Polishing

Polishing
High precision, optical polishing is provided by Valley and has been perfected over the past 30 years. Valley polishes numerous materials including Fused Silica, Quartz, Aluminum Nitride, Sapphire, Ceramics, Metals, Optical Glasses, Silicon, Crystals. Surface finishes < 10/5 scratch/dig or 5-10 Angstroms are routinely achievable on many materials. Valley also offers edge/angle polishing as well as fiber array polishing. For a complete summary of Valley Design's capabilities, please visit www.valleydesign.com

Related Polishing pages:

  • www.siliconwafers.net Polished Silicon Wafers
  • www.aluminumnitride.com/polished.htm Polished Aluminum Nitride Substrates
  • www.quartz-silica.net Fused Silica and Quartz Wafers, Substrates and Windows
  • www.valleydesign.com/pr3.htm Precision Lapping and Polishing of Metals
  • www.valleydesign.com/pr15.htm Polishing Ends of long rods and tubing
  • www.valleydesign.com/pr11.htm Polished large Sapphire blanks
  • www.valleydesign.com/pr8.htm Polished glass wafers manufactured to SEMI standards
  • www.valleydesign.com/pr13.htm Polishing of large geometry Silicon
  • www.valleydesign.com/sapp.htm Polished Sapphire disks and washers
  • www.valleydesign.com/pr27.htm Polished Optical Grade Silicon
  • www.valleydesign.com/pr31.htm Ultra-Thin Polished Optical Windows


    • About Us
    Valley Design has been a leader in materials processing for nearly 30 years. We offer precision lapping, polishing, dicing, optical edge/angle polishing, thinning, grinding, shaping and wafering services. Valley specializes in ultra-thin (as thin as 12.5 microns), ultra-flat (1/20 Wave) super-polishing (< 10/5 scratch/dig or 5-10 Angstroms) and tight tolerances (+/- 1 micron).

    Applications and products include beamsplitters, DWDM filter substrates, glass blocks/rods/spacers, lenses, mirrors, prisms, SEMI standard dummy wafers, solar cells, waveguides, wedges, polarizers, bandpass filters, laser diodes. Valley Design's products are used in fiber optics/photonics, telecommunications, aerospace, medical, semiconductor and research industries.


    Valley enjoys extensive experience with a wide variety of materials, and is also willing to work with proprietary materials. Valley routinely processes Fused Silica, Glass, Quartz, AlN, Pyrex, 99.6% and 96% Alumina, Sapphire, AF45, BK7, B270, D263, LASFN9, 1737, 7070, Ceramics, Lithium Niobate, Borosilicates, Soda Lime, Crystals, Silicon and Metals. In stock materials include Fused Silica, 99.6% Alumina, R-plane Sapphire, Aluminum Nitride and Float Zone Silicon.

    Valley Design provides custom parts, as well as in-stock items. We process prototype orders, as well as full production runs, and currently process over 1,000 parts daily for our customers worldwide. With facilities on both East and West Coasts, we operate three shifts, and are ready to serve our customers from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. PST.

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    		 Corporate Headquarters
    Valley Design West Valley Design East
    151-D Harvey West Blvd.
    		Two Shaker Road, Bldg. E-001
    Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Shirley, MA 01464
    West E-mail: west@valleydesign.com East E-mail: east@valleydesign.com
    Phone: 831-420-0595 Phone: 978-425-3030
    Fax: 831-420-0592 Fax: 978-425-3031
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