OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS & PHOTONICS

Complex Geometries, Photon Control, Precision Machining & Alignment

Outsourced Manufacturing for the Optical Instruments & Photonics Industry

The Optics & Photonics industry demands high-precision/low-volume manufacturing of specialty optical components. These high precision and often geometrically complex components are typically utilized in aerospace, defense, and other highly specialized scientific fields.

With CAD drawings calling out thin walls, delicate mating parts and unusual screw threads, parts for this industry can be among the most challenging to create.

To meet these exacting needs, EMI's 5-axis CNC expertise allows us to machine and verify parts with tolerances as tight as ±0.0001″ (±0.00254 mm). Paired with a wide variety of photon controlling coatings, EMI meets the demanding specifications so our customers can create great products that make new discoveries and improve lives.

Optical Instruments & Photonics Industry Applications

Products created by Optics & Photonics firms touch an enormous range of other industries, including Semiconductors, Defense, Metrology & instrumentation, Motion Control, and many more.

End Use Products

  • Adapters
  • Connectors
  • Polarizers
  • Depolareizers
  • Diffusers
  • Filters
  • Beamsplitters
  • Terminations
  • Lasers
  • Step attenuators

Example Parts We Create

  • Scopes
  • Heat sinks
  • Rollers, rings, pins, flanges, couplers
  • Guide rods, precision rollers
  • Bearings, bushings, plungers
  • Tubes, rods, shafts, axles
  • Mounting bases & plates
  • Chassis, frames, housings
  • Bolts, latches, carriers

Custom Manufacturing Process, Materials & Surface Treatments

Whether your core considerations are total strength, strength to weight ratio, flexibility, durability, suitability for special operating environments, or something else, EMI brings a wide array of CNC precision manufacturing services to bear, with tolerances as tight as ±0.0001″ (±0.00254 mm).

Manufacturing Processes

To support an endless array of manufacturing goals, Optical Instruments & Photonics manufacturers' needs are as diverse as the day is long. Here are some of the services we provide:

(click each for info about part sizes, weights and tolerances)

Click here to learn more about EMI's Manufacturing Processes.

Materials

Optical Instruments & Photonics industry designers specify a huge range of metallic, plastic and composite materials. EMI is capable of machining a great many of these, including (but not limited to):

  • Stainless Steel
  • Titanium
  • Aluminum
  • Specialty alloys (AlBeMet, Invar, Kovar, etc.)
  • Plastics (PEEK, Delrin, Ultem, etc.)
  • Composites (Fiberglass Laminates, Carbon and Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymers, Metal and Ceramic Matrix Composites)

Click here for a more complete list of Materials can machine for you.

Surface Treatments

For Surface Finishing, whether your needs are tactile, emissivity control, lubricity, conductivity, corrosion resistance, color or something else, EMI delivers a diverse range of finishing solutions:

  • Anodizing
  • Electroplating
  • Electroless Plating
  • Passivation
  • Chem Films
  • Laser Marking, Silk Screening, Pad Printing
  • Paint, Powder Coating
  • Deburring
  • Media Blasting
  • Knurling
  • Polishing

Our capabilities include surface roughness to 8 Ra and #4 finish for grained direction parts.

Click here for a more info about EMI's Surface Finishing options.

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Value-Added Services

For those Optical Instruments & Photonics industry partners needing further support, EMI offers several value-added services:

Click here to see EMI's range of Value Added Services.

Quality Considerations

EMI is ISO 9001:2015 certified and ITAR registered, so quality assurance is built into everything we do. Using the latest testing and metrology equipment EMI performs in-process and finished article inspection, testing and verification activities our temperature controlled quality lab. And we provide traceability documentation and results certification as dictated by our customers business and regulatory needs.

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Responsive Service & Support

It takes great service and support to deliver the results our customer's customers deserve. In order to serve you best EMI delivers highly responsive service and open two-way communications backed by a relentless focus on on-time delivery to support your supply chain needs.

"More than Parts, Partnership" is our brand promise and it drives everything we do to serve you.

Testimonials

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Why EMI?

Choosing the right outsourcing partner for your precision manufacturing needs can be the difference between success or failure for a given project. The question is how to choose.

The answer is to optimize for the right relationship. Choose a partner that supports your supply chain needs by delivering responsive service, open two-way communications, and on-time delivery.

For more than a half-century and continuing to this day, EMI always seeks to co-create the right relationship by prioritizing our partners' success.

Our Promise:

“More than Parts, Partnership”

Contact us today to start building the right relationship.

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