UPS2

Products and Services

UPS2 provides a range of commercial services related to precision surface structuring.

We offer the capability to design, develop, manufacture and measure structured surfaces in a wide range of materials, with particular emphasis on rapid throughput fabrication of large surface areas to ultra high precision (better than 1 part in 108). Surfaces up to 2m in diameter can be machined into complex shapes to a precision in the nanometre range. Applications include aerospace components, mirror segments for large astronomical telescopes, infra-red lenses, and imprint drums for precision replication in roll-to-roll printing applications.

UPS2 uses advanced metrology including Profilometry, Interferometers, Co-ordinate metrology & Hybrid metrology methods – often in situ to reduce processing time.

Microstructured drums

Ultra-precise & accurate drum cutting for manufacturers of optical film, Fresnel lenses, microfluidics, X ray mandrels and holograms.

Precision grinding & polishing

Design and manufacture of substrates such as lenses, mirrors and flats up to 1.6m

Precision Machine Development

  • Finite Element Analysis (stress/thermal)
  • Dynamic Modal Analysis
  • Rotor Dynamics Analysis
  • Laser Based Calibration

Ultra Precision Surface Engineering

  • Single Point Diamond Turning
  • Fixed Abrasive Grinding
  • Free Abrasive Polishing
  • Fluid Jet Polishing
  • Reactive Atom Plasma

Advanced Surface Structuring

  • Photo-chemical Machining
  • Single and multi-point diamond surface structuring
  • Laser based micro machining
  • 5 axes micromachining
  • CVD and PVD coating

For further information email us info@ups2.co.uk