In Huntsville, Micro Star Technologies makes diamond instruments for nanotechnology, specializing in standard and custom nano indenters shaped to customer-defined geometries and dimensions. Its single-crystal diamond indenters are aligned to atomic crystal orientation, while its calibration laboratory operates in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025 and measures each indenter against ISO 14577-2 tolerances. Micro Star also produces rounded cone indenters in diamond and sapphire, using traceable TEM measurement to analyze their area functions.
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ISO 14577-2
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ISO17025
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Tiptek, LLCFounded in 2011 by three University of Illinois researchers, Tiptek manufactures ultra-hard, ultra-sharp probes and needles in Savoy for semiconductor failure analysis, scanning probe microscopy, and atomically precise manufacturing research. Its proprietary Field Directed Sputter Sharpening process creates atomic-scale tips without skilled operator intervention, while the company’s Illinois facilities combine research laboratories with production space. Tiptek is ISO 9001:2015 certified.WEST CHESTER, PA
INSACO IncSince 1947, Quakertown-based INSACO has precision-machined and polished technical ceramics, sapphire, glass, and quartz for demanding applications. Founded as Industrial Sapphire Specialties making phonograph needles, the company later produced sapphire cover plates for the first Telstar satellite and now works from a plant spanning more than 50,000 square feet. INSACO measures and documents parts to tolerances sometimes reaching millionths of an inch, with experience ranging from prototypes to automated production.QUAKERTOWN, PA
PureonFrom its Swiss headquarters in Lengwil, Pureon develops surface-finishing solutions and precision consumables for demanding manufacturing processes. The company is vertically integrated, supporting its products with in-house development, research and application testing, and has supplied SiC wafer manufacturers with slicing and finishing solutions for more than 15 years. Pureon also supplies high-purity nanodiamonds to academic and industrial researchers, including materials used in a published quantum-sensing study.SMITHFIELD, PA
HKH Technologies Pvt LtdHKH Technologies Pvt Ltd is a Surat-based semiconductor innovator built around the unusual properties of diamond. It develops diamond wafers and related semiconductor solutions for demanding fields such as aerospace and quantum computing.