INSACO, Inc. - Quakertown, PA
Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer, Service Company
Precision grinding & fabrication of custom sapphire rods as well as other ultra hard materials like technical ceramics, quartz & glass to customer specs. Prototypes to ongoing series production. Includes lapping & polishing.
www.insaco.com/MatPages/sapphire.html

Rayotek Scientific, Inc. - San Diego, CA
Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer, Service Company
ISO 9001:2008 certified, full design standard, minority owned. Fabricator of sapphire & glass precision rods, tubes, balls, nozzles, optical & non-optical products standoffs, wear parts, insulators, micro-optics, lenses & windows. Capabilities include designing, engineering, prototyping, molding, slumping, polishing, machining, grinding, cutting, brazing, sealing & strengthening. Large volume capabilities. SBA certified SDB.
www.rayotek.com/sapphire_tubes.htm

Swiss Jewel Co. - Philadelphia, PA
Distributor, Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer
Manufacturer & distributor of sapphire rods with outer diameter of 0.0175 in. for pumps, light pipes, spacers, insulators & wear applications. Also used as an insulator.
www.swissjewel.com/1/rods_tubes/

Specialty Glass Products, Inc. - Willow Grove, PA
Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer, Service Company
Custom manufacturer of glass rods made from materials including sapphire & fused, GE 124 & NSG 0Z quartz. Rods are available in various sizes, specifications, tolerances & surface finishes for various applications. ISO 9001:2000 compliant.
catalog.sgpinc.com/addtocart/ds-1009-qtys-1...

A-1 Alloys - San Diego, CA
Distributor, Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer
Custom manufacturer of aluminum, brass, copper, stainless, hi-temp & exotic alloys, titanium, precious metals & plastics. All shapes & sizes, tubing, foil, wire mesh & grating available.
www.a1alloys.com

Bird Precision - Waltham, MA
Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer
Manufacturer of orifice fittings used in critical flow restrictors & sapphire rods. Available in sizes including 1/16 in. barb fittings available in sizes from 10 microns through .035 I.D retrofit with precision ruby orifices. Available as in-line barb to barb, 10-32 to barb & as tube inserts. Contained within these fittings are ruby orifices with zero porosity, high temperature, chemical & wear resistance in ranges starting at 0.00029 in. Applications include hydraulic, medical, control, pneumatic, aerospace & biotech/biomedical.
www.birdprecision.com

Goodfellow Corp. - Coraopolis, PA
Distributor
Distributor of sapphire rods. Pure metals & alloys for research, prototype development & small run applications.
www.goodfellowusa.com/A/Rod.html

MarkeTech International - Port Townsend, WA
Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer
Custom manufacturer of boule & profile grown sapphires balls, bearings, nozzles & rods. Specifications include 3.98 g/cu. cm. density, 2.5 GPa - 4.0 GPa flexural strength, 2,040 degrees C melting point & maximum working temperature up to 1,800 degrees C. Sapphires can withstand high temperatures, high pressure, thermal shock & water or sand erosion.
www.marketech-sapphire.com/index.html

All-Chemie, Ltd. - Mount Pleasant, SC
Distributor, Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer
Worldwide distributor of rods made of rubidium. Purities range from 99.5 percent to 99.9 percent. Glass ampules packaging available. Compounds include rubidium acetate, rubidium bromide, rubidium carbonate, rubidium chloride, rubidium chromate, rubidium fluoride, rubidium hydroxide, rubidium iodate, rubidium iodide, rubidium molybdate, rubidium niobate, rubidium nitrate, rubidium oxide, rubidium perchlorate, rubidium selenide, rubidium sulfate, rubidium sulfide, rubidium tantalite, rubidium titanate, rubidium tungstate, meta rubidium vanadate, & pyro rubidium vanadate.
chemicalcompounds.allchemie.com/category/el...

PremaTech Advanced Ceramics - Worcester, MA
Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer, Service Company
ISO 9001:2008 certified women-owned custom fabricator of sapphire rods. Capabilities include CNC grinding, ceramic machining, engineering, flat & roll lapping, honing, gang wheel slicing & core drilling. Industries served include semiconductor, aerospace, defense, research, life science, medical, power generation, commercial & research institutions.
prematechac.rtrk.com/?scid=2075461&rl_alt=h...

