More steps towards process automation for optical fabrication

David Walker; Guoyu Yu; Anthony Beaucamp; Matt Bibby; Hongyu Li; Lee McCluskey; Sanja Petrovic; Christina Reynolds

doi:10.1117/12.2275231

15 June 2017 More steps towards process automation for optical fabrication

David Walker, Guoyu Yu, Anthony Beaucamp, Matt Bibby, Hongyu Li, Lee McCluskey, Sanja Petrovic, Christina Reynolds

Proceedings Volume 10326, Fourth European Seminar on Precision Optics Manufacturing; 103260S (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2275231
Event: Fourth European Seminar on Precision Optics Manufacturing, 2017, Teisnach, Germany

Abstract

In the context of Industrie 4.0, we have previously described the roles of robots in optical processing, and their complementarity with classical CNC machines, providing both processing and automation functions. After having demonstrated robotic moving of parts between a CNC polisher and metrology station, and auto-fringe-acquisition, we have moved on to automate the wash-down operation. This is part of a wider strategy we describe in this paper, leading towards automating the decision-making operations required before and throughout an optical manufacturing cycle.

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David Walker, Guoyu Yu, Anthony Beaucamp, Matt Bibby, Hongyu Li, Lee McCluskey, Sanja Petrovic, and Christina Reynolds "More steps towards process automation for optical fabrication", Proc. SPIE 10326, Fourth European Seminar on Precision Optics Manufacturing, 103260S (15 June 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2275231

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