthalmic lenses

• Ophthalmic lenses

Personal Protection Equipment

• Sunglasses with sun glare filters

• Sunglasses for running, cycling and similar activities

• Ski goggles and performance eyeglasses

• Swimming goggles

• Motorcycle and snowmobile goggles

• Protective filters

• Eye and face-protectors

• Safety spectacles with ophthalmic lenses

• Eye protectors for squash and eye protectors for racquetball and squash 57

• Face shield

QIMA provides a wide range of performance tests and lab tests for all types of eyewear, prescription glasses, reading spectacles, fashion eyewear (tinted and clear), sunglasses, ski and safety goggles, and more. We can help you ensure that your product meets the quality and safety requirements of your destination market, as well as all applicable international standards.

Our two-tier process for eyewear testing is designed to ensure high quality and performance. Improve your eyewear products, avoid costly recalls, building consumer confidence, and gain a competitive advantage by applying the right tests at the right time. Product Inspections in the factory are used to check your product’s performance characteristics, while Lab Testing in our HOKLAS, CNAS and IAS accredited laboratories subjects all types of eyewear to a variety of mechanical, optical and chemical tests.

Eyewear Certification Services for PPE and Fashion Eyewear

As your one-stop shop for PPE eyewear certification, QIMA simplifies the compliance process. After conducting accredited testing in our state-of-the-art labs, we collaborate with you to prepare the necessary documentation for Notified Body (NB) review. We handle all communication with the NB, submitting your documents, providing additional information as needed, collecting the certificate, and delivering it directly to you. This streamlined approach saves you time and ensures compliance with regulatory standards.

For fashion eyewear, you can elevate your products a QIMA Certification Mark, which is designed to go beyond standard regulations. Tailored to your specific needs, this certification offers flexible testing protocols covering key performance criteria such as UV400 protection, anti-fogging, anti-blue light, anti-reflection, and anti-scratch properties. By achieving the QIMA Mark, your fashion eyewear stands out in the competitive market, showcasing superior quality and performance to customers.

Why Choose QIMA’s One-Stop Certification Services:

• Industry leading turnaround to ensure your speed to market

• Streamlined offering – one service point, one service fee

• Hassle-free – we manage the certification process with the relevant Notified Body

• Leading lab testing experts specializing in PPE eyewear and face protectors

• State of the art, accredited labs test to international standards

Dedicated Eyewear Testing Labs

With our accredited testing labs, we offer the largest available range of tests and QA services for eyewear. Our laboratory is accredited to test eyewear to the ISO/IEC 17025 standard for Eyewear and Ophthalmic Products, and to issue reports with HOKLAS, CNAS and IAS endorsement.

QIMA's test reports for eyewear are recognized by BSI Group (EU/UK), SAI Global (Australia & New Zealand), CSI Spa (Italy), the Institute for Testing and Certification, Inc. (Czech Republic) and Benchmark Product Certification (Australia).

Quality and Safety Standards for Eyewear

Our eyewear testing services help you ensure compliance with the required international standards.

HOKLAS, CNAS and IAS Accredited Lab Testing for Eyewear

Our dedicated HOKLAS, CNAS and IAS accredited testing laboratories offers a wide range of laboratory tests that check numerous chemical and optical characteristics of your eyewear. Ensure regulatory compliance and high product quality and performance with laboratory testing. Our selection of lab tests includes, among others:

Frame and mechanical testing

• Measuring system and dimensional tolerance

• Dimensional stability at elevated temperature

• Bridge deformation and lens retention

• Endurance

• Screw thread and tolerances

• Bridge Strength test

• Hinge durability test

• Spring-hinge mechanical test

• Spring pull-out tensile test

• Hinge Strength (inclination bending) test

• Frame material tensile test

• Frame flexibility test

• Coating against bending test

• Compression test (Swimming goggles)

• Sit and Fit

• Thermal stability

• Lateral protection

• Eye coverage and temporal protection

• Field of View

• Lens size, thickness and curvature

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Lens and optical testing

• Optical power (spherical, astigmatic, prismatic power) by telescope 20X (ISO, EN and AS/NZS) and telescope 8X (ANSI and ASTM)

• Ophthalmic lens – refractive properties on single-vision, multifocal and progressive lenses

• Prismatic difference (EN) and prismatic imbalance (ANSI)

• Resolving power (ANSI)

• Optical density

• Luminous transmittance, UV transmittance, blue-light transmittance

• Spectral transmittance and driving lens requirements

• Near Infrared and Infrared transmittance

• Anti-reflection luminous reflectance %

• Scattered light test (light diffusion)

• Wide Angle Scattered light (haze)

• Lens surface and material quality by light-box / grid panel / lens-meter scanning, etc.

• Mounted lens quality – tension and edging quality

• Lens mechanical strength for minimum robustness

• Plane of polarization axis (for polarized lens, uncut and mounted)

• Durability test for anti-abrasion (hard-coating treated) lenses

• Anti-fogging test

• Resistance to fine particles damage

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Impact, radiation aging, and flammability testing

• Drop ball test

• Enhanced robustness

• Increased robustness test

• Penetration test

• High mass test

• High-velocity test

• Resistance to high speed particles (HSP) – low / medium / high energy capacity

• HSP at extreme temperature

• Impact resistance: Low / Medium / High / Extra-High capacity

• Drop test

• Impact test

• Resistance to optical radiation and UV stability (lenses/filters)

• Resistance to radiation (color fastness of frame)

• Resistance to UVA/UVB radiation and water exposure

• Flammability test

• Ignition test

• Permanence test

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Nickel release, corrosion and chemical testing

• Nickel release corrosion and wear tests (ISO/TS 24348, EN12472)

• Nickel release tests (EN16128-2015 migration and coating tests, GB/T38009)

• Nickel DMG screening indicative test (pr CEN 12471)

• Total lead content

• Total cadmium content

• Resistance to perspiration

• Resistance to corrosion

• Resistance to humidity condensation and high extreme temperatures

• Salt spray test

• Lens coating resistance to chemicals (AS 2228.1)

• Protection against snow and liquid splash (for ski and safety goggles)

• Cleanability test (for safety eye protectors and ski goggles)

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