Polished Quartz Plate Supplier & Exporter serving Vancouver

For urgent academic prototypes, R&D wafers, and replacement sight windows, we dispatch via direct air express (DHL, FedEx, UPS) arriving at Vancouver International Airport (YVR) within 4 to 7 business days from dispatch. For standard production batches and larger furnace tubes or quartz boats, consolidation via air freight (6–10 days) or sea freight container shipping directly into the Port of Vancouver (Roberts Bank or Burrard Inlet, approximately 18–25 days maritime transit) provides optimal cost efficiency.

Every shipment is packaged in multi-layered pearl foam cushioning, individual anti-static vacuum envelopes, and reinforced plywood crates compliant with international ISPM-15 phytosanitary standards, preventing transit damage across trans-Pacific routes.

Importations of fused quartz plates and custom laboratory quartzware into British Columbia fall under Canadian Customs Tariff HS Code 7002.31 (Tubes of fused quartz or other fused silica) or HS Code 7002.39 / 7020.00 (Other articles of glass/fused silica for laboratory, hygienic or pharmaceutical uses). We furnish complete commercial invoices, packing lists with net/gross weights, and Certificates of Origin (COO).

Goods entering Canada are subject to standard 5% federal Goods and Services Tax (GST); research equipment destined for qualifying educational institutions (such as UBC or SFU) may qualify for specific duty relief provisions under Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) guidelines.

Yes. As a verified custom manufacturer, our minimum order quantity (MOQ) for custom polished plates, observation discs, and slotted boat carriers begins at just 1 piece. You can submit your mechanical drawing in 2D (PDF, DWG, DXF) or 3D (STEP, IGES) format. Our production engineers conduct a comprehensive design-for-manufacturing (DFM) review within 24 hours, evaluating thickness-to-aspect ratios, corner radii, beveling specifications, and flame-polishing zones.

The choice between optical quartz grades depends strictly on your working spectral band and radiation intensity:

• JGS1 (Synthetic Fused Silica): Recommended for deep UV lithography, excimer lasers (193 nm / 248 nm), high-precision fluorescence spectroscopy, and quantum optics. It exhibits virtually zero bubble inclusions, extremely high UV transmittance (>90% at 200 nm), and no fluorescence under excitation.

• JGS2 (Standard Fused Quartz): The industry standard for visible spectrum inspection windows, high-temperature furnace sight glasses (continuous 1100°C), and chemical reaction chambers. It offers excellent transmission between 260 nm and 2500 nm at a cost-effective price point.

• JGS3 (Infrared Quartz): Doped to eliminate the structural hydroxyl absorption band at 2730 nm, offering superior transparency throughout the near and mid-infrared spectrum (up to 3500 nm), commonly utilized in FTIR spectroscopy, pyrometry viewports, and infrared heating arrays.

Our standard precision polish guarantees a surface flatness of 1λ to λ/2 per 25 mm diameter at 632.8 nm with a scratch-dig rating of 60/40 or 40/20 per MIL-PRF-13830B. For high-energy laser windows, interferometry plates, and quantum optical cavities, our precision CMP lines achieve high-precision tolerances: flatness to λ/4 or λ/10, parallelism under 30 arc seconds, and surface roughness Ra ≤ 0.5 nm (scratch-dig 20/10 or 10/5). Every optical batch includes an interferometer flatness report upon request.

Fused quartz is chemically inert to almost all inorganic and organic acids—including hot nitric acid (HNO₃), hydrochloric acid (HCl), concentrated sulfuric acid (H₂SO₄), piranha solution, and aqua regia—even at elevated temperatures up to several hundred degrees Celsius. The only chemicals that react with fused silica are Hydrofluoric acid (HF) at any temperature and concentrated Phosphoric acid (H₃PO₄) above 150°C. Furthermore, basic alkaline solutions (such as concentrated NaOH or KOH) will cause surface etching only at elevated temperatures above 100°C.