Author: APOMA

IRD White Paper Provides Guidelines for Design of Precision Super Hard Components

IRD Glass (IRD), a premier fabricator of custom precision optics, including those from super hard materials including sapphire and many ceramics, has announced availability of a new white paper titled “5 Most Common Mistakes in Designing Precision Super Hard Components”.  Click IRD Glass Press Release – Super Hard Materials White Paper (January 2020) for the full release with a link to the free White Paper.

APOMA General Meeting at Photonics West 2020

We hope you can join us at our Annual APOMA General Meeting at Photonics West in San Francisco!  Details are as follows:

APOMA General Meeting

Wednesday February 5th, 8:00am-945am

Park Central Hotel, Franciscan Room (3rd level)

 

U.S. Army will fund rare earths plant for weapons development

The U.S. Army plans to fund construction of rare earths processing facilities, part of an urgent push by Washington to secure domestic supply of the minerals used to make military weapons and electronics, according to a government document seen by Reuters. Full story at link below: 

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-rareearths-army-exclusive/exclusive-us-army-will-fund-rare-earths-plant-for-weapons-development-idUSKBN1YF0HU