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Manufacturing- Contract Manufacturing

AS Twomey Manufacturing provides commercial marine towing as well as IT Consulting services in the regional area of  MA and sources IT Consulting, Licensed Seagoing Crew as a community partner.

Category: It Consulting, Licensed Seagoing Crew

Find out where you can get Syntactic foam. Since 2010, Mica-Tron has been listed in the Contract Manufacturing directory.

Category: Syntactic Foam

Find out where you can get phrase. Since 2010, Mica-Tron has been listed in the Contract Manufacturing directory.

Category: Phrase

Find out where you can get phrase. Since 2010, Mica-Tron has been listed in the Contract Manufacturing directory.

Category: Phrase

http://www.polyfab.biz allows users to search for the best MA Manufacturing for the ideal Custom Polypropylene Tanks company as a community partner.

Category: Custom Polypropylene Tanks

Company profile and product/services listings found at Contract Manufacturing Specializing in the MA industry, they are part of the looking for commercial property management services. section of the directory.Polyfab to solve the day-to-day operational details.

Category: Graduated Cylinders

A Contract Manufacturing company that develops, manufactures and blends performance-enhancing Oven Forming Acrylic for the Manufacturing market.

Category: Oven Forming Acrylic

Based in MA, Polyfab provides Polycarbonate Adhesive Bonding as a Contract Manufacturing engineered plastic fabrications company.

Category: Polycarbonate Adhesive Bonding

Specialize in ergonomic office computer workstation. Proline has, since 2005, been listed in the Contract Manufacturing directory.

Category: Ergonomic Office Computer Workstation

Manufacturing- Distribution

Online provider of Scale calibration, scale service, counting scale as an Distribution engineering and consulting manufacturers representative firm.

Category: Scale Calibration, Scale Service, Counting Scale

Manufacturing- High Technology

Sells new membrane switches, rotary switches, custom keyboards at competitive prices, primarily as a High Technology DoD engineering corporation.

Category: Membrane Switches, Rotary Switches, Custom Keyboards

Manufacturing- Materials & Heavy Equipment

Industrial company designs, manufactures and markets products, services and technologies including diamond cup wheels, superabrasives, diamond grinding wheels, precision surface grinding, used in the Materials and Heavy Equipment vertical marketplace.

Category: Diamond Cup Wheels, Superabrasives, Diamond Grinding Wheels, Precision Surface Grinding

JOWA Consilium offer our customers the greatest possible values on quality Metritape, Consilium, Liquid Level Gauging, Tank Level Gauging services. Member since 2001.

Category: Metritape, Consilium, Liquid Level Gauging, Tank Level Gauging

Manufacturing- Contract Manufacturing

As one of the area's privately-owned Manufacturing corporations, NES Technologies in MA Manufacturing provides component manufacturing and assembly work. Member since 1999.

Category: Component Manufacturing And Assembly Work

North American company selling to Manufacturing groups residential and commercial stone paving. Nantucket Pavers has been listed in MA Manufacturing since 2002.

Category: Residential And Commercial Stone Paving

As an institution, PMES Engineering has been a good corporate sponsor for the VA hot forging metals industry. A member of the directory since 2012 in the Manufacturing section.

Category: Hot Forging Metals Industry

Provides and builds electromechanical assembly, engineering, massachusetts. Found in the Manufacturing, Contract Manufacturing group in this directory.

Category: Electromechanical Assembly, Engineering, Massachusetts

Supplies material assemblies and subassemblies manufacturing in the Contract Manufacturing service arena.

Category: Material Assemblies And Subassemblies Manufacturing

AS Twomey Manufacturing provides commercial marine towing as well as IT Consulting services in the regional area of  MA and sources IT Consulting, Licensed Seagoing Crew as a community partner.

Category: It Consulting, Licensed Seagoing Crew

DavTech Plating is a registered member in the Manufacturing vertical market and services the area's needs. Visit us at http://host.web-print-design.com/davtech to see how we're helping our clients every day.

