Ultraprecision in Manufacturing Engineering

Session I - "Manufacturing Technology".- Experiences in the Precision Machining of Brittle Materials.- Ductile-Regime Grinding of Brittle Materials.- Review on Ultraprecision Grinding Technology.- Precision Machining of Advanced Ceramics - A Challenge in Production Technology.- Precision Grinding of Brittle Materials.- Form Accuracy and Surface Integrity in Plane Lapping.- Cutting Forces and Their Influences upon the Surface Integrity in Single-Point Diamond Turning.- Recent Trends in Diamond Tool Technology.- Prediction of Tolerances in Precision Cutting for Mass Production.- Session II - "Machine Development and Improvement".- Limits of Workpieces Accuracy Caused by the Geometrical and Dynamical Behaviour of Ultraprecision Diamond Turning Machines.- New Material Application to Ultraprecision Lathe.- Machining of Aspherical Surfaces.- A Diamond Turning Apparatus for Fabrication on Non-Rotationally Symmetric Surfaces.- The Design and Construction of a Sub-Microinch Resolution Lathe.- M400 and P400 - a Pair of Machines for Computer-Controlled Fine Correction of Optical Surfaces.- New Design Features of a Fully Hydrostatic Ultra Precision CNC-Turning Machine, Type Super-Mikroturn CNC.- A Personal Prospective on the Quest for Higher Precision Diamond Turning Lathes.- Session 3 - "Measurement Techniques and Equipments".- Nanotechnology at the National Physical Laboratory.- Micro-Indentation Assessment of Near Surface Materials Properties and Sub-Surface Damage in Precision Machining.- Measurement of Ultraprecision Components Using Non-Contact Interferometry Based Instrumentation.- In-Process Surface Finish Measurement of High Quality Components.- Measurement of Steep Aspheric Surfaces Using a Radial Shear Interferometer.- Testing of Aspheric Surfaces with Computer Generated Holograms.- Synthetic Holograms for the Testing of Aspheric Surfaces.- Experimental Measurement of Optimum Depth of Cut.

Prof.Dr.-Ing.Dr.-Ing.E.h.M.Weck war Inhaber des Lehrstuhles für Werkzeugmaschinen, Direktor des Laboratoriums für Werkzeugmaschinen und Betriebslehre (WZL) der RWTH Aachen und Direktoriumsmitglied des Fraunhofer-Institutes für Produktionstechnologie (IPT) in Aachen, in welchem er die Abteilung Produktionsmaschinen leitete.