SEDL / STP / STP1028-EB / STP18550S

Ultrasmooth Sapphire Produced by Noncontact Polishing

Shaffer, JJ
Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, California

Bennett, JM
Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, California

Pages: 5    Published: Jan 1988

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Abstract

The history and theory of noncontact polishing is discussed, along with a simple machine that will perform noncontact polishing including lap speeds and polishing pressure. Research using this machine is described. An extended polishing experiment produced the smoothest surface ever measured at the Naval Weapons Center.