The prize for fastest selling item at this year’s show seems to have gone to Hilco’s Titanium Pad Arm Conversion Kit. This was thanks in no small part to it being mentioned by the Association of British Dispensing Opticians’ Dr Alicia Thompson in her CPD lecture ‘Inclusive paediatric dispensing’ on Saturday, March 1.
She highlighted it as a means of stopping plastic fixed pad frames from slipping and avoiding the child looking over the top of their spectacles.
It would be easy to think there is nothing new when it comes to dispensing tools and accessories, but many suppliers continue to innovate and it is always worth spending time investigating the latest gadgets to make the life of dispensing opticians and lab technicians easier. Who has not wasted hours trying to fit screws to spring hinges until they discover there are special tools for the job that enable it to be done in seconds.
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