Through-hole technology (THT) and surface-mount technology (SMT) are the two most common mounting methods. In THT, metal leads of each component are threaded through holes in the circuit board and soldered into place. To solder many leads at once, a method called flow-through. Thorlabs offers a full range of holders, adapters, and cage plates for lenses, filters, mirrors, pellicles, prisms, and other optical components. These include fixed and adjustable mounts, 45 degree adapters, and nested mounts. Have any questions? Talk with us directly using LiveChat. High-Speed Mounting Equipment for Optical Modules serves as the core apparatus in semiconductor packaging and optical module manufacturing, enabling the high-precision mounting of micro-nano components such as optical chips, lenses, and optical fibers onto substrates or carriers. Corning has a variety of hardware solutions including ethernet fiber switches, panels, racks. Glenair PCB mount transceivers are ruggedized harsh-environment equivalents to SFP and QSFP transceivers but with mechanical design suited to the harsh temperature and vibration environments found in Military, Aerospace, Oil and Gas, Railway, and Industrial applications.