Total quality manufacturing: The success of corning's 8-meter mirror blank programs

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3352, Issue , 1998, Pages 182-193

  Edwards, Mary J ^a  

^a Corning Incorporated ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

8 meter meniscus mirrors; CTE; Large mirrors; Low expansion material; Mirror blanks; ULET

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; GLASS MANUFACTURE; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PROCESS ENGINEERING; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

MIRROR BLANK PROGRAMS; OPTICAL POLISHERS; QUALITY REQUIREMENTS; TOTAL QUALITY MANUFACTURING;

MIRRORS;

EID: 0032403360     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.319253     Document Type: Conference Paper

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