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Article title

Grinding metre scale mirror segments for the E-ELT ground based telescope

Type

D - Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.cirp.2011.03.120

Title of journal

Cirp Annals-Manufacturing Technology

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Volume number

Issue number

First page of article

379

ISSN of journal

0007-8506

Year of publication

2011

URL

http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=yv4JPVwI&eid=2-s2.0-79957637486&md5=32152bb5ca176020260b3d44ad68c11f

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Additional information

An output from long-term research to create a rapid, free-form optics grinding technology: designed, developed and operated at Cranfield. The programme was funded by the RCUK (GR/S85337/01, £2.1m) and EPSRC (EP/F031416/1 £0.67m). The first mirror segments of the ESO Extremely Large Telescope were produced at Cranfield, and ESO’s ELT submission proposal to the EU, to create the world’s largest telescope, identifies the Cranfield BoX® (large optics grinding machine) as capable of delivering the 700+ mirrors for the ELT. Contact: Marc Cayrel Head of Optomechanics ESO, mcayrel@eso.org. BoX® patents and trademark are exploited by Loxham Precision Limited, contact Chris.Price@loxhamprecision.com.

Interdisciplinary

Cross-referral requested

Research group

D - Manufacturing & Materials

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