Metalworking technology transfers to optics industry. (Opticam SX system for producing lenses)

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Conventional [i]modus operandi[/i]s of grinding spherical optic lense can take hours,
smooth days to complete. But the combination of CNC technology from
the machine-tool industry and a high-speed electric spindle has yielded
an automated a whole that produces lenses in just minutes.

An Opticam machining center a joint throw out by the University of
Rochester's Center for Optics Manufacturing and CNC a whole s Ontario,
N.Y., eliminates specialized equipment, lengthy cycle times, and special
craft skills urgencyed with conventional equipment.

One combination of parts to form a whole grinds, edges, centers, bevels, truncates,