Goods manufactured using single point diamond turning (SPDT) are commonplace in everyday life in products from cell phones to street signs. Diamond turning is the process of using single crystal diamond (SCD) tools mounted on extremely precise mac...
The optical pitch polishing process has been used over 300 years to obtain high quality optical surface finish with little subsurface damage. A pitch tool consists of a metal platen coated with a layer of polishing pitch whereby pitch is a highly ...