Feasibility of a new method to create complex forms on precision surfaces

在精密表面上创建复杂形状的新方法的可行性

• 批准号: 130831
• 金额: $ 3.04万
• 依托单位: ZEEKO LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Feasibility Studies
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2012 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=130831
• 关键词: Feasibility; new; method; create; complex

Precision surface grinding is a standard but expensive way to generate different complex surface shapes into common engineering materials such as glasses and metals. We propose to bridge the gap between surface grinding and polishing to develop a process capable of delivering these forms using a computer controlled polishing machine and a novel ‘grolishing’ process utilising more flexible and lower cost tools. This will provide cost and time benefits in the production of optical and mechanical surfaces required by todays engineering designs. The process may lead to an increase in the production and use of difficult-to-make surface shapes that give many advantages such as lower cost, lighter weight and increased performance. The process could be of particular value in the precision optics industry and could induce a step change in the way in which precision optical components are made and specified by both large and small optical shops specialising in ultra-high precision.

精密表面磨削是一种标准但昂贵的方法，用于将不同的复杂表面形状加工成常见的工程材料，如玻璃和金属。我们建议弥合表面研磨和抛光之间的差距，以开发一种能够使用计算机控制的抛光机和一种新的“滚轧”工艺来提供这些形式的工艺，该工艺利用更灵活和更低成本的工具。这将为当今工程设计所需的光学和机械表面的生产提供成本和时间效益。该工艺可能导致难以制造的表面形状的生产和使用的增加，这些表面形状具有许多优点，例如降低成本，减轻重量和提高性能。该工艺在精密光学行业中具有特殊价值，并可能导致专门从事超高精度的大型和小型光学商店制造和指定精密光学部件的方式发生阶跃变化。