Mo-Sci Corp. - Rolla, MO
Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer, Service Company
AS9100C and ISO 9001:2008 certified manufacturer of standard & custom glass spheres including radioactive microspheres, spacer grade microspheres, chemically strengthened borosilicate glass microspheres, inorganic glass microspheres & metal coated glass microspheres. Glass spheres have dia. ranging from 1 micrometer to 1000 micrometers. Chemically strengthened microspheres feature electrical resistance, low alkali content & can be used at temperature above 1200 degrees F. Metal coated glass microspheres are used as catalysts, laser fusion targets & materials for preparing electrically conductive adhesives & polymers, composites & reinforced polymers, thermo-electrical elements, ablative coatings & electrically conducting bond line spacers. Radioactive microspheres are used for radiation therapy for malignant tumors, radioactive tracers & labels, radiation synovectomy & microdosimetry.
www.mo-sci.com/Mo-Sci_Specialty_Products/Pr...

Maley Laser Processing - Warwick, RI
Custom Manufacturer, Service Company
Complete industrial & architectural designing, engineering, fabricating & reverse engineering. Intricate shapes, contours & bevels. From simple OD/ID cutting of glass to complex patterns. 40,000 sq. ft. facility, overhead crane, 24/7 processing.
www.maleylaser.com/index.html

AGSCO Corporation - Locations
Distributor, Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer, Service Company
ISO 9001:2008 certified manufacturer & distributor of porous glass spheres. Specifications include 16 mm to 100 micron grit size, spherical grain shape, off white color, 116.13 - 348.38 lbs. per cu. ft. grain crush strength &, 700 degrees C softening point & 5 Mohs hardness. Applications include lightweight filler & insulator for resin systems (cement, rubber & plastic).
Brand Names: Armex, Starblast
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Goodfellow Corp. - Coraopolis, PA
Distributor
Distributor of glass spheres. Pure metals & alloys, single crystals, ceramics, polymers & composites for research, prototype development & small run applications. Custom cutting, finishing & analyses available.
www.goodfellowusa.com/A/Sphere.html

Edmund Optics - Barrington, NJ
Distributor, Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer, Service Company
ISO 9001:2008 certified worldwide manufacturer & distributor of standard & custom glass spheres including general purpose integrating spheres. Available with inner diameters from 2 in. to 6 in. Spheres feature 1/4-20 mounts in the spun aluminum housings. Designing, prototyping, troubleshooting & testing services are available. RoHS compliant.
www.edmundoptics.com/testing-targets/spectr...

The Cary Company - Addison, IL
Distributor
Distributor of hollow glass spheres and solid glass spheres, along with a full line of specialty chemical products including fillers, extenders, additives, resins, pigments, purge compounds. Consultant services for the technical selection of products.
Brand Names: Q-Cel, Sphericel, Spheriglass, UltraSpheres
www.thecarycompany.com/products/potters.htm...

Norca Precision - Great Neck, NY
Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer, Service Company
ISO 9000 & ISO 9002 certified custom manufacturer of spheres including ceramic, optical & glass spheres. Applications include aerospace, nuclear, automotive, medical, telecommunications, semiconductor & electronics industries.
www.norcaprecision.com/index.shtml#

Newport Industrial Glass, Inc. - Stanton, CA
Distributor, Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer, Service Company
Fabricator: core drilling, cutting, machining, grinding & polishing, beveling, dicing, surface grinding, commercial & precision polishing, curve generating, concave/convex machining, vacuum channels, edge polishing, CNC machining, lapping, fusing, reforming, molding & other operations.
www.newportglass.com/angwcat.htm

Fiber Optic Center, Inc. - New Bedford, MA
Distributor, Service Company
Stocking distributor of glass spheres made from silica. Spheres are available in 0.10 micrometer to 120 micrometer sizes.
Brand Names: AngstromSphere, Fiber Optic Center
www.focenter.com/script_guide.asp?gid=37&ti...

Bern Optics, Inc. - Westfield, MA
Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer
Manufacturer of precision micro-miniature & submillimeter optical glass spheres in production & prototype quantities, ground & polished to micron tolerances. Products also include lenses, prisms, apertures, mirrors, windows, balls, axicons, filters, optical wedges, beam splitter cubes, domes & parallel plates. Singlet lenses, cemented multi-element lenses, doublets & triplets are available, as well as special components with combinations of plano, spherical and cylindrical surfaces. Available in optical grade glass & filter glass construction. Capabilities also include custom coating, assembly & prototyping.
www.bernoptics.com/36-balls.htm

Intercorp, Inc. - Milwaukee, WI
Distributor, Manufacturer
Distributor multicellular high quality glass hollow spheres. Grades: C-XL, C-L, C-M & C-S. Applications: interior & exterior insulation, spackle, mortars, floor compounds, anti-noise compounds, PVC plastisols, subsoil protection, covering mold castings, BMC & SMC.

