Claughton Miller & Associates provide a full range of polishing and lapping films and colloidal silica slurries suitable for the polishing of fiber optic cables and other optoelectronic manufacturing processes.
Lapping Films:
Diamond Films (0.2 - 40µm)
Suitable for polish of ceramics, glass, super hard alloys, sapphire, stone, etc.
Silicon Carbide Films (1.0 - 30µm)
Suitable for polish of stone, super hard alloys, metals, plastics etc.
Alumina Films (0.3 - 40µm)
Engineered for the burnishing process of disk drive media disks
Suitable for polish of metals, stone, plastics, wood, etc.
Cerium Oxide & Silica Films (0.02 – 1.0µm)
Suitable for final polish applications
Diamond Lapping Films
| Mesh |
Size (µm) |
Color |
| 30000 |
0.1 |
 |
| 10000 |
0.5 |
 |
| 8000 |
1.0 |
  |
| 4000 |
3.0 |
 |
| 2500 |
6.0 |
 |
| 2000 |
9.0 |
 |
| 1200 |
15.0 |
 |
| 600 |
30.0 |
 |
Alumina Lapping Films
| Mesh |
Size (µm) |
Color |
| 15000 |
0.3 |
 |
| 10000 |
0.5 |
 |
| 8000 |
1.0 |
 |
| 6000 |
2.0 |
 |
| 4000 |
3.0 |
  |
| 3000 |
5.0 |
 |
| 2000 |
9.0 |
 |
| 1500 |
12.0 |
 |
| 1200 |
15.0 |
 |
| 600 |
30.0 |
 |
| 400 |
40.0 |
 |
Silicon Carbide Lapping Films
| Mesh |
Size (µm) |
Color |
| 8000 |
1.0 |
 |
| 6000 |
2.0 |
 |
| 4000 |
3.0 |
 |
| 3000 |
5.0 |
 |
| 2000 |
9.0 |
 |
| 1200 |
15.0 |
 |
| 600 |
30.0 |
 |
High Purity Colloidal Silica Slurries:
- Made from high purity silicon powder
- Designed for low sodium content
- Low metal content
- Generates angstrom level finish of polished surface
- Suitable for polishing process of semiconductor wafers, hard disk drive substrates and media disks, fiber optic connectors, etc
Colloidal Silica Slurries Typical Properties
| Item |
Alkaline slurry |
Acidic slurry |
| Particle size (nm) |
20-40; 40-60; 60-80; 100-140 |
15-35 |
| Appearance |
Milky white liquid |
Milky white liquid |
| Density (g/ml) |
1.15 |
1.15 |
| pH |
9.8±0.5 |
2-3 |
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