Norca Precision - Great Neck, NY
Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer, Service Company
ISO 9000 & ISO 9002 certified custom manufacturer of machined sapphire rods featuring resistance to acids & bases at 300 degrees C.
www.norcaprecision.com/machined_sapphire.sh...

Glebar Co., Inc. - Franklin Lakes, NJ
Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer, Service Company
ISO 9001:2008 certified manufacturer of carbon rods, extruded plastic rods, fibre rods, glass rods, laser rods, & sapphire rods. Form grinders & other systems are used to make spherical or cylindrical components from pre-form or rod in materials from rubber, ceramics, wood & PTFE. Custom made products also available. Markets served include electronics, plastics, micromachining, wire, metal, ceramic, composite, rubber & wood industries.
www.glebar.com/machines_industries.html

Microlap Technologies, Inc. - Rolla, ND
Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer, Service Company
Custom manufacturer of precision components made from synthetic ruby & sapphire, ceramic, silicon nitride, carbide & other materials based on customer requirements. Products are available in standard or custom sizes & configurations which enables a variety of multiple applications.
www.microlap.com

General Ruby & Sapphire Co., Div. of EWM General Corp. - New Port Richey, FL
Custom Manufacturer
Custom manufacturer of sapphire rods. Specifications include length up to 12.0 in. & 0.010 in. to 0.125 in. dia. Sapphire rods are available in stock.
www.generalruby.com/Sapphire-Rods/

Newport Industrial Glass, Inc. - Stanton, CA
Distributor, Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer, Service Company
Instrument tubing & rod: Pyrex tubing & rods, quartz tubing & rod, standard & wall tubing, brass, bronze & copper tubing, medium wall tubing, heavy wall tubing, high pressure, red-line tubing, gauge glass, fabricated parts, precision bore, chemical glass pipes.
www.newportglass.com/nigmat.htm

Laurel Industries - Highland Park, IL
Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer, Service Company
Manufacturer of lenses, prisms, mirrors, wedge & standards reflection.
www.laurelindustries.com/

Rubicon Technology, Inc. - Bannockburn, IL
Manufacturer
Manufacturers & Distributor High Precision Sapphire, Quartz, Fused Silica Rods, Piston Assemblies, Laser Light Pipes. Laser Rods

Access Optics - Broken Arrow, OK
Manufacturer
FDA registered manufacturer, providing OEM assemblies and devices under ISO 13485:2003 medical device manufacturing and ISO 9001:2008 certifications. U.S. based manufacturer. Products include conventional and miniature optics and assemblies. Also nano based glass-to-metal seals and thousand-cycle autoclavable hermetic assemblies. Applications include biomedical, aerospace, analytical instrumentation, machine vision, oil exploration & homeland security.

GT Advanced Technologies. - Salem, MA
Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer
Manufacturer of titanium doped laser rods with crystalline structures & laser quality surface polishes. Large diameter titanium sapphire amplifier crystals available up to 200 mm in diameter for petawatt laser systems. High FOM rods with brewster angle ends for femto & attosecond oscillator & laser systems also available. Absorption values range from alpha 0.5/cm to 9.0/cm at 514 nm depending on application. Made in America.

Honeywell Electronic Materials - Sunnyvale, CA
Manufacturer
Integrating Design, Materials, & Related Services For Microelectronics Industry

Imetra - Elmsford, NY
Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer
Designer & Supplier Of Precision Machined Products From A Wide Variety Of Materials For The Instrument Industry Including Ceramics, Carbides, Crystals & Special Alloys. Engineering Assistance Available

CerCo, LLC - Shreve, OH
Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer
Manufacturer of advanced ceramics, armor, specialty refractories, kiln furniture, wear-resistant linings & grinding media. Alumina, zirconia, silicon nitride, silicon carbide, & cordierite. Prototype & large quantities available. Rapid prototypes.

Stettler Sapphire - Half Moon Bay, CA
Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer
Manufacturer of sapphire windows, lenses, rods, laser tips, & parts for electronics.

Sapphire Engineering, Inc. - Pocasset, MA
Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer, Service Company
Pistons, Optical Rods, Polished, Ground Tight Tolerancing

Saphikon, Inc. - Milford, NH
Manufacturer
Structural & Optical Sapphire, For Lift Pins & Wafer Boat Stiffeners Used In The Semiconductor Manufacturing Process & For High-Temperature Optical Sensor Applications