The A-Line™ series of self-aligning mounts are designed to make mounting, aligning, and focusing lens groups fast and easy. Each mount is equipped with a special 6 mm alignment hole on the front. The mounts are designed to be horizontally "stacked" onto LH-GR Series Guide Rods  - several A-Line mounts can be mounted together in a self-aligned row. This overview video demonstrates the easy and fast aligning process using the A-Line optic mounts.

The A-Line double-bore fixed optic mounts secure the optic by the top setscrew, providing convenient and economical solution for mounting 0.5 in. (12.7 mm), 1 in. (25.4 mm), and 2 in. (50.8 mm) mirrors, beamsplitters, or optic adapters. 

A-Line optic mounts can be either mounted on TSP Series Miniature Optical Mounting Post using the 8-32 (M4) threaded hole at the bottom, or with LH-GR Series Guide Rods for fast alignment of several A-Line optic mounts. Shown in the image are LH-1DB double-bore optic mount with UPA-CFC fiber adapter, LH-RMS microscope objective mount with an objective lens, and LH-1A lens mount with a sphericl lens.

A-Line Optic Adapters LH-2R1.5, LH-2R1, LH-1R05 and LH-50R25 allow the optic to be adapted to various otpic holders. For example, The LH-2R1 allows Ø1.0 in. lens to be mounted into Ø2.0 in. lens mount LH-2N or LH-2DB. The adapters are particularly useful for mounting different size lens on the same LH-GR guide rod. They have chamfered external edges to ensure the retaining rings on host mounts are automatically centered. They are compatible with most of our mirror mounts as well as lens tubes.

The LH-1X-45 45 Degree Optic Mount is designed for easy 90-degree beam folding with the A-LINE™ system. The mount holds standard Ø1 in. (25.4 mm) optic with a threaded retaining ring. It can be post mounted or work with LH-GR series guide rods for fast alignment of several A-Line lens mounts.

Besides lens mounts, A-Line family of mounts also include all kinds of optic mounts, key rods and adaptors.

• A-Line Fixed Optic Mounts
• A-Line Adjustable Optic Mounts
• A-Line Keyed Guide Rods
• A-Line Primer Kits

A-Line family of mounts can be used in many different ways to build your optical beam path easily and fast. For example, one can below opto-mechanical parts to build a vertical beam path shown above using A-Line components and adaptors:

• LH-GR-6 – guide rod 
• LH-1DB - double bore mount 
• UPA-CFC – FC fiber adaptor 
• LH-1XY – XY lens mount 
• LH-1PR – polarizer rotator 
• PS pedestal and C-1P pedestal clamps

A-Line components provide the most efficient and convenient way to put optical systems together. Watch this video to see how easily and quickly one can put together a simple Michelson interferometer!