Capabilities

Capabilities

Materials Capabilities:

  • Aluminum Oxide
  • Aluminum Nitride
  • Carbide (CVD, HP, RBSC)
  • Fused Quartz
  • Fused Silica
  • Silicon Nitride (SSN, SRBSN, RBSN)
  • Hi-Purity Glass
  • Ytrria
  • Zirconia (PSZ, TTZ)
Capabilities Finished Standard
Flatness (as ground)  .0001”/”  .001”/”
Flatness (mechanical polish) .000002” – – – – – –
Straightness .0002”/” .001”/’
Circularity .0001”/” .001”/’
Cylindricity .0001”/” .001”/’
Perpindicularity .0001”/” .001”/’
Squareness 0:00.30o 0:30.00o
Angularity 0:00.30o 0:30.00o
Parallelism .00005”/” .0005”/”
Surface Roughness (as ground) – – – – – – 32u”
Surface Roughness (manual polish) 8u”  – – – – – –
Surface Roughness (mechanical polish) >2u” – – – – – –

Ceramics & Quartz Machining

Ceramics & Quartz Machining

Advanced Industrial Ceramics performs precision machining and grinding services on ceramics and quartz. Materials are processed, measured and cleaned with state-of-the-art equipment by highly trained professionals. All parts are designed and fabricated to the customer’s specifications. We perform the following services on ceramics and quartz materials:

CNC Machining – Lathe, Mill, Surface, Ultra Sonic

Automated Machining – Blanchard, Lathe, Mill, Surface, Universal grinding

Manual Machining – Blanchard, Lap/Polish, Lathe, Mill, Surface grinding, Lapping/Polishing

Ceramics and Quartz Machining – Rapid prototyping with 1.5-3 week delivery Subcontract Grinding Prototype and Quick Turn NPI and First Article Production Small Run production

Materials

  • Aluminum Oxide
  • Aluminum Nitride
  • Carbide (CVD, HP, RBSC)
  • Fused Quartz
  • Fused Silica
  • Silicon Nitride (SSN, SRBSN, RBSN)
  • Hi-Purity Glass
  • Ytrria
  • Zirconia (PSZ, TTZ)

Materials Offered

Materials Offered
Ceramics & Quartz Machining
  • Aluminum Oxide
  • Fused Quartz (Transparent or Opaque)
  • luminum Nitride
  • Silicon Carbide (CVD, HP, RBSC)
  • Silicon Nitride (SSN, RBSN, HPSN)
  • Zirconium Oxide
  • Boron Carbide
  • Single Crystal Silicon
  • Sapphire
  • Macor® Machinable Glass Ceramic

Secondary Services

Secondary Services
  • Lapping/Polishing
  • Chemical Cleaning for clean room use
  • Quartz Welding
  • Fire Polish and Annealing
  • Clean Room Packaging
  • Laser marking
  • Inspection
  • Texturizing (media blast)