Schlieren optical setup for Hypersonic wind tunnel
Project Detail
- Fabrication and Assembly of Larger aperture schlieren optics of Diameter 750 mm.
- Fabrication of Aspheric F10 mirror of Diameter 750 mm along with necessary mechanical mounts
- Fabrication and assembly of 785mm diameter windows with a very small transmitted wavefront error over the complete aperture. In house fabrication of window mounts.
- Complete system testing for performance at factory and site.
Schlieren optical setup for Trisonic wind tunnel
Project Detail
- Fabrication and Assembly of Larger aperture schlieren optics of Diameter 500mm.
- Fabrication of Aspheric F10 mirror of Diameter 500mm along with necessary mechanical mounts
- Fabrication and assembly of 470mm diameter windows with a small transmitted wavefront error over the complete aperture. In house fabrication of window mounts.
- Complete system testing for performance at factory and site.
- Mechanical structures and stands were designed to damp existing surface vibrations during tunnel operation.
Hexing Segmentation and scooping of large mirror
Project Detail
- Polishing of flat 1.5m zerodur roundel to very high surface figures
- Interferometric measurements of different zones using Zygo Interferometer
- Machining of 1.5 m circular polished blank into a hexagon in our in-house glass machining facility.