From high-voltage connectors to chemical-resistant pumps, engineers across energy and industrial sectors are replacing metals with advanced ceramics. (read more)

Designing with post-fired ceramics is different from designing with metal or plastic. The materials are harder, more brittle, and require different rules of engagement. (read more)

If your metal components are struggling in extreme environments, ceramic might be your next move. (read more)

INSACO, Inc has become recognized as a worldwide leader in custom machined ceramic and sapphire parts for the semiconductor industry. Through this experience, INSACO has perfected the ability to produce sapphire wafer carriers with or without multiple holes for GaAs, Indium Phosphide, and other compound semiconductors. (read more)

Ceramic materials are an excellent choice for in-body use because of their chemical inertness and high wear capability. The materials’ tribological properties, the ability to act as bearing parts without lubrication, are also advantageous for in-body applications (read more)

If your metal components are struggling in extreme environments, ceramic might be your next move. (read more)

You can't put an internal thread in technical ceramics...right? (read more)

Non-magnetic. Chemically inert. Wear-resistant. For surgical tools and diagnostic equipment, those aren’t “nice to haves", they’re requirements. (read more)

It’s one thing to say "tight tolerances." It’s another to *prove it* on CMMs, optical comparators, and interferometers. (read more)

It’s one thing to say "tight tolerances." It’s another to *prove it* on CMMs, optical comparators, and interferometers. (read more)

With piston/sleeve clearances down to .00004″, pumping is possible without use of flexible seals. Applications include cryogenic pumping and precision metering. Materials can be alumina, industrial sapphire, or most other technical ceramics. (read more)

We're excited for the endless possibilities this means for aerospace and defense, medical applications and high stress industrial environments. (read more)

Internal threading of hard materials like ceramics, sapphire, quartz, and zirconia is a significant advancement in precision machining, offering several advantages that address long-standing challenges in engineering and manufacturing. (read more)

Internal threading of hard “fully-fired” ceramic materials such as sapphire, silicon carbide, quartz, and zirconia is a significant advancement in precision machining, offering several advantages that address long-standing challenges in engineering and manufacturing. (read more)

INSACO, Inc has become recognized as a worldwide leader in custom machined ceramic and sapphire parts for the semiconductor industry. (read more)

High accuracy ceramic gyroscopic components and large ceramic composites used for guidance of various aerospace applications. (read more)

INSACO provides sapphire machining and polishing services for sapphire tubes for infrared countermeasures (IRCM) for military and VIP aircraft.

High accuracy ceramic gyroscopic components and large ceramic composites used for guidance of various aerospace applications (read more)

We have the ability to produce high volumes using one of our various 24/7 automation cells while maintaining a positional accuracy of less than .001 mm. (read more)

ZIRCONIA vs. MACOR...in the battle of fracture toughness!!! (read more)

INSACO demonstrates the scratch resistance between sapphire and glass... (read more)

These specialty materials have been formulated by producers to achieve stability of thermal expansion as well as featuring best properties of constituent materials. Some are more transparent like glass, some more opaque like alumina ceramic. All process well by diamond grinding, but where softer than technical ceramics, single-point machining is possible with some. (read more)

These pieces represent a large part of our business we developed by learning how to achieve the very tight diameters, and cylindricities needed for these applications. (read more)

The next time you have an application that requires precision machining and you think a metal or plastic material is your only option, think again. Then give us a call and let us help you understand how hard materials just might be a better, more cost efficient, more environmentally sound choice. (read more)

Working with ceramics? Start with the spec, not the guess.
Designing with post-fired ceramics is different from designing with metal or plastic. The materials are harder, more brittle, and require different rules of engagement. (read more)

We have manufactured pieces for various cardiac, orthopedic and cranial applications. (read more)

At INSACO, we’ve built our reputation on doing the hard work after the material reaches full density and hardness. That means no guesswork. Just submicron tolerances and confidence that what you spec is what you get. (read more)

Unfortunately we don’t machine metal or plastic materials. We specialize in hard materials such as sapphire, ceramic, aluminum nitride, boron carbide, silicon nitride, and zirconia, to name just a few. (read more)

Ceramic materials are an excellent choice for in-body use because of their chemical inertness and high wear capability. The materials’ tribological properties, the ability to act as bearing parts without lubrication, are also advantageous for in-body applications. We have manufactured pieces for various cardiac, orthopedic and cranial applications. (read more)

Internal threading of hard "fully-fired" ceramic materials such as sapphire, silicon carbide, quartz, and zirconia is a significant advancement in precision machining, offering several advantages that address long-standing challenges in engineering and manufacturing. (read more)

• Expands design possibilities
• Enhances durability and reliability
• Reduces production time and costs
• Opens new applications
  Innovative machining techniques

We specialize in hard materials such as sapphire, ceramic, aluminum nitride, boron carbide, silicon nitride, and zirconia, to name just a few.

The reason we specialize in these materials instead of metals is that we feel these hard materials have unique properties and characteristics that many times can REPLACE metal, and often at a more cost efficient or property enhanced benefit. (read more)

Contamination problems solved with precision ceramic gearing (read more)

Schott’s Zerodur and Corning’s ULE glass-ceramics were developed to achieve an almost unmeasurable change in dimension over large temperature change. Typical applications include space optics, instruments and laser gyroscopes. (read more)

Sapphire, the single crystal form of aluminum oxide, is inherently transparent. Parts fabricated from sapphire exhibit a frosted appearance, then polishing reveals total clarity useful for lens and window applications. (read more)

We specialize in hard materials such as sapphire, ceramic, aluminum nitride, boron carbide, silicon nitride, and zirconia, to name just a few. (read more)

Select materials of interest based on what is most important to your application. Once you specify which properties are most important, the "guide" searches our database of materials. It presents you with various materials listing the selected properties ranked as you specify and often includes some other materials provided as references. (read more)

Discover the expertise of INSACO for precision machining and polishing parts from all technical ceramics, sapphire, glass and quartz. (read more)

ZIRCONIA vs. MACOR...in the battle of fracture toughness!!! (read more)

INSACO demonstrates the difference in scratch resistance between glass and sapphire (read more)

Once you specify which properties are most important, the “guide” searches our database of materials and presents you with various materials listing the selected properties ranked as you specify and often includes some other materials provided as references. (read more)

Silicon carbide offers low density and high stiffness, as well as extreme hardness and wear resistance. (read more)

INSACO, Inc has become recognized as a worldwide leader in custom machined ceramic and sapphire parts for the semiconductor industry. Through this experience, INSACO has perfected the ability to produce sapphire wafer carriers with or without multiple holes for GaAs, Indium Phosphide, and other compound semiconductors. (read more)

Based on this combination of hardness, resistance to wear, heat and corrosion, SiC is often specified for seal faces and high performance pump parts. (read more)

Insaco has both the experience and capability to diamond grind CMC’s to precise tolerance. We have fabricated both civilian and series production military applications for many years and welcome the opportunity to discuss manufacturability issues with customer proposals. (read more)

In a process flow, sudden stoppages will create very large downtime costs, which can justify the use of a higher-cost ceramic component. (read more)

Insaco’s proprietary diamond grinding process and specialized techniques developed over many decades allow us to consistently produce and document parts to exacting specifications. (read more)