Development of New Microengineering Techniques

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Development of New Microengineering Techniques

Anchor The continuing drive towards miniaturisation of electro-mechanical devices and mobile communication devices has lead to the development of new micro engineering techniques. Technical Glass has helped new and existing customers realise new products requiring combinations of glass, sapphire and ceramic components.

New Materials Integrating Glass, Sapphire and Ceramic Components

Anchor Precision ground and polished quartz (very low thermal expansion coefficient) rods have been used where extreme dimensional stability was required. Sapphire balls are routinely available accurate to sub micron tolerances. Using these balls allowed an easy and effective way of spacing components whilst also providing electrical insulation. Alumina ceramic material was chosen, rather than plastics, because of its creep resistance and other properties. These parts ranged from discs 2 mm diameter x 0.3 mm thick to machined components 8 mm x 5 mm x 3.5 mm, with 0.3 mm diameter holes and a 0.25 mm wide slot.

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