Category: Nickless Plating

Sells new and used Fiber Optics parts, attenuators, repeaters, splicing equipment at competitive prices, primarily as a Contract Manufacturing manufacturer and distribution warehouse company.

Category: Fiber Optics Parts, Attenuators, Repeaters, Splicing Equipment

Provides a complete range of Manufacturing and subcontracting services. Located in MA, Lavelle Machine services a broad range of retail, business, and institutional clients. Filed with Contract Manufacturing.

Category: Plating And Subassembly Manufacturing, Medical Machining

http://www.polyfab.biz allows users to search for the best MA Manufacturing for the ideal Graduated Cylinders company as a community partner.

Category: Graduated Cylinders

Company profile and product/services listings found at Contract Manufacturing Specializing in the MA industry, they are part of the Custom Polypropylene Tanks section of the directory.Polyfab to solve the day-to-day operational details.

Category: Custom Polypropylene Tanks

A Contract Manufacturing company that develops, manufactures and blends performance-enhancing Plastic Cones for the Manufacturing market.

Category: Plastic Cones

Based in MA, Polyfab provides Architectural Acrylic Displays as a Contract Manufacturing engineered plastic fabrications company.

Category: Architectural Acrylic Displays

Based in MA, Polyfab provides Clear Plastic Cylinders as a Contract Manufacturing prototyping and machining firm.

Category: Clear Plastic Cylinders

Online provider of Rivco doors, windows as an Contract Manufacturing general contractor manufacturers company.

Category: Rivco Doors, Windows

Offers home improvement products that includes Rivco Kitchen supplies, accessories, interior kitchen remodeling enhancement products. Since 2001, Rivco - Kitchen Division has been listed in the Contract Manufacturing directory.

Category: Rivco Kitchen Supplies, Accessories, Interior Kitchen Remodeling Enhancement Products

Specialize in ergonomic office computer workstation. Proline has, since 2005, been listed in the Contract Manufacturing directory.

Category: Ergonomic Office Computer Workstation

Specialized in Contract Manufacturing with operations and headquarters in MA, GES - Manufacturing Division is a leading national provider of component manufacturing. Directory listing since 2000.

Category: Contract Manufacturing

IntegraTech - Corporate has been a trusted partner for MA Contract Manufacturing fellow firms since 2001, providing sound resource management for Manufacturing members.

Category: Contract Manufacturing

Contract Manufacturing company with operations in MA providing CNC machining and component assembly services to regional manufacturing operations. Became a member of this listing in 2000. Member of the Manufacturing group.

Category: Contract Manufacturing

Find out where you can get Macor. Since 2016, Mica-Tron has been listed in the Contract Manufacturing directory.

Category: Macor

Providing high quality new Syntactic foam. Since 2016, Mica-Tron has been listed in the Contract Manufacturing directory.

Category: Syntactic Foam

Offers a range of Macor machining. Since 2016, Mica-Tron has been listed in the Contract Manufacturing directory.

Category: Macor Machining

milling, CNC machines, polypropylene router machining, router polyethylene

Category: Giant Plastic Cylinders

Providing a complete range of Contract Manufacturing, Proteq has been a good corporate sponsor for the NH Manufacturing board. A senior member of this listing since 2004 in the Manufacturing vertical.

Category: Contract Manufacturing

Manufacturing- Distribution

Shop Discrete Semiconductors in the Distribution category to find the best deals in MA for semiconductor sales.

Category: Semiconductor Sales

Electronic Products is committed to strengthening the Manufacturing industry through collective support, services, and leadership in providing Electronic Products services. Located in MA, Electronic Products has been an Affordable Distribution supplier since 2002.

Category: Distribution

McCarton Industrial

Category: Distribution

Industrial company designs, manufactures and markets products, services and technologies including Couplers, Attenuators, used in the Distribution industry

Category: Couplers, Attenuators

Provides and builds antistatic control products. Found in the Manufacturing, Distribution group in this directory.

