Abrasive tool making process – material – or composition – With carbohydrate or reaction product thereof
Patent
1990-11-13
1993-06-01
Kisliuk, Bruce M.
Abrasive tool making process, material, or composition
With carbohydrate or reaction product thereof
51362, 51124L, 51273, 5116576, B24B 700
Patent
active
052148823
ABSTRACT:
A tool is disclosed for accurately and rapidly finishing optical surfaces. The tool has a plurality of lapping buttons attached to its face for contacting the optical surface to be finished. The lapping buttons are held to the surface of the workpiece by a suction established between the tool and the workpiece. The suction force existing between the tool and the workpiece is monitored by a controller and may be selectively changed as the tool is moved across the surface of the workpiece during lapping operations. As the tool is moved toward the edge of a workpiece, the vacuum applied to those buttons approaching the edge of the workpiece is increased to achieve desired rate of material removal. The invention permits selective control of the amount of vacuum applied to each lapping button to permit maximum grinding and/or polishing to be achieved. The disclosed tool permits the use of a thinner facesheet in an optical system while permitting a complex surface geometry to be ground into the facesheet.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4627195 (1986-12-01), Greenleaf
patent: 4860400 (1989-08-01), Urakami
Kisliuk Bruce M.
Litton Systems Inc.
Morgan Eileen P.
Rotella Robert F.
Wallach Michael H.
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