Automation in optics manufacturing

Harvey M. Pollicove; Duncan T. Moore

doi:10.1117/12.47885

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1 January 1991 Automation in optics manufacturing

Harvey M. Pollicove, Duncan T. Moore

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Proceedings Volume 1354, 1990 Intl Lens Design Conf; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.47885
Event: 1990 International Lens Design Conference, 1990, Monterey, CA, United States

Abstract

The optics industry has not followed the lead of the machining and electronics industries in applying advances in computer aided engineering (CAE), computer assisted manufacturing (CAM), automation or quality management techniques. Automation based on computer integrated manufacturing (CIM) and flexible machining systems (FMS) has been widely implemented in these industries. Optics continues to rely on standalone equipment that preserves the highly skilled, labor intensive optical fabrication systems developed in the 1940's. This paper describes development initiatives at the Center for Optics Manufacturing that will create computer integrated manufacturing technology and support processes for the optical industry.

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Harvey M. Pollicove and Duncan T. Moore "Automation in optics manufacturing", Proc. SPIE 1354, 1990 Intl Lens Design Conf, (1 January 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.47885

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