The 10,000 sq. ft. COM-Lab facility is designed to be an optics manufacturing process development lab. Organizations that use our fabrication and metrology tools test concepts and produce prototypes as a first step prior to ramping up full-scale production. DPOC member organizations and their qualified technicians can rent time to utilize these tools and can also work with AmeriCOM’s trained technicians on the development of projects.
Interested? Contact Mike Pomerantz, Director of Engineering.
Lab Rates
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OPPORTUNITIES
Lab Equipment
2025–26 Rates
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.
Army/Optimax High-Energy Laser Defect Inspection System
A non-destructive, full aperture thermal scanning method system that identifies manufacturing defects and foreign object debris. Designed for use in a production environment.
J.A.Woollam V-VASE & IR-VASE Ellipsometers
Versatile scanning monochromator ellipsometers with fully automated rotating analyzers for thin film and bulk material characterization from 240 nm – 30 µm.
Keyence VHX-7000 Digital Microscope
A fully automated digital microscope system with 4k CMOS imaging sensor.
Zygo NewView 9000 Interferometric Microscope
3D optical non-contact white light interferometric microscope, surface profiler capable of measuring smooth, rough, flat, sloped, and stepped surfaces to sub-nanometer precision.
Zygo Verifire HD MST Laser Interferometer
Simultaneous multi-surface test interferometer provides high precision measurements of surface form and transmitted wavefront of optical components up to 4” diameters. Includes 4” f/0.75 and f/1.5 transmission spheres, a 4” – 4% transmission flat, and a 4” -dynaflect flat.
OptiPro PRO 160P+ Polisher
High-speed spherical lens polisher featuring dual lower spindles for in-process tool truing for optics up to 160 mm in diameter.
Moore Nanotech 650FG Single Point Diamond Turning
5 axis ultraprecision diamond turning system capable of advanced machining methods for freeforms, diffractives, and microprismatic optical structures on workpieces up to 750 mm in diameter.
OptiPro UltraSurf 5X 400 Non-Contact Metrology
High precision 5-axis non-contact metrology system capable of measuring various precision optical components up to 400 mm in diameter including spheres, aspheres, and freeforms to sub-micron accuracies.
OptiPro eSX 300CTS Grinder
Five-axis CNC grinder capable of manufacturing spheres, aspheres, acylinders, freeform optics, and other precision optics up to 300 mm in diameter.
OptiPro UFF 300 Polisher
Five-axis sub-aperture polishing system with high removal rates for aspheres, freeforms, and more up to 300 mm in diameter.