Davoudinejad, A.

Li, D.

Regi, F.

Tosello, G.

Zhang, Y.

This paper presents a new micro milling strategy for manufacturing optical functionality on steel surfaces. The micro structures, a combination of arrays of micro-ridges, have been machined on tool steel surfaces. The desired function is to maximize the contrast of the reflected light from orthogonally patterned features. The micro-ridges are 800 μm long, 50 μm wide and 5° tilted

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