Rapidly renewable polishing lap

Christopher J. Evans; Robert E. Parks

doi:10.1117/12.218429

8 September 1995 Rapidly renewable polishing lap

Proceedings Volume 2536, Optical Manufacturing and Testing; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.218429
Event: SPIE's 1995 International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1995, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Textured laps can be created by 'slumping' uniform thin films of appropriate materials over textured substrates that have been generated to the required figure. The film can easily be replaced and the lap shape is invariant since the lap substrate never contacts the workpiece nor the polishing compound. Thus extremely repeatable lapping and polishing processes are obtained. This paper introduces this approach to lap construction and presents preliminary results.

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Christopher J. Evans and Robert E. Parks "Rapidly renewable polishing lap", Proc. SPIE 2536, Optical Manufacturing and Testing, (8 September 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.218429

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