Industry
Optics & Photonics
Micron-stable mounts and baseplates that hold an optical alignment for years.
What slows this industry down
Optical hardware fails invisibly: a mount that creeps a few microns or a baseplate that bows with the seasons puts a beam off target with no broken part to point at, so flatness, stability and stress-relieved machining matter more than any single tolerance. Thermal expansion drives material choice — MIC-6 for stability, Invar 36 where drift must approach zero — and few shops machine Invar well. Stray light makes matte black anodize an optical specification, not a cosmetic one. Vacuum and laser systems add cleanliness and low-outgassing demands, plus flatness and angle reports standard shops do not produce.
Typical parts we machine
- Lens mounts and cells
- Laser baseplates and optical benches
- Filter wheels and aperture hardware
- Precision kinematic adjusters and stages
Recommended materials
Aluminum 6061-T6
The default CNC aluminum: strong enough for most jobs, machines fast, anodizes well.
MIC-6 Cast Aluminum Plate
The flatness specialist: stress-relieved cast plate that will not move when you machine it.
Invar 36
The dimensional anchor: ~1.2 ppm/K expansion for parts that must not move with temperature.
Brass C360 (Free-Machining)
The machinability benchmark itself: fastest cycle times in the shop, naturally low-friction.
Recommended finishes
Anodizing Type II (Dyed)
Color that cannot peel: dye locked inside the part’s own oxide layer.
Bead Blasting
The uniform matte look: erases tool marks, hides fingerprints, preps perfect anodizing.
Electroless Nickel Plating (ENP)
Plating without electricity: dead-uniform thickness everywhere, bores and threads included.
Certifications & standards
- ISO 9001
- We understand photonics buyers expect ISO 9001 process discipline plus flatness and angle inspection reports on critical optical interfaces.
- RoHS / REACH
- We support RoHS/REACH declarations for opto-mechanical assemblies entering instruments and laser products.
We understand and support these requirements; certification and documentation scope is confirmed per order.
Relevant services
CNC Milling
3- and 4-axis vertical machining for housings, brackets, manifolds and structural parts.
Micro Machining
High-speed spindles and Ø0.1 mm tooling for features below 1 mm and watch-scale parts.
5-Axis Machining
Simultaneous 5-axis machining for impellers, freeform surfaces and compound-angle features.
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