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ASC OP/TF 5
will hold an Aspheric Optics meeting on Tuesday, April 9th, 2013,
11:00–12:00 EDT. The meeting will be conducted by teleconference.
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ASC OP/TF 6
will hold an Infrared Materials Standards meeting on Monday, April 29th, 2013, 10:00-11:30 EDT. The meeting will be held in conjunction with SPIE's Defense, Security and Sensing in Baltimore, MD.
The meeting will be in the Hilton Hotel, Holiday Ballroom 1.
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ASC OP/TF 4
will hold an Optics Drawing Notations meeting on Tuesday, May 7th, 2013,
09:00–11:00 EDT. The meeting will be conducted by teleconference.
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ASC OP/TF 2
will hold an Optics Imperfections meeting on Tuesday, May 7th, 2013,
14:00–16:00 EDT. The meeting will be conducted by teleconference.
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ASC OP/TF 1
will hold an Optical Glass meeting on Tuesday, May 7th, 2013,
16:30–17:30 EDT. The meeting will be conducted by teleconference.
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ASC OP
will hold a general business meeting, in conjunction with ISO TC172 SC1 mirror committee, in February 2014.
The meeting will be held in conjunction with Photonics West in San Francisco, CA.
Anyone who is interested in these meetings should contact
Dave Aikens at
daikens@optstd.org,
(860)878-0722, or c/o OEOSC, PO Box 25705, Rochester, NY
14625-0705 for more information.
No classes are currently scheduled.
Please contact
Dave Aikens at daikens@optstd.org,
(860)878-0722, or c/o OEOSC, PO Box 25705, Rochester, NY
14625-0705 to schedule on-site training.
The Accredited Standards Committee OP "Optics and
Electro-Optical Instruments" is soliciting optical experts
who represent companies who are industrial users of optics.
An industrial user purchases optical components to be
assembled into products that the company offers for sale.
These experts will be working with representatives of
companies who produce optical components and experts who have
general interest in optics, such as academic representatives
and personnel from professional societies and trade
organizations. Those who are interested may apply for
membership using the
form on this
web site.
If you need more information, view the information in the
ASC OP section of this web site, or
contact Dave Aikens at daikens@optstd.org or
860-878-0722.
Rochester, NY: The Accredited Standards Committee for
fundamental optics standards, ASC OP, has voted to begin the
process of adopting the Organization for International
Standardization (ISO) drawing standards as the national
drawing standards for optics in the United States. Reviewing
and preparing the fourteen parts of the international drawing
standards, ISO 10110-1 through ISO 10110-17, is expected to
be complete by 2009. This review reflects the need to
consider the documentary standards requirements of the U.S.
optics industry. This action was motivated by the recent vote
by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) to
withdraw the existing national drawing standard, ANSI/ASME
Y14.18, which has not been updated since 1986.
Since their publication in 1996, the ISO drawing standards
have been controversial, especially in the United States. The
international standards were drafted based on the German
Industry Standards (DIN 3140) with minimal consideration for
the active U.S. Military drawing standards such as
MIL-PRF-13830B, MIL-G-174B or MIL-STD-34. Thus the ISO
standards are a significant departure from standard practice
in the United States and many other countries. In spite of
this, the ISO standards have been gaining momentum and
support throughout the industry, and have been adopted as the
national optics drawing standards in many countries including
Japan, Germany, France, and Russia, among others. In the
U.S., the drawing standard ANSI/ASME Y14.18:1986, which is
based on MIL-STD-34, is so out of date that it would take an
extensive effort to re-author it to serve the modern optics
industry.
Gene Kohlenberg, OEOSC Executive Director, said, .In a change
of policy, ASC OP has elected to scuttle plans for revision
of the existing U.S. drawing standard, and adopt the
international standards instead. The standards will be
augmented with supplementary national standards as
necessary.. As the result of a unanimous vote of attending
experts, ASC OP has formed a task force which will coordinate
the technical review of the standards over the next two years
and prepare some or all of them for submittal to the general
committee for adoption.
Allen Krisiloff, Chairperson-elect of the OEOSC Board of
Directors said, .Dave Aikens of Savvy Optics Corp, the
current head of the U.S. delegation to
ISO/TC 172/SC 1, the ISO subcommittee on
fundamental standards for optics and photonics, has been
appointed Leader of the new Task Force.. The U.S.
implementation of the standard is expected to allow continued
use of existing U.S. optics standards for glass and surface
quality.