Accelerate success with COM-Lab
Learn how partnering with AmeriCOM’s COM-Lab will advance your R&D goals.
As a pre-competitive research lab, we support both industry and academia. Your organization can benefit with collaborative research, faster time to market, and stronger return on your product development investment.
Your organization can utilize advanced optics tools and expertise without the steep costs of new capital equipment. From testing processes to refining new products, COM-Lab has advanced tools such as:
- CNC fabrication and polishing
- 5-axis diamond turning lathe
- Advanced metrology
- High-energy optical laser testing
Submit the COM-Lab contact form, and a member of the AmeriCOM team will be in touch.
Click here for a virtual tour of our lab.
Questions? Contact Mike Pomerantz, Director of Engineering, or Justin Sigley, Chief Scientist.
Learn more at americom.org.
COM-Lab Equipment:
TOOL CLASS |
RATE PER HOUR |
TOOL DESCRIPTION |
| Grinder | $105 | OptiPro eSX 300 CTS 5-Axis CNC |
| Spherical Polisher | $ 96 | OptiPro Pro160P+ CNC |
| Ultraform Finishing Asphere Polisher | $106 | OptiPro UFF 300 CNC |
| 5-Axis Diamond-Turning Lathe | $144 | Moore Nanotech 650FG v3 |
| Non-Contact Metrology System | $113 | OptiPro UltraSurf 5x 400 |
| Interferometer | $105 | Zygo Verifire HD MST |
| Digital Microscope | $ 68 | Keyence VHX-7000 |
| Optical Profiler | $ 91 | Zygo NewView 9000 3D |
| Ellipsometer | $ 77 | J.A. Woollam V-VASE |
| Ellipsometer | $ 86 | J.A. Woollam IR-VASE |
| HEL Optical Testing | Request Quote | |
| AmeriCOM Technician Rate | $ 75 |
All project-specific material costs, such as raw materials and optical blanks, are charged at cost plus time spent by Tier 3 Labor on material procurement.
Overhead costs, including waste disposal, multi-project materials, and chemicals, are included in tool hourly rates. Project-specific materials may be provided by the customer.
Surcharges may be added based on custom tooling, hard materials increasing tool wear, hazardous materials requiring additional handling and waste disposal, and other circumstances that arise in any individual situation.