Abstract
This paper describes program OSA, intended for the modelling and process control of automatic
shaping and aspherization of axisymmetric optical surfaces by means of a polishing
method. The program makes it possible to calculate the regions where the tool contacts the
workpiece and to determine the speeds and pressures, the removal functions of the tool, and the
optimum surface-processing sequence for removing a given layer of the allowance. Results
are given for the modelling of the processing of a convex spherical workpiece with a full-size solid
tool, a small tool, an annular tool, and a mask tool, and it is shown to be efficient to control
the shaping processes by means of the OSA program that has been developed.
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