Swiss Jewel offers a wide range of components for Optical and Mechanical markets from R&D to full scale volume production. In addition to the ability for custom fabrication, we stock Sapphire Windows, Jewel Bearings, Sapphire Rods, Sapphire Tubes, Ruby Balls, Ring Jewels, Ruby Bearings, Orifice Jewels and more available for immediate delivery.
Precision, quality, competitive pricing coupled with a commitment to on time delivery runs through our breadth of services and offerings.
Aperture Wafers are precision controlled jewel orifices where the ID Length is controlled very tightly.
Sapphire Ball Seats are used as check valves in pumps.
Mechanical & Optical Ball Lens and Hemispheres - from Dia. 0.15mm in Sapphire Balls, Ruby Balls, Ceramic Balls, Glass, Fused Silica Lens, and more.
Synthetic sapphire bearings and ruby bearings are recognized universally as the ideal material for instruments.
Precision shafts and pivots with radiused conical ends are generally used with vee jewels. Rounded or semi-spherical pivots are used with cup jewels and flat endstones.
A Sapphire Saddle Pin is a rod with a concave groove in the middle.
Sapphire's hardness and excellent surface finish provide a superior surface for precision sapphire blades.
Using sapphire nozzles will provide longer life than using metal and we can hold tighter tolerances due to sapphires acceptance of higher surface finish.
Sapphire is an excellent material for jewel orifices because of its resistance to wear, heat and corrosion, as well as its low friction.
We carry several sizes of stock Sapphire Rods, Sapphire Tubes, and Ruby Tubes.
A sapphire stylus is a small pin-point component where the end radius is controlled to as small as .001".
Sapphire Washers serve as excellent insulators due to Sapphire's inertness.
We have a wide range of Sapphire Optical Window parts ready to ship.