Meller Optics Centrifuge Cell Windows Offered in Sapphire and Quartz

PROVIDENCE, RI--(Marketwired - May 5, 2015) - Meller Optics, Inc. has introduced a line of UV cell windows that are fabricated from sapphire and single crystal quartz for use with Beckman centrifuges and other instruments.

Meller Centrifuge Cell Windows are offered made from sapphire to resist chemicals, scratching, and high pressure and from single crystal quartz for less demanding applications. Designed to allow full contents viewing with Beckman centrifuges and other instruments, they are available wedged one- or two degrees and plano, with chamfers 0.20/0 mm x 45 degrees in two places.

Featuring an arrow scribed on their edge that projects the optic access for easy alignment, Meller Sapphire Centrifuge Cell Windows are 19.03 mm dia. ±0.3 mm by 0.5 mm thick ±0.10 mm and have a 30-5 scratch-dig surface finish. The quartz windows have a 10-5 finish with a central clear aperture of 16 mm and both types are suitable for OEM and field-replacement use.

Meller Centrifuge Cell Windows are priced according to material and quantity.

About Meller Optics, Inc.

Founded in 1921, Meller Optics has been providing high quality optics to defense, medical, laser, and industrial markets for 90 years now. Specializing in the grinding and polishing of hard, durable materials such as sapphire and ruby, the company has also developed high-speed, low-cost finishing processes for a variety of optical materials such as laser glasses, fused silica, zinc selenide, germanium, silicon, fluorides, and ceramic materials. Configurations include windows, substrates, lenses, domes, and prisms.

Meller Optics is ISO 9001:2008 certified and in addition to providing standard, off-the-shelf products, they custom fabricate components that meet exacting specifications from delicate, difficult to work with optical materials. They also supply quality Microlux Alumina polishing abrasives and Gugolz optical polishing pitch.