Category: Antistatic Control Products

Electrical Controls is a registered member in the Manufacturing vertical market and services the area's needs. Visit us at http://host.web-print-design.com/electrical-controls to see how we're helping our clients every day.

Category: Distribution

Company profile and product/services listings found at http://host.web-print-design.com/acme. Specializing in the print, print brokerage and print production industry, they are part of the Manufacturing Distribution section of the directory.

Category: Print, Print Brokerage And Print Production

A leading source for supercomputer arrays from American Digital.

Category: Supercomputer Arrays

Sells new and used copy and dictation equipment at competitive prices, primarily as a Distribution specialist firm.

Category: Copy And Dictation Equipment

A producer of specialty semiconductors for the NH Distribution retail space.

Category: Semiconductors

Offers a range of used high technology medical research equipment consulting services and is posted in the Affordable Distribution market.

Category: Used High Technology Medical Research Equipment

Find out where you can get home health aids. Since 2001, Lomedco Medical has been listed in the Distribution directory.

Category: Home Health Aids

A stocking distributor with worldwide sales capacity and industrial supply, Lumipure in the Manufacturing market sells and services residential and commercial HVAC for smaller spaces in CT, and has been a member since 2000.

Category: Distribution

Supplies promotional plastic products manufacturing and distribution for the Manufacturing Distribution service area.

Category: Promotional Plastic Products Manufacturing And Distribution

Offers a range of products and services for markets including personal and corporate identification. Winco Identification has been a member since 2000 in the Distribution directory.

Category: Personal And Corporate Identification

Offers Distribution services for ergonomic seating equipment. Since 2000, Work Right has been listed in the Manufacturing directory.

Category: Ergonomic Seating Equipment

Online provider of Scale calibration, scale service, counting scale as an Distribution engineering and consulting manufacturers representative firm.

Category: Scale Calibration, Scale Service, Counting Scale

Furniture Installations provides fantastic values on all the latest decorating trends in the Manufacturing market. Specializes in Furniture Installations. Located in MA, Furniture Installations has been an Corporate Distribution supplier since 2001.

Category: Distribution

Nytek offer our customers the greatest possible values on quality space age material production services. Member since 2001.

Category: Space Age Material Production

A supplier of cat 5 and cat-5e cabling and located in RI, Warehouse Cables has been an Corporate Distribution supplier since 2005.

Category: Cat 5 And Cat-5E Cabling

Corporate Distribution service that provide opportunities to own reused medical equipment. Customized to your requirements by Elektra Medical.

Category: Reused Medical Equipment

Manufactures and engineers Identification Resources used for applications in the Distribution industrial marketplace.

Category: Distribution

Offers a range of services including static control flooring and ESD tiling. Julie Industries has been a member since 2001 in the Distribution directory.

Category: Static Control Flooring And Esd Tiling

Manufacturing- High Technology

A producer of specialty integrating sphere components for the NH High Technology retail space.

Category: Integrating Sphere Components

North American company selling to Manufacturing groups plasma systems. AST Products Inc has been listed in MA Manufacturing since 1999.

Category: Plasma Systems

Ibis v.02 is a registered member in the Manufacturing vertical market and services the area's needs. Visit us at http://host.web-print-design.com/ibis to see how we're helping our clients every day.

Category: High Technology

Company profile and product/services listings found at http://host.web-print-design.com/inphotonics. Specializing in the Raman industry, they are part of the Manufacturing High Technology section of the directory.

Category: Raman

A High Technology company that develops, manufactures and blends performance-enhancing optical lasers for the Manufacturing market.

Category: Optical Lasers

Providers of High Technology-related services and is located in CA for individuals and corporations photonics. Look toThermo Photonics to solve those complex transactional details.

Category: Photonics

Optelec

Category: High Technology

Provides and engineers specialty spheres and goniometers. Found in the Manufacturing, High Technology group in this directory.