Norstone Inc. - Wyncote, PA
Distributor, Custom Manufacturer
Grinding Media In All Sizes & Materials: Zirconia, Alumina, Steatite, Silica, Steel, Chrome, Tungsten, Plastic, Exotics. Used In All Types Of Mills Including Ball, Jar, Attritor, Shot, Media, Basket, Sand & Vibratory

Traffic Safety & Equipment Co., Inc. - Mahwah, NJ
Distributor, Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer, Service Company
Distributor of glass beads or spheres for highway safety marking & commercial applications. Safety marking spheres can be applied as drop-on spheres in water borne paint, epoxy, polyester, thermoplastic, PMMA polyurethane, polyurea & VOC compliant paints. Available in 50 lbs. bags.

The Oceanscience Group, Ltd. - La Plata Oceanside, CA
Manufacturer
Flotation Housings - 17''

Elan Technology - Midway, GA
Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer, Service Company
ISO/TS 16949 & QS 9000 certified manufacturer of non-reflective on glass surfaces & glass substrates & spheres. Manufacturing capabilities include producing 1/4 mg to 1/4 kg part sizes & 1/4 ton to 20 ton pressing. Standard & custom glass compositions are also available.
Brand Names: Elan

Potters Industries Inc. - Valley Forge, PA
Manufacturer
Glass spheres & particles, metal powders, glitter, diamond dust

Benthos, Inc. - North Falmouth, MA
Manufacturer
Oceanographic & Robotic Equipment Specializing In Remote Sensing Technology For Harsh Environments & Underwater Exploration Research. Products Include Acoustic Systems, Glass Spheres, Hydrophones & Remotely Operated Vehicles

Opco Laboratory, Inc. - Fitchburg, MA
Manufacturer, Service Company
Manufacturer of optical designed glass spheres. Other products include aspheres, domes, conic sections, cylinders, ellipses, toroids, parabolas, prisms, lenses & filters. Applications include medical, semiconductor, aerospace & defense.

Sapphire Engineering, Inc. - Pocasset, MA
Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer, Service Company
Spheres & Lenses For Fiberoptic Applications

Kokomo Opalescent Glass - Kokomo, IN
Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer, Service Company
Custom manufacturer of glass spheres & rods including handblown glass, rondels, dalles & custom work in a variety of colors & sizes. Types of glass available include light diffusing, limited light transmission, medium, considerable light transmission, nearly translucent opal & streaky. Capable of working with glass up to 32 in. x 84 in. in size. Ripple & tight ripple glass is available in sizes up to 32 in. x 32 in. Catspaw glass is available in sizes up to 24 in. x 42 in.

3M Specialty Materials Div. - Saint Paul, MN
Manufacturer
Manufacturer of glass bubbles & ceramic microspheres for use in paints & coatings, plastics, drilling mud, pipeline insulation, & other applications to reduce the density or provide other benefits such as gloss control, hardness, or higher filler loading.

CDGM Glass Co., USA - Rochester, NY
Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer
Manufacturer of spherical glass lenses for the optical industry. Specifications include center thickness of +/-0.02 mm or +/-0.01 mm, diameters of +0/-0.02 mm & +0/-0.005 mm, ETD of 0.05 mm & 0.01 mm, scratch dig 60 - 40 or 20 - 10, single or multilayer AR coating & sag of +/- .015 mm or +/- .010 mm. Spherical lenses can be ground & polished to customer specifications

3M Co., Performance Materials Div. - Saint Paul, MN
Manufacturer, Service Company

Spheric-Trafalgar, Ltd. - Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer
Manufacturer of high precision balls of chrome steel, stainless steel, tungsten carbide, silicon nitride & many types of modified balls, for use in OEM, inspection, gauging & bearing applications. ISO 9001:2000 / TS 16949:2002

W.P. & R.S. Mars Co. - Bloomington, MN
Distributor, Custom Manufacturer
Distributor of polymers including solid glass spheres & A-glass spheres with mean value of 35. A glass spheres are manufactured from soda lime glass composition, like window glass. Refractive index of A-glass is 1.51 to 1.52. Solid A glass spheres are available in mean particle sizes from 7 to 200 microns. 3000 & 4000 grade products comes with mean particle size of 35-25 microns & are used for resin extension in polymer applications. 5000 & 6000 grade are used in paints & coatings.
Brand Names: APEX, Alemite, Carboloy, Craftsman, Diversified Brands, Dominator, Flexible Steel, Fred V. Fowler,...