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LWO New Diamond Turning and Fly-Cutting Facilities Are Now Operational
LightWorks Optics has been involved with diamond turning technology for nearly 2 decades, and diamond turning has been a core technology in LightWorks advanced optical products from the beginning. In April, 2003, LightWorks brought on-line its new, state-of-the-art, Precitech Nanoform P700 Single Point Diamond Turning and Planoform P550 Diamond Fly Cutting Machines.
The Nanoform P700 includes a hydrostatic rotary stage for three-axis operation, which will allow us to achieve better performance over a wider range of optical configurations. Prior to acquiring this new equipment the LightWorks technical team performed the design and manufacturing engineering for complex diamond turned assemblies, but depended on subcontracting for the actual diamond machining. Now, with the equipment in-house, and with the addition of highly skilled and experienced operators and support metrology instruments, LightWorks is in well positioned to respond to customer needs for high precision, complex optical assemblies at competitive costs and schedules.
Monometallic Telescopes
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2-Mirror, Snap Together Medium Aperture .pdf
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2-Mirror, Large Aperture .pdf
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April 1, 2008
LIGHTWORKS OPTICS WINS CONTRACT FROM LOCKHEED MARTIN UNIT
March 1, 2008
LIGHTWORKS OPTICS OPENS HIGH VOLUME PRODUCTION (HVP) FACILITY IN VISTA, CALIFORNIA
October 1, 2007
LIGHTWORKS OPTICS SELECTS ESS FINESSE ERP SYSTEM (www.essfinesse.com)
June 28, 2007
LIGHTWORKS OPTICS AWARDED $2.8 MILLION CONTRACT FOR ARROWHEAD OPTICAL ASSEMBLIES
June 14, 2007
LIGHTWORKS OPTICS WINS ADVANCED IMAGING AWARD
April 30, 2007
LIGHTWORKS OPTICS WINS $3.2 MILLION CONTRACT
FROM LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
April 12, 2006
LIGHTWORKS OPTICS RECOGNIZED BY LOCKHEED MARTIN
AS OUTSTANDING SMALL BUSINESS PARTNER
March 17, 2006
LIGHTWORKS OPTICS RECEIVES $3.6 MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT FROM LOCKHEED MARTIN FOR
THE FABRICATION OF 28 INFRARED FOCUS ASSEMBLIES FOR FIGHTER AIRCRAFT
June 1, 2004
LIGHTWORKS OPTICS RECOGNIZED BY LOCKHEED MARTIN
AS OUTSTANDING SMALL BUSINESS PARTNER
SPIE FIRST Paper - LightWorks co-authors five (5) SPIE papers on the Far Infrared Space Telescope (FIRST)
As a result of work done by LightWorks Optics in support of the Far Infrared Space Telescope (FIRST), JPL requested that LWO co-author a series of papers and support presentations at the 2001 SPIE conference in San Diego.
The titles of the papers supported by LightWorks are listed below and copies are available through SPIE. The LightWorks co-authors included Dan Barber, Roger Johnston and Don Small.
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Architecture of the FIRST Telescope
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Optical design of the ultra-light-weight FIRST telescope
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Cryogenic (70K) Measurement of an All-Composite 2-Meter Diameter Mirror
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Optical Metrology for Testing an All-Composite 2-Meter Diameter Mirror
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The Effects of Aberrations (Low Order and Quilting) on the Performance of the All-Composite Design for the Herschel Space Observatory
Lockheed Martin Corporation - 2003
Best Small Business Subcontractor
Product excellence and schedule compliance on the IRST program
for Infrared Focus Assemblies (IFA)
Ball Aerospace Technology Corporation - 2002
Deep Impact Telescope Mirrors Program
Exceeded program and schedule requirements
Northrop Grumman Space Technologies - 2002
Low Power Optical Train (LPOT)
Product excellence and program collaboration
TRW - 1999
U.S. Small Business Administration Administrators Award
Excellence on the Radiometric Optical Mechanical System (ROMS) project
Northrop Grumman - 1998
OrbView Collimator
Product excellence and program collaboration
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