Large Honeycomb Mirror Molding Methods

L. W Goble; R. M. Ford; K. L. Kenagy

doi:10.1117/12.948075

29 January 1989 Large Honeycomb Mirror Molding Methods

L. W Goble, R. M. Ford, K. L. Kenagy

Proceedings Volume 0966, Advances in Fabrication and Metrology for Optics and Large Optics; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.948075
Event: 32nd Annual International Technical Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Science and Engineering, 1988, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

A 3.5 meter diameter, f/1.75 focal ratio, telescope primary mirror blank was spuncast in May 1988. This paper describes the materials, processes, and methodology used to construct the mold which shaped this lightweight honeycomb borosilicate mirror.

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L. W Goble, R. M. Ford, and K. L. Kenagy "Large Honeycomb Mirror Molding Methods", Proc. SPIE 0966, Advances in Fabrication and Metrology for Optics and Large Optics, (29 January 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.948075

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