Applications we know from the inside

Five industries, five different definitions of "good enough". The pages below describe the constraints our customers bring us — and the process route we use to meet them.

Microfluidics & Lab-on-a-Chip

Chips that seal, channels that behave

Your assay is only as repeatable as the channel that carries it. We machine PMMA, COC and COP chips with controlled depth and sidewall quality, then bond them in a way that keeps adhesive out of the fluid path.

What we control

Channel depth ±5–8 µm, measured by white-light interferometry on every lot.
Sidewall roughness Ra ≤ 0.05 µm to avoid bubble trapping and non-specific binding.
Bond strength verified by pressure decay and burst test; typical burst > 4 bar for PMMA.
Surface treatment options: plasma, UV-ozone or grafted coatings for hydrophilicity.

Typical lead time: 5–7 working days for prototypes, 3–4 weeks for series lots.

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Bonded PMMA microfluidic chip with machined channels

Medical & IVD

Consumables that pass validation the first time

Diagnostic consumables fail validation for boring reasons: a dimensional drift between lots, residue on a surface, an undocumented material change. We work with locked material grades, controlled processes and traceable lots so your IQ/OQ/PQ runs stay valid.

Biocompatible grades — medical-grade PC, PMMA, COC with USP Class VI documentation where required.
Cleanroom handling — ISO Class 7 assembly and double-bagged shipment on request.
Traceability — material lot, process parameters and inspection data linked to each shipment.
Change control — no material or process substitution without written approval.

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Cleanroom inspection of medical acrylic components

Optics & Photonics

Polymer optics with numbers attached

Acrylic transmits around 92 % in the visible range and costs a fraction of glass — provided the surfaces are finished properly. We diamond-fly-cut and lap optical faces, then measure roughness and flatness rather than judging by eye.

Light guides and light pipes for diagnostic readers, sensors and displays.
Windows and cuvettes with parallel faces within 10 µm and polished apertures.
Lenses and prisms machined or diamond-turned, including non-circular apertures.
Blackening and masking to control stray light in compact assemblies.

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$Polished acrylic lenses and light guide plates$

Water Treatment & Analytical

Flow cells that survive years in the field

Sensor housings and flow cells live in a hard environment: continuous pressure, chemical exposure, temperature cycling and UV. We bond acrylic bodies to quartz or glass windows and pressure-cycle them before shipment.

Flow cells and cuvettes for turbidity, absorbance, fluorescence and particle counting.
Pressure cycling to 6–10 bar and leak testing on 100 % of units where specified.
Chemical resistance guidance — PMMA, PC, PSU or PVDF selection against your media list.
Outdoor durability — UV-stabilised grades and coatings for exposed installations.

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Machined acrylic flow cell and sensor housing

Valves, Manifolds & Fluidics

Leak-tight geometry, assembled and tested

Manifolds concentrate risk: many ports, several bonded interfaces, one leak path to the outside. We machine port positions to tight true-position tolerance, bond in a controlled sequence and test the finished assembly.

Multi-port manifolds with true position within ±15 µm across the face.
Valve bodies and seats machined for elastomer or ceramic mating parts.
Threaded inserts, fittings and sensors installed and torque-controlled.
Assembly-level testing — pressure decay, flow check and dimensional verification of the finished unit.

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Acrylic manifold with bonded fluidic channels

Tell us the application, not just the part

Function drives process. Share what the component must do and we will propose the material, machining strategy and test plan.

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