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Mirror Blanks

A mirror blank refers to the initial piece of material from which a mirror is made. It is typically a flat or slightly curved piece of glass or other substrate that serves as the starting point for crafting a mirror. Mirror blanks come in various shapes and sizes depending on the desired final mirror specifications. Learn more about mirror blanks →

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Ohara Corporation - Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

Precision optical glass: strip, blanks, pressings, polished balls, near-UV transmitting i-Line glass, ceramic substrates, CaF2, UV/IR materials, quartz, fused silica (standard/excimer grade), Nanoceram. Ohara CCZ ultralow expansion (excellent CTE uniformity, blank form, to 1.8 m diam). Double-side polished substrates (low surface roughness, excellent flatness).

Custom Manufacturer

2 products

Ohara Corporation, Eastern Office - Branchburg, NJ

Manufactures precision optical glasses: strip/slab, blanks, fine gobs, polished ball lenses, near-UV transmitting i-Line glass, ceramic substrates, CaF2, UV/IR materials, quartz, fused silica (std./excimer grade). Ohara CCZ ultralow expansion (excellent CTE; large size). Nanoceram. Double-side polished substrates (low surface roughness, excellent flatness).

Custom Manufacturer

Glass Fab Inc. - Rochester, NY

Manufacturer of custom blanks. Products include fused quartz and silica, optical and filter glasses, and low/ultralow expansion glasses. Capabilities include annealing, slumping, sawing, grinding, edging, drilling, waterjet cutting, and CNC shaping and generating.

Custom Manufacturer

4 products

SCHOTT North America Inc. - Duryea, PA

Develops products for applications in optics, lithography, astronomy, automotive, consumer electronics, industrial, and life sciences. Offers a variety of optical and laser glasses, optical filters, glass ceramic, IR materials, optical components, custom glass development, precision finishing, and metrology capabilities.

Custom Manufacturer

Advanced Glass Industries - Rochester, NY

AGC Electronics America - Hillsboro, OR

American Acrylics LLC - Skokie, IL

Bullen Ultrasonics - Eaton, OH

Corning GmbH, Corning International - Wiesbaden, Germany

Corning Inc., Advanced Optics - Corning, NY

Datasights - Enfield, United Kingdom

Dell Optics Co. Inc. - Walden, NY

Dynamic Structures-Optics, Peter Wangsness - Benson, AZ

Dynasil Fused Silica - West Berlin, NJ

HEBO Spezialglas - Aalen, Germany

Hellma USA Inc. - Plainview, NY

Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG, Heraeus Conamic - Kleinostheim, Germany

Infrared Optics Pvt. Ltd. - Faridabad, India

Materion Performance Materials - Elmore, OH

NiCoForm Inc. - Rochester, NY

Quantum Optics - San Marcos, CA

Star Instruments - Newnan, GA

Sterling Resale Optics - Erie, CO

Toyotec Co. Ltd., Precision Optics Div. - Toyokawa, Japan

United Lens Co. Inc. - Southbridge, MA

Glossary

blank A piece of glass, quartz or other transparent material formed roughly by molding or cutting into the approximate shape and size of the finished part.
mirror blank A mirror blank refers to the initial piece of material from which a mirror is made. It is typically a flat or slightly curved piece of glass or other substrate that serves as the starting point for crafting a mirror. Mirror blanks come in various...
optical blank A casting consisting of an optical material molded into the desired geometry for grinding, polishing or, in the case of optical waveguides, drawing to the final optical-mechanical specifications.
glass-ceramic A type of glass used in telescope mirrors, formed by adding a nucleating agent to standard glass and then heating it until it crystallizes.

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