Sapphire tubes / sapphire rods
SaphTec specializes in pipes and rods made of sapphire glass for various applications. Because of our know-how, we can offer sapphire tubes up to a diameter of 50 mm and a length of 650 mm and sapphire rods up to a diameter of 25 mm and a length of 450 mm.
Depending on your needs and your requirement you can choose from different processing stages:
Processing options and tolerances
- cultured ±0,2 mm
- ground ±0.1 mm / ±0.05 mm
- polished ±0.1 mm / ±0.05 mm
Surface roughness
- ground Ra < 1.6 μmm
- polished Ra < 0.1 μmm
Tubes and rods made of sapphire glass are very versatile. Often these are used in the semiconductor industry, light emitting diodes as protection tubes for thermocouples, as a light guide for medical and many other applications.