Optical Ray Tracing Kit

Product Code : SCL-LAO-12090

Optical Ray Tracing Kit (SKU SCL-LAO-12090) combines a five-beam red diode laser ray box, a 400 x 300 mm magnetic steel board printed with a polar grid and a set of acrylic blocks and lenses, so reflection and refraction can be traced in an ordinary lit classroom. It suits Class 10–12 ray optics and introductory college physics. Science Lab Supplies manufactures the kit at Plot 448, HSIIDC Industrial Area, Saha, Ambala, India, and sends it to schools, colleges and distributors.

Specifications

The ray tracing kit's specifications are set out row by row below. In summary, a Class II laser ray box at 635–650 nm runs from a 5V DC adapter and projects one, three or five parallel beams onto a matte steel board, where magnetic PMMA shapes are placed in the beam path.

Applications and Experiments for the Ray Tracing Kit

Students place an acrylic shape in the laser beams on the board and mark the incident, refracted and emergent rays with a dry-erase marker. Multi-beam mode shows lenses bringing rays to a focus, so the kit gives quantitative ray data for laboratory logs.

• Class 10 science: refraction through a rectangular block and the action of convex and concave lenses.
• Class 12 physics: Snell's law and the critical angle with the semicircular block, before repeating the work in glass with the Half-Round Optical Glass Slab.
• Lateral shift through parallel faces, compared afterwards with the Plane Glass Optical Slab.
• Focal distances from multi-ray convergence; reflection laws can be extended on the Light Ray Reflection Demonstrator.

The ray box emits Class II laser light: never look into its windows and keep it under teacher supervision.

Standard Scope of Supply

The kit includes the five-beam diode laser ray box, the magnetic tracking board with polar grid, a semicircular acrylic block, a rectangular prism shape, a double convex lens, a double concave lens, primary colour filters, the 5V DC power adapter and a hard-shell storage case with foam slots.

Packing, MOQ and Lead Time

Ask for a quote on a single kit for teacher demonstrations or on one kit per student group. Science Lab Supplies states the packing, delivery time and price for each requested quantity, and glass slabs or prisms can be priced on the same quotation.

Science Lab Supplies, an IEC-registered exporter, is able to ship to buyers in Zambia, Rwanda, South Africa, Qatar, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. For prices, fill in the contact page form or send a list from the enquiry cart; tender buyers should start from the lab tender page.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can the beams be seen in a normally lit classroom?
Yes. The red Class II diode beams show clearly on the white matte board under typical room lighting, so the class does not need to be darkened for ray tracing.

Can students write on the board?
Yes. The steel board has a white matte coating that takes standard dry-erase markers, so ray paths can be drawn directly and wiped off with a cloth after measurement.

Are the lenses and blocks glass?
No. All shapes are solid optical-grade PMMA acrylic, which does not shatter if dropped. Clean them with water and a lint-free cloth only, avoiding ammonia or acetone.

Is Science Lab Supplies the manufacturer or a trader?
Science Lab Supplies is the manufacturer. The kit is put together and checked at its Saha, Ambala premises, and the quotation is prepared there too, so you buy from the maker rather than a distributor.

Related Ray Boxes and Optics Kits

The products below are alternative ray sources and optics kits for different classes, from a primary-level LED kit to laser sets. Any of them can go on the same quotation as the ray tracing kit for a school or college optics laboratory.

• Five-Diode Laser Ray Box — ABS housing with embedded magnets in the base, 5V DC at 500 mA.
• Ray Optics Laser Laboratory Kit — 12 mm thick board with cylindrical bi-convex and bi-concave elements.
• Ray Box and Lens Set — laser source under 1 mW with a prism table and mirror.
• Light Exploration Activity Kit — 3-way LED ray box with primary and secondary colour filters.
• Optical Reflection Demonstration Kit — plane, concave and convex acrylic mirrors on a steel board.
• Ray Box Optics Activity Set — 12 V ray box with reversible multi-slit masks.

Browse the full Light and Optics range, the Physics Lab range for further school optics sets, or all physics lab equipment.

Last updated: 9 October 2026