5 papers
Zero-waste manufacturing of ophthalmic lenses by direct Fluidic Shaping in arbitrary domains
Yotam Katzman, Mor Elgarisi, Amos A. Hari +4
The conventional manufacturing of ophthalmic lenses is an inefficient subtractive process where up to 97% of the material is discarded through grinding, polishing, and edging. Flui…
Modeling the Thermal Behavior of Photopolymers for In-Space Fabrication
Jonathan Ericson, Daniel Widerker, Eytan Stibbe +15
Future long-duration space missions will require in-situ, on-demand manufacturing of tools and components. Photopolymer-based processes are attractive for this purpose due to their…
In-space manufacturing of optical lenses: Fluidic Shaping aboard the International Space Station
Omer Luria, Mor Elgarisi, Eytan Stibbe +12
In-space manufacturing technologies are vital for enabling advanced space missions and addressing logistical limitations of space exploration. While additive manufacturing has prog…
Optical Design Pathways to Fluidic Space-Assembled Reflectors & Dual-Configuration Spectrographs for Characterizing Exo-Earths
Enrico Biancalani, Edward Balaban, Ruslan Belikov +14
| We present a conceptual framework for optically designing space-assembled telescopes whose primary mirror is formed via the enabl…
Fluid dynamics of a liquid mirror space telescope
Israel Gabay, Omer Luria, Edward Balaban +2
Large aperture telescopes are pivotal for exploring the universe, yet even with state-of-the-art manufacturing and launch technology, their size is limited to several meters. As we…