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Litchfield, MN

A trusted solution for your glass frustrations for over 39 years! IRD does things with glass that no one else in the world does! We provide a full spectrum of custom manufacturing capabilities: Sapphire windows, ceramic, silicon-nitride components, laser reflectors, HLDT mirrors, filters, precision glass tubes, cylinder & rod lenses, prisms, wedges, light pipes, assemblies, coatings and the metrology to measure & verify our processes. IRD will always be here when you need us most!

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Glass Cutting

Glass Cutting

Glass cutting is a method of weakening the structure of glass along a score line that can be broken by applying controlled force; this separates the glass into two sections along the score line or fissure. Regardless of the application, the cutting of glass is...

Quartz Glass

Quartz Glass

Quartz is one of the most abundant and widely distributed minerals in nature. Quartz is the only stable polymorph of crystalline silica on the Earth‘s surface. It is found in all forms of rocks: igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary. It becomes concentrated in...

Friction Materials

Friction Materials

Friction materials are substances that produce friction between solid surfaces in order to control or stop forward or backward motion. The materials used to produce friction materials include organic and non-organic substances such as resin, ceramics, fibers, and metals...

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