Small-scale aspheric optical elements have an urgent market demand and a wide range of
applications. With the development of science and technology and the increasing …

Micromanufacturing processes are expanding in their length and breadth as long as the
related research and development (R&D) activities and applications are concerned …

Abrasive fine-finishing technology is often applied as a final finishing process, and the
selection of the right technology is crucial to obtaining the desired performance of functions …

Nano-finishing of a material surface is one of the most required properties in industry. There
is high need of nano-finishing of diamagnetic materials such as copper and its alloys in …

Optical interferometry is a powerful tool for measuring and characterizing areal surface
topography in precision manufacturing. A variety of instruments based on optical …

Abstract Ball end Magnetorheological Finishing (BEMRF) is a novel finishing process
employed in the finishing of 2D and 3D surfaces. The magnetorheological effect imparted by …

Magnetic materials such as magnetorheological (MR) fluids, and magnetorheological
elastomers exhibit a broad change in their material properties, for example, viscosity and …

High-performance devices usually have curved surfaces, requiring high accuracy of shape
and low surface roughness. It is a challenge to achieve high accuracies for form and position …

A permanent magnetic yoke with a straight air gap was developed as the magnetic
excitation unit, in order to improve the efficiency of magnetorheological (MR) polishing for …

Magnetorheological finishing (MRF) has become the mainstream method for ultra-precision
manufacturing of optics due to its high certainty and low damage. However, there are still …