Sapphire Rods
Typical applications: Lightpipes/guides, Lift Pins, Feed-throughs,Ram pump, Plunger rods, Laser ranger, Laser designator, Insulators and Measuring rods.
Rods out of Sapphire are widely used in medical devices, accurate machine and inspection instruments, due to its exceptional properties of high hardness, high strength, scratch resistance, high temperature resistance, purity, chemical durability and superior radiation stability.
Our custom shapes for sapphire rods include both ends flat, one end radius, both ends radius, saddle pins and special shapes as per customer's requirements ((dome end sapphire rod;flat end sapphire rod;cone end sapphire rod;).
Our achievable specifications for sapphire rods are: diameter start at 0.40mm, surface quality up to 40/20, and surface roughness RZ0.05.
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