Category: Specialty Spheres And Goniometers

Applied Science Labs

Category: High Technology

Manufactures and engineers Aerogels used for applications in the High Technology industrial marketplace.

Category: Aerogels

Specializing in the Manufacturing High Technology sector for on the internet, Ferrotec provides the best in .ferrofluidic seals.

Category: Ferrofluidic Seals

Offers High Technology services for printing equipment. Since 2009, Pro Iris has been listed in the Manufacturing directory.

Category: Printing Equipment

Senko Semiconductors

Category: High Technology

Offers a range of nuclear metals engineering, formulation and production consulting services and is posted in the Corporate High Technology market.

Category: Nuclear Metals Engineering, Formulation And Production

As one of the area's privately-owned Manufacturing corporations, Thermo Electron Colorado in CO Manufacturing provides liquid handling automation. Member since 2000.

Category: Liquid Handling Automation

Thermo Keytek

Category: High Technology

Industrial company designs, manufactures and markets products, services and technologies including nitrogen laser, used in the High Technology vertical marketplace.

Category: Nitrogen Laser

Manufacturing- Materials & Heavy Equipment

Offers a range of services including shipping supplies. Horn Packaging- Ayer has been a member since 1997 in the Materials and Heavy Equipment directory.

Category: Shipping Supplies

Offers home improvement products that includes construction marble and composites. Since 2002, Merrimack Stone has been listed in the Materials and Heavy Equipment directory.

Category: Construction Marble And Composites

Online provider of quarried marble, finished granite products, heavy decorative stonework as an Materials and Heavy Equipment general contractor manufacturers company.

Category: Quarried Marble, Finished Granite Products, Heavy Decorative Stonework

North American scientific and laboratory equipment company that manufactures chemical substrates. Since 1998, Chemworks has been listed in the Materials and Heavy Equipment directory.

Category: Chemical Substrates

Provides and builds gauging equipment. Found in the Manufacturing, Materials and Heavy Equipment group in this directory.

Category: Gauging Equipment

A supplier of international shipping and located in MA, Horn International has been an Affordable Materials and Heavy Equipment supplier since 1995.

Category: International Shipping

Manufactures and distributes Rubber Grommets, Rubber Seals, Rubber Molding. Found in the Manufacturing, Materials and Heavy Equipment group in this directory.

Category: Rubber Grommets, Rubber Seals, Rubber Molding

Poly-Flex Circuits is a registered member in the Manufacturing vertical market and services the area's needs. Visit us at http://host.web-print-design.com/polyflex to see how we're helping our clients every day.

Category: Flexible Circuitboards

Manufactures and engineers veterinary testing equipment used for applications in the Materials and Heavy Equipment vertical marketplace.

Category: Veterinary Testing Equipment

Company profile and product/services listings found at http://host.web-print-design.com/stc. Specializing in the transistor test and validation equipment industry, they are part of the Manufacturing Materials and Heavy Equipment section of the directory.

Category: Transistor Test And Validation Equipment

Manufactures and engineers mechanical rollers used for applications in the Materials and Heavy Equipment industrial marketplace.

Category: Mechanical Rollers

Specializing in the Manufacturing Materials and Heavy Equipment sector for over a decade on the internet, Abenaki Timber provides the best in .timber management and reforestation products and services.

Category: Timber Management And Reforestation Products And Services

Provides and builds Precision machined components, CNC Swiss screw machining. Found in the Manufacturing, Materials and Heavy Equipment group in this directory.

Category: Precision Machined Components, Cnc Swiss Screw Machining

Offers a range of solutions in the large scale food service production equipment market. Consultant engineering services in the Materials and Heavy Equipment market.

Category: Large Scale Food Service Production Equipment

Bascom Turner

Category: Materials And Heavy Equipment

Sells new and used curb, vibration isolation, curb machine, burglar bar at competitive prices, primarily as a Materials and Heavy Equipment heavy new and rebuild constuction group.

