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SAPPHIRE & RUBY BALLS DURABLE, CHEMICALLY INERT AND BIOCOMPATIBLE

Small sapphire and ruby balls next to the tip of a pen on a blue table.

Miniature high-precision sapphire and ruby balls for use as bearings and mechanical components in medical and scientific instruments and as optical components in lasers, cameras, and fiber optic devices are available from Meller Optics, Inc. of Providence, RI. Meller Sapphire & Ruby Balls feature zero porosity, Mohs 9 hardness which is second only to diamond, […]

SAPPHIRE & RUBY BALLS ARE MINIATURE, HARD, PRECISE, AND NON-MAGNETIC

Miniature Sapphire and Ruby Balls

A full line of miniature high-precision sapphire and ruby balls for use in instruments, metering equipment, and other precision mechanisms where low friction bearings, long-life, and dimensional accuracy are important have been introduced by Meller Optics, Inc. of Providence, Rhode Island. Meller Sapphire and Ruby Balls are single crystal materials with zero porosity, that are […]

SAPPHIRE & RUBY BALLS HEMISPHERES

Sapphire & Ruby Spheres

A broad range of sapphire and ruby balls that can be precision ground into lenses with short focal lengths for use in micro air vehicle operations has been introduced by Meller Optics, Inc. of Providence, Rhode Island. Meller Sapphire and Ruby Balls feature 9 Mohs hardness, which is second only to diamond, and are unaffected […]