The Fredericks Company is the premier manufacturer of specialty glass products, including: electrolytic tilt sensors, dewar flasks, inclinometers, elapsed time indicators, nutation dampers, ampules, and press stems, pinch stems, and headers. Through innovative engineering and skilled fabrication, Fredericks has developed and expanded the applications of glass technology.
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 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 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...
