Hard Material Machining

CiDRA® Precision Services, LLC is a recognized leader in precision machining and polishing of hard materials.  With our considerable experience and infrastructure, CiDRA® Precision Services, LLC is able to create fluidic channels, chamfers, deep holes and three-dimensional structures in glass, sapphire, silicon and other flow cell materials ranging in thicknesses from tens of microns to tens of millimeters. We use high speed CNC machine centers with proprietary diamond tooling and processes along with state-of-the art optical polishing and coating to manufacture complex flow cells for research and OEM equipment manufactures alike.  CiDRA® Precision Services, LLC also has the micron level inspection tools necessary to guarantee your dimensional requirements are met.

Commonly Machined Features

  • Holes and volume channels
  • Square, rectangular, round, or other shaped plates
  • Custom ground thickness
  • Square, rectangular, round, or other shaped holes for fluidic vias or fittings
  • Alignment notches
  • Edge chamfers

Capabilities

Hole drilling plays a central role in flow cell manufacturing.  Holes drilled as deep as several centimeters in bulk materials are used as flow channels in many macro fluidic applications, whereas small holes drilled into thin sheet glass are used as fluidic vias in micro fluidic devices.  Irrespective of the application, CiDRA® Precision Services, LLC’s high speed diamond drilling technology offers the quality, versatility and throughput to meet the most demanding applications. 

Please visit our Precision Machining Services pages for more detailed information on our capabilities.