Custom Micro Sapphire Rods
Precision micro sapphire rods serve a myriad of applications, featuring meticulously polished surfaces for optical clarity and durability or finely ground surfaces for insulation purposes. These rods are available in a range of outer diameters and lengths, with minimum ODs as small as 0.3mm. C-cut sapphire rods, known for reduced birefringence and exceptional mechanical properties, are particularly favored for applications such as continuum generation. Alternatively, R-cut or randomly oriented rods are also part of our diverse offerings.
Commonly employed in pumps, including HPLC piston/plunger rods, as well as in lamps, gaskets, insulators, and wear applications, our sapphire rods prove to be versatile and reliable.
HY specializes in providing tailor-made micro sapphire rods with either polished surfaces or fine-ground finishes. Our product range includes cylindrical rods, sapphire tapered rods, and sapphire tips/needles, with the capability to manufacture micro sapphire rods as small as 0.3mm.
As an OEM custom micro sapphire rods supplier, we offer an extensive selection catering to various applications such as ram pumps, plunger rods, laser rangers, laser designators, insulators, and measuring rods. We can create custom shapes, such as both ends flat, one end radius, both end radii, saddle pins, and special shapes, to meet specific customer requirements.
The achievable specifications for our micro sapphire rods encompass a starting diameter of 0.3mm, lengths up to 600mm, and surface quality up to 40/20.
HY takes pride in being a custom micro sapphire rods manufacturer, primarily producing according to customer specifications and requests. We invite you to reach out to us for a discussion about your custom micro sapphire rod needs and to receive a complimentary quote.
Why do micro sapphire rods have such good performance?
Sapphire material consists of 99.99% alumina oxide, making it an exceptionally hard substance that ranks second only to diamond in terms of hardness. Its colorless appearance and remarkable transparency make it a favored choice for a variety of technical and optical applications. Sapphire showcases excellent polishability and robust resistance to chemicals.
Micro sapphire rods, whether transparent or not, are the preferred materials for a broad spectrum of applications. The term “extraordinary” accurately characterizes the performance of sapphire across mechanical, optical, thermal, and chemical conditions.
With its bio-inert properties, sapphire becomes an ideal material for applications in bioengineering, dental procedures, and medical bone implants. The impressive wear and abrasion resistance of sapphire makes it particularly suitable for applications involving rod bearings. Sapphire rods excel in scenarios requiring high abrasion and wear, ensuring dimensional stability for rod bearings and standoffs.
Widely employed in medical devices, precision machinery, and inspection instruments, micro sapphire rods are highly valued for their exceptional properties, which include high hardness, strength, scratch resistance, high-temperature resilience, purity, chemical durability, and superior radiation stability.
Micro sapphire rods prove ideal for high-temperature applications, retaining their shape and dimensions due to an extremely high softening point that exceeds 2000°C. These rods are chemically inert and withstand attacks from most processing environments, including acids and alkalis at temperatures of up to approximately 1,000°C.
Micro Sapphire Rods Are Extremely Strong In Extreme Temperatures
Micro sapphire rods are renowned for their outstanding chemical and plasma resistance, making them exceptionally well-suited for diverse applications.
The remarkable chemical resistance of sapphire rods, especially at elevated temperatures, positions them as excellent choices for applications in plasma chambers. Notably, only hot caustic salts possess the potential to etch sapphire rods, while other solvents, acids, and caustics have no impact on sapphire, including molten metals. This unique property ensures the safe handling and processing of chemicals within a chemically pure environment.
The chemical and bio-inert characteristics of sapphire rods make them ideal for critical applications in medical, pharmaceutical, semiconductor, and various industries where maintaining purity and health is of utmost importance.
Supported sapphire rods exhibit the ability to withstand temperatures up to 2000°C without significant alteration in shape and with minimal impact on mechanical performance. In high-temperature furnace systems, sapphire rods serve as excellent choices for rollers and standoffs, maintaining their straightness and dimensional precision up to 1800°C. Sapphire’s exceptional chemical resistance prevents many materials from adhering to it, even at elevated temperatures.
Sapphire rods hold the highest temperature rating among all optical materials, preserving their integrity in both oxidizing and inert atmospheres.
Custom Sapphire Optical Parts Service With Easy
HY is a leading custom sapphire glass parts manufacturer specializing in the production of custom sapphire crystal parts. Our comprehensive solutions for custom sapphire optical parts fabrication encompass shaping, grinding, drilling, and polishing. Additionally, we offer coating solutions tailored to enhance and optimize performance across a wide spectrum of applications.
Backed by over 12 years of diverse experience, HY offers effective methods for polishing custom sapphire parts, ensuring low roughness, high surface quality, and precise surface accuracy.
We provide an extensive variety of custom sapphire optical parts, ranging from round and rectangular shapes to step configurations. Furthermore, we excel in crafting custom sapphire optics parts with diverse shapes and sizes, catering to specific requirements.
In HY, we turn complex to simple, following the 3 steps to start your custom sapphire optical parts project today:
1. Please Tell Us What You Need
Please tell us your specific needs, send a 2D 3D design drawing, details size, or a picture.
2. Get Solution & Quote
We will work on the best solution according to your requirements. The specific and best quotation will be sent within 24 hours.
3. Mass Production & Shipping
We will start mass production after getting your approval and deposit. Then we will handle the shipping for you. We are a one-stop custom sapphire optics parts solution manufacturer. You don’t need to worry about anything.
Sapphire Properties Reference Table
Artificial sapphire is a crystalline variant of corundum, also known as pure, single-crystal aluminum oxide (Al2O3). The distinct blend of its properties positions sapphire as the material of choice for demanding applications in mechanical, chemical, and optical fields. Below are the key features of sapphire glass.
- Chemical Formula:
- Names:
- Hardness:
- Class:
- Melting Point:
- Maximum Useful Temperature:
- Surface Quality:
- Axis Orientation:
- Young's Modulus:
- Tensile Strength:
- Flexural Strength:
- Modulus of Rigidity:
- Density (g/cm3):
- Transmission Range:
- Poisson's Ratio:
- Abbe Number (vd):
- Dimension Tolerance:
- Thickness Tolerance:
- Al2O3 (aluminum oxide)
- Corundum, Sapphire, Alpha-alumina
- 9 Moh's
- Hexagonal-scalenohedral
- 2053°C (3727°F)
- 2000°C
- 80/50, 60/40, 40/20, 20/10 (Scratch/Dig)
- C-Axis (C-Plane), M-Plane, A-Plane, R-Plane and Random
- 435
- 275 MPa to 400 MPa
- 480 MPa to 895 MPa
- 175 GPa
- 3.97
- 190nm to 5 microns
- 0.27 - 0.30
- 72.24
- ± 0.01-0.10mm
- ± 0.10mm
Get Your Custom Sapphire Project Into Production Today
HY is a reliable and high-quality custom sapphire glass parts manufacturer that provides precision custom sapphire parts. Our custom sapphire glass parts including sapphire tubes, sapphire lenses, sapphire rods, sapphire IPL light guides, micro sapphire rods, sapphire T-step windows, sapphire tapered rods, sapphire cones, sapphire wedges, sapphire optical prisms, sapphire substrate, sapphire watch glass, sapphire watch lens, sapphire single dome, sapphire double dome, ruby rod, ruby windows, ruby lens and so on. Competitive prices save you 20-60% purchasing cost. Contact us to get a free quote now.