Design of a six-axis high precision machine tool and its application in machining aspherical optical mirrors

International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1085-1094

  Cheng, Hao Bo ^a   Feng, Zhi Jing ^a   Cheng, Kai ^b   Wang, Ying Wei ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Off axis aspheric; Profiler; Sub aperture lapping; Touch trigger probe

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CUTTING TOOLS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ERROR ANALYSIS; GRINDING (MACHINING); MIRRORS; PLANERS; POLISHING;

OFF-AXIS ASPHERIC; PROFILERS; SUB-APERTURE LAPPING; TOUCH-TRIGGER PROBE;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 14844299896     PISSN: 08906955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2004.11.018     Document Type: Article

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