Other Operations

Range of Operations

Kadco has capabilities for precision dicing and machining of virtually any hard or soft substrate. This includes ceramic, silicon, glass, metals, and plastics like Torlon. We can deliver your diced substrates wax mounted on glass, tape mounted, or cleaned and packaged. Some of our most common end products include:

Capacitors
Electronic and optical packages
Pressure transducers
Lenses
Submounts

Engineering & Design Services

We are here to help you through your entire project. Our experts at Kadco do more than just produce your parts, we assist in all stages of product design and development involving even the most difficult materials. We always strive for high quality and low costs throughout design and production. Some areas we specialize in include:

Material selection
Determining tolerance limits
Creating part drawings in Auto CAD
Conversion of engineering design formats (eg. .igs) into machine code (eg. .nc)
SmartScope measurements
Coordination with outside fabricators
Water jet cutting of refractory materials

Regardless of what stage of product development you are in, we can work with you to make your product a success. The more information we have from you, the better. Please contact us to get started.

Metalization

Kadco Ceramics can provide many metalization schemes on many types of substrates. Commonly requested coatings include:

Nickel/gold plating on copper
Molybdenum/manganese fired on ceramics
Sputtered coatings such as titanium/palladium/gold on alumina
Direct bond copper on ceramic

Quality Management

We maintain the highest quality from order entry to machine processing and final shipping. We are committed to continuous quality improvement. To do this we: