Continuous process improvement: manufacturing optics in the twenty-first century

Jerrold Zimmerman

doi:10.1117/12.167966

1 February 1994 Continuous process improvement: manufacturing optics in the twenty-first century

Jerrold Zimmerman

Proceedings Volume 1994, Advanced Optical Manufacturing and Testing IV; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.167966
Event: SPIE's 1993 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1993, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

User requirements and economics demand that large optics components will have to be produced to more stringent tolerances and lower costs. While manufacturing and testing technology have been improving rapidly, the challenge will continue to be how to integrate technology improvements into industrial processes. This paper describes Itek's approach to continuous process improvement in optical manufacturing. Specific examples of process innovations show how evolutionary upgrading of the process has resulted in improved performance and reduced costs.

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Jerrold Zimmerman "Continuous process improvement: manufacturing optics in the twenty-first century", Proc. SPIE 1994, Advanced Optical Manufacturing and Testing IV, (1 February 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.167966

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