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Axsys Technologies is a leading provider of precision lapping and grinding capabilities. with more than 50 years of expertise and over $1.3 million invested in state-of-the-art lapping and grinding equipment, Axsys is able to achieve tolerances virtually unmatched in the world.

 

Axsys Lapping and Grinding Techniques are used on the Following Materials:

Beryllium
Berylllium alloys
Titanium
Aluminum
Sapphire
Quartz and Machineable glass
Ceramics

 

Applications Requiring Precision Lapping and Grinding Capabilities Include:

Inertial Navigation Systems
Momentum/Reaction Wheels
Rotary and Linear Air Bearings
Optics
Scientific Experiments
Space Instruments
 
Machined from a single piece of solid quartz to eliminate mechanical "creep", these gyro components and housing are an integral part of the Gravity Probe B instrument being built by NASA and Stanford University to test Einstein's theory of space and time.
Hand lapping is required to finish gas bearing components to their ultra-close tolerances of .0000010 of an inch and less.
 
   

Axsys' Lapping and Grinding Capabilities are Able to Achieve:

Ultra-precision
Tolerances

Surface Finishes

Machine "Hogout"
 
 
10" beryllium gimbals with bore alignment tolerances of .0001"

Angularity and profile callouts of less than .000020" on hard anodize coated aluminum components

2" diameter optically polished quartz gyro components with flatness of .0000020"

Aluminum and beryllium gas and air bearing components with tolerances
of .0000010"
  Metal surface finishes of 1micro-inch

Aluminum oxide coated ground, lapped finished to within .1 micro-inch

Ground finishes of 5–6 micro-inches on lenses, mirror substrates and similar components

Etched quartz surfaces, lapped and/or ground to achieve customer’s requirement within a 20 micro-inch tolerance
  1/4" diameter matched diametrical gap of .000020" and standardized within .00005", between 2-1/4" diameters

10" mating surfaces are matched lapped and thermally assembled while maintaining the finish diameter and faces with a runout of less than .0004"

Matched lapped components of same and different materials for both
diametrical and axial fits
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