Category: Curb, Vibration Isolation, Curb Machine, Burglar Bar

Industrial company designs, manufactures and markets products, services and technologies including diamond cup wheels, superabrasives, diamond grinding wheels, precision surface grinding, used in the Materials and Heavy Equipment vertical marketplace.

Category: Diamond Cup Wheels, Superabrasives, Diamond Grinding Wheels, Precision Surface Grinding

Provider of rolling diaphragms, diaphragm seals, rubber diaphragms, molded elastomer diaphragms, silicon diaphragms, dish diaphragms and engineering services. at competitive prices, primarily as a Materials and Heavy Equipment Manufacturing for large scale production runs.

Category: Rolling Diaphragms, Diaphragm Seals, Rubber Diaphragms, Molded Elastomer Diaphragms, Silicon Diaphragms, Dish Diaphragms

Offers Materials and Heavy Equipment services for synthetic fiber. Since 2001, Majilite has been listed in the Manufacturing directory.

Category: Synthetic Fiber

Broomfield Laboratories

Category: Materials And Heavy Equipment

Provides and builds specialty custom cranes. Found in the Manufacturing, Materials and Heavy Equipment group in this directory.

Category: Specialty Custom Cranes

Distributor with worldwide sales capacity and industrial supply, Wilevco in the Manufacturing market sells and services high capacity commercial food service preparation equipment in MA, and has been a member since 2001.

Category: Automatic Batter Mixer With Viscosity Control

Provides and engineers print production and laminates. Found in the Manufacturing, Materials and Heavy Equipment group in this directory.

Category: Print Production And Laminates

 

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Answer Over 70% of our business is to OEM accounts. Click on the link to our OEM Capabilities page to learn more. Then contact us so that we might propose a laser to meet your needs. Our staff of optical, electrical, and mechanical engineers is experienced in devising and implementing practical and cost-effective laser solutions.

Question What is a nitrogen laser?

Answer The word laser is an acronym of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. A laser consists of a cavity filled with lasable material and fitted with mirrors at both ends. The molecules of a lasable material are capable of being excited or pumped to a semistable state by an electric discharge or light. The light emitted by a molecule as it drops back to the ground state releases light from other nearby, excited molecules. Light oscillates back and forth between the mirrors and continually increases in intensity. If one mirror is made to transmit part of the light, a brilliant beam of highly monochromatic, coherent radiation is emitted through the mirror. In our nitrogen lasers, a spark gap excites or pumps the nitrogen gas molecules in the laser cavity. The laser produces pulsed radiation at 337.1 nm in the UV.

Question Why is the nitrogen laser pulsed?

Answer When nitrogen molecules are pumped to the excited state, they de-excite first to an intermediate excited state and then to the ground state. The upper excited state of nitrogen has an extremely short lifetime (40 ns) compared to the intermediate level (10 µs). By rapid pumping with a fast spark gap switch, the upper level is momentarily populated. Because the lower level has a much longer lifetime, it soon dominates and stops the laser amplification. The excited state is repopulated by the spark gap and laser radiation is produced again until the lower level once again dominates. Our nitrogen lasers deliver pulses on the order of 4 ns in duration.

Question How can I use a pulsed laser when my experiment requires CW (continuous wave) radiation?

Answer We would like you to talk to us about your application. In many cases, pulsed sources have advantages. A pulsed laser can deliver much greater peak power than a CW laser of comparable size. The pulsed laser can produce the desired effect such as laser induced fluorescence or ablation (microsurgery), but because the laser is off most of the time, damage to the sample matrix is sharply reduced or eliminated. Because the source is pulsed or modulated, the sample signal can often be separated from other signals such as noise or fluorescence. In such a case, detection limits can be drastically decreased. Materials can be detected at lower concentrations and smaller samples can be measured. Our technical staff can help you configure a system for your experiment. We have experience in detecting pulsed light. Please talk to us before you decide.

Question How can I detect pulsed light?

