Fully automating fine-optics manufacture - why so tough, and what are we doing?
- Submitting institution
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The University of Huddersfield
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 96
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1186/s41476-019-0119-y
- Title of journal
- Journal of the European Optical Society
- Article number
- 24
- First page
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- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 1
- ISSN
- 1990-2573
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- November
- Year of publication
- 2019
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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4
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- Citing market-surveys, mounting conflicts are quantified between rising world-demand for ultra-precision surfaces, and declining manufacturing-skills. Building on SPIE-2917, a strategic vision is developed, delving deeper into barriers thwarting implementation. A highlight was analysis of roles of skilled-polishers, and demonstration by experiments guided by psychologists, of the feasibility – but difficulty – of capturing their expertise. This stimulated new work on comprehensive digital data-harvesting involved academic visitor Chenhui An and led to a new collaboration with China’s Laser-Fusion Center (hplaser@126.com). Three invited plenary keynote presentations at international conferences resulted, plus a partnership with Shanghai Optics/Fine-mechanics, Yuanch and Zeeko Ltd (Jason_li@telus.net).
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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