Optics Center Refines Confocal Grinding
The
University of Rochester's Center for Optics Manufacturing in New York is testing a prototype conformal optics grinder produced by
Nanotechnology Systems of Keene, N.H. The device is the result of a collaboration among the university,
Raytheon,
Boeing,
Rochester Photonics Corp., the
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and others.
The computer-controlled grinder can produce precision optical components in a wider variety of shapes for applications such as medical endoscopes and housings for sensor arrays on aerospace and military platforms. The
Fraunhofer-Institut für Produktionstechnologie IPT in Aachen and the
University of Bremen, both in Germany, have placed orders for the device.
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