Answer There are many ways to detect pulsed light. Fast detectors such as photodiodes and PMTs (photomultiplier tubes) can detect individual pulses from our lasers. A gated integrator connected to the detector captures the detector response. The laser and the gated integrator are simultaneously triggered from a TTL pulse. As an example, the laser radiation may interact with a sample to produce fluorescence. When the fluorescent emission strikes the detector, the gated integrator captures the total photocurrent during the fluorescence decay. Again, we will be happy to help you configure a system to perform your experiments.

Question How long will my laser last?

Answer Laser energy output decreases with both time and usage. Our nitrogen plasma cartridges are warranted to maintain at least 70% of their energy for twenty million pulses or two years, whichever occurs first. Our µ-TEA CO2 plasma cartridge has a warranted lifetime of greater than 5 million shots or one year, whichever occurs first. Replacement plasma cartridges include all the components that deteriorate with usage: energy storage capacitors, the switching element, the plasma tube and mirrors, the electrodes, and the preionizers. Once the plasma cartridge is replaced, the laser performs like new again, and at a fraction of the cost!

Question What is the relationship between energy, average power, and peak power?

Answer A nitrogen laser output waveform taken from an oscilloscope is shown below. This waveform represents laser output power as a function of time. The highest point on the waveform is the peak power and is specified as 75 kW for our VSL-337ND-S nitrogen laser. The waveform is roughly triangular in shape. The pulse width is given as 4 ns FWHM (Full Width Half Maximum), which means the measurement points are taken at the half-power points of the waveform.

The total power under the waveform curve or the integrated power in the pulse represents the laser energy, specified at 300 µJ for the VSL-337ND-S. The average power represents the average value of the laser power waveform from the beginning of one pulse to the beginning of the next. As pulse repetition rate is increased, the pulses occur closer together, but the pulse size and shape are unchanged. Therefore average power increases with pulse repetition rate.

The peak power is the energy divided by the pulse width. For the VSL-337ND-S: 300 µJ / 4ns = 75kW

VSL-337ND-S nitrogen laser output waveform.

Question How can I measure pulse energy?

Answer Laser energy is commonly measured with a joule meter or a power meter. A power meter is used for CW (continuous wave) lasers. Typically the electronics in a power meter are not fast enough to capture the short (4 ns) pulse from our nitrogen lasers. A joule meter along with a pyroelectric detector are used to measure pulse energy on our nitrogen lasers. This combined system must have the sensitivity to measure microjoules of pulse energy, frequencies up to 60 Hz, be appropriate for the wavelength you are measuring, and have a large enough detective head to capture the entire beam. Proper placement of the detector in the laser beam path is critical. It should be placed at a small angle, so the laser beam is not reflected back into the laser, resulting in an inaccurate, unstable energy measurement.

Question How small of a spot size can I focus my laser down to?

Answer The focused spot size depends on the wavelength of laser light, the beam divergence of the laser, and the focal length of the lens. An aberration corrected microscope objective is used for achieving the smallest spots. With such a lens, our VSL-337ND-S nitrogen laser with output at 337 nm and a beam divergence of 0.3 mrad, can be focused to less than 1 µm. Our dye lasers have a beam divergence of 4 mrads. A dye laser tuned to 500 nm can be focused to a spot of about 8 µm.

Question Can you attach your laser to my microscope?

Answer To use our laser to microscope adapters, the microscope must have an EPI port or EPI-fluorescence illuminator. Our laser to microscope adapters attach to the EPI port. The microscope filter cube must have a dichroic mirror that reflects the laser wavelength to the sample and a barrier filter to block any laser light reflected to the eyepiece. The exciter filter is removed. We offer a mirror housing that accommodates the attachment of multiple light sources to the EPI port. Because we customize each laser to microscope adapter, we will send you a Microscope Measurement Kit and ask you to make a few simple determinations. This way we can select the optimum optical components to attach our laser to your microscope. To learn more go to the Microbeam System page or contact us directly.

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