Precision sapphire rods find diverse applications, boasting polished surfaces for optical and wear uses, or fine-ground surfaces for insulation. These rods come in various outer diameters and lengths, with minimum ODs reaching 0.3mm. C-cut sapphire rods are favored for minimized birefringence and excellent mechanical properties, ideal for continuum generation. Alternatively, R-cut or randomly oriented rods are also available.
Primarily utilized in pumps (such as the piston/plunger rod in HPLC), lamps, gaskets, insulators, and wear applications, sapphire rods serve versatile purposes.

Blue Box optics specializes in offering customized sapphire rods with polished surfaces or fine-ground finishes. The main varieties include cylindrical rods, sapphire tapered rods, and sapphire tips/needles, with the ability to manufacture micro sapphire rods as small as 0.3mm.

We are an OEM custom sapphire rod supplier, our extensive selection of sapphire rods caters to various applications, including Ram pumps, Plunger rods, Laser rangers, Laser designators, Insulators, and Measuring rods. Custom shapes, such as both ends flat, one end radius, both end radii, saddle pins, and special shapes, can be crafted to meet specific customer requirements.
The achievable specifications for our sapphire rods encompass a starting diameter of 0.3mm, lengths up to 600mm, and surface quality up to 40/20.

Blue Box optics is a custom sapphire rod manufacturer that mainly produces custom sapphire rods according to customer specs and requests. Please feel free to contact us to discuss your sapphire needs and get a free quote.

Sapphire rods boast exceptional chemical and plasma resistance, making them highly suitable for a range of applications.

Owing to the extraordinary chemical resistance of sapphire rods at elevated temperatures, they are particularly well-suited for use in plasma chambers and sapphire lamp applications. Notably, only hot caustic salts have the potential to etch sapphire rods, while other solvents, acids, and caustics do not affect sapphire, including molten metals. This unique property ensures the safe handling and processing of chemicals in a chemically pure environment.

The chemical and bio-inert nature of sapphire rods makes them ideal for critical applications in medical, pharmaceutical, semiconductor, and other industries where maintaining purity and health is paramount.

A supported sapphire rod can withstand temperatures up to 2000°C without altering its shape significantly and with minimal impact on mechanical performance. In high-temperature furnace systems, sapphire rods are excellent choices for rollers and standoffs, remaining straight and dimensionally precise up to 1800°C. Sapphire’s extreme chemical resistance prevents many materials from adhering to it, even at high temperatures.

Sapphire rods hold the highest temperature rating among all optical materials, maintaining their integrity in both oxidizing and inert atmospheres.

Blue Box optics is a reliable and professional custom sapphire glass parts manufacturer that provides precision and high-quality custom sapphire parts. Our OEM custom sapphire glass parts including sapphire domes, kerf sapphire domes, sapphire hemispherical domes, sapphire hyper-hemispherical domes, aspheric sapphire domes, spherical sapphire domes, conformal sapphire domes, U-shape sapphire domes, optical domes, special-shaped sapphire hyper-hemisphere domes, sapphire lenses, sapphire IPL light guides, sapphire tubes, sapphire capillary tubes, sapphire windows, sapphire round windows, sapphire rectangular windows, sapphire large windows, sapphire T-step windows, sapphire rods, sapphire tapered rods, sapphire piston/plunger rods, sapphire screw rods, micro sapphire rods, sapphire cones, sapphire wedges, sapphire optical prisms, sapphire prisms, sapphire dove prisms, sapphire substrates, sapphire blocks, sapphire connectors, sapphire watch crystals, sapphire watch lens, sapphire watch covers, sapphire single dome, sapphire double dome, sapphire blades, sapphire holes parts, sapphire iregular parts, and so on. Factory supply super competitive prices, saving you 20-80% on purchasing costs. Contact us to get a free quote for your custom sapphire glass parts project now.