Closing the metrology/process loop in CNC polishing

David D. Walker; Guoyu Yu; Matt Bibby; Hongyu Li; Christina R. Dunn

doi:10.1117/12.2235530

30 June 2016 Closing the metrology/process loop in CNC polishing

David D. Walker, Guoyu Yu, Matt Bibby, Hongyu Li, Christina R. Dunn

Proceedings Volume 10009, Third European Seminar on Precision Optics Manufacturing; 100090O (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2235530
Event: Third European Seminar on Precision Optics Manufacturing, 2016, Teisnach, Germany

Abstract

This paper builds on previous reported work describing the marriage of robots and CNC polishing machines, both for the pre-processing of parts, and to automate operations hitherto manually conducted on the CNC platforms. This paper reviews strategies for metrology, then takes the work a stage forward by reporting the use of a robot to automate the exchange of a part between CNC machine and metrology station, the probing of the part, and the capture of interferometer data. This constitutes an important step towards realization of an automated manufacturing cell.

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David D. Walker, Guoyu Yu, Matt Bibby, Hongyu Li, and Christina R. Dunn "Closing the metrology/process loop in CNC polishing", Proc. SPIE 10009, Third European Seminar on Precision Optics Manufacturing, 100090O (30 June 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2235530

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