Optical manufacturingcapabilities and tolerances.
Machining, grinding, lapping, polishing, coating, and inspection across optical glass, technical glass, ceramics, sapphire, and infrared materials. Start with the process, then confirm the material and equipment, and verify the results.
- ±.0001″
- Best-case machining
- <1/20λ
- Best-case flatness
- Ra <2Å
- Best-case polish
How to qualify IRD
Use these pages to self-qualify IRD Glass before a quote. Each one answers a different engineering question without hiding the numbers.
Go deeper
The substrate, equipment, and quality system behind the finished component.
Materials
Glass, ceramic, sapphire, infrared, and specialty substrates IRD machines and polishes.
Equipment
Machining, polishing, coating, and metrology equipment on the floor in Minnesota.
Quality & Certifications
ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 13485:2016 certification, ITAR registration, traceability, and the inspection process behind each shipment.
Send us your drawing
Send the drawing and the application context. We will review tolerance, material, process sequence, inspection, and volume together, before any one choice makes the others harder.