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Sydor Optics, Inc. - Rochester, NY
Manufacturer of precision optical components specializing in double-sided polishing and CNC machining of glass. Products include beamsplitters, debris shields, color filters, flats, light pipes, mirrors, wafers, wedges and windows.
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A.M.F. Optics, Inc. - Woburn, MA
Manufacturer of precision optical components. Prototype through production quantities of cylindrical and spherical lenses, prisms, windows, mirrors and flats. Provider of UV-VIS-IR materials, diamond-turned components including aspheres and spherical lenses, and metal mirrors. Supplier of polishing...
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Bond Optics, LLC - Lebanon, NH
Custom manufacturer of precision optical components and precision mechanical glasswork. Materials processed include fused quartz/silica, optical glass, filter glass, pyrex, Zerodur and ULE. Custom coating and interferometric testing services available.
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Esco Optics - Oak Ridge, NJ
US manufacturer of custom and standard optics for the UV, visible and IR wavelengths. In house production of lenses, windows, mirrors, blanks, prisms, filters and optical coatings. For over 50 years, we have proudly offered exceptional customer service, low prices and short lead times. ITAR...
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Valley Design Corp., Headquarters - Shirley, MA
Since 1975 Valley Design Corp. has been an industry leader in advanced materials processing, as providers of precision lapping, polishing, dicing, CNC machining, grinding and other precision machining services including slicing, backgrinding, wafer and die thinning, optical edge/angle polishing and...
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ADDITIONAL COMPANIES
Advanced Optics, Inc. - Pewaukee, WI
BibleOpteq Co. Ltd. - Beijing, China
CMPC Surface Finishes, Sub. of Cabot Microelectronics Corp. - Addison, IL
Delaware Diamond Knives, Inc. - Wilmington, DE
Displays & Optical Technologies Inc. - Georgetown, TX
Ecospectrum, Ltd. - Coloma, Ukraine
Electrogrip - Pittsburgh, PA
Engis Corp. - Wheeling, IL
Engis UK Ltd., Member of the Engis Group of Companies - Henley-on-Thames, England
Entrepix, Inc. - Tempe, AZ
General Scientific Corp. - Ann Arbor, MI
Gooch & Housego - Somerset, England
I.G.S., Inc. - Sunnyvale, CA
InSync, Inc. - Albuquerque, NM
IRD Glass - Litchfield, MN
J A Anderson Associates Sales & Marketing, Inc. - Saint Charles, IL
Klarmann Rulings, Inc. - Litchfield, NH
Lunzer, Inc., Applied Technology Div. - Saddle Brook, NJ
Optical Planz, Sub. of Advanced Crystal Inter-Action - Stony Point, NY
Orgus Photonics, Division of Vudlita UAB - Raseiniai, Lithuania
Reynard Corp. - San Clemente, CA
Russell Optics - West Rutland, VT
S&S Optical Co., Inc. - New Haven, IN
Spartan Felt Co., Inc., Polishing Pad Div. - Roebuck, SC
Stellar Precision Optical, Inc. - San Dimas, CA
Super Optronics - Gardena, CA
Surface Finishes, Sub. of Cabot Microelectronics Corp. - Addison, IL
Technodiamant USA, Sub. of Technodiamant BV - Tranquility, NJ
TraTech Fiberoptics, Inc. - Bend, OR
Twin Glass Industries, Inc. - Morgan Hill, CA
United States Products Co. - Pittsburgh, PA
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lapping
1. The process of wearing down the surface of a softer material by rubbing it under pressure against the surface of a harder material that has been formed in the shape opposite to that desired on the softer material. Loose, wet abrasive generally is...
polishing and abrasive material
Any of the numerous powders used for grinding and polishing glass, crystal or metal, the chief material being emery and carborundum for grinding, and rouge or the oxides of tin, cerium or other metals for polishing.
lap
A metal tool used to grind lenses with loose abrasive (see diamond cutting tool). The functional surface of the lap is carefully formed to be opposite the curve to be produced on the glass (concave vs. convex). Iron laps are available for spherical,...
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