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22 October 1985 The Large Optical Generator: A Progress Report
Robert E. Parks, Phil Lam, William Kuhn
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Proceedings Volume 0542, Optical Fabrication & Testing Workshop; (1985) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.948153
Event: 1985 Albuquerque Conferences on Optics, 1985, Albuquerque, United States
Abstract
In late 1982 the Optical Sciences Center decided to purchase a numerical control optical generator. The purpose was to support the work of Roger Angel's mirror blank fabrication work at Steward Observatory'-4 and to generate the mold segments for use in fabricating carbon fiber-reinforced plastic panels for the Sub Millimeter Telescope, a joint project of the University of Arizona and the Max Planck Institut fur Radioastronomie in Bonn, West Germany.
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Robert E. Parks, Phil Lam, and William Kuhn "The Large Optical Generator: A Progress Report", Proc. SPIE 0542, Optical Fabrication & Testing Workshop, (22 October 1985); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.948153
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KEYWORDS
Servomechanisms

Mirrors

Computer programming

Spindles

Surface finishing

Control systems

Optical fabrication

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