Our process allows for micro screen designs that maximize yield, optimize performance, and reduce waste. We can help you achieve a design that is customized to your needs, and eliminates the hassles that slow down production.
If you need it, our engineers and experts are here to help.
Whatever your need, chances are we’ve got it covered.
We have expertise across each phase of your project.
We’ll stay with you through every component evolution.
When every particle counts, Switzer can help you optimize your yield through customized openings. We understand that micro screens aren’t one-size-fits-all, and that includes the shape, size and configuration of the holes. Our variable configurations are virtually limitless — we can create exactly what you need to minimize loss.
You need a screen that was built to last. Our process allows for single piece designs that do more for longer, allowing you to maximize your production without limitations. Simply put, our micro screens are stronger, more durable and more rigid than alternatives like wire mesh, which means higher yield and less downtime.
Whether you’re working with expensive pharmaceutical products, food products prone to bacteria, or any other high-volume product, excessive blinding can quickly get expensive. Our process has solved this problem. We’re able to customize features to drastically reduce blinding over the lifecycle of your component.
Switzer’s advanced photochemical machining process allows an exceptional degree of control that creates exceedingly precise, highly functional screen and filtration components. Our process is extremely agile, making design changes simple and high volumes more practical. Take your production to the next level with Switzer’s precision capabilities and expert support and get the reliable results you need from your micro screens.
Our process is exceedingly precise, and our team is knowledgable about industry regulations. We will work with you to ensure your component allows your finished product to comply with standards. The first step is a finished component that meets the exact specifications of your design. Our process is unmatched in precision.
We are able to create your component out of a number of practical and durable metals, including stainless steel, copper alloys, and aluminum. Our experts can help you determine the right material.
Learn more about the ways we’ve helped our customers achieve their exact goals and improve performance.
As you probably have imagined, all went well with the parts made for us, and one of the grids is now installed in our running DS-50 detector, buried inside a large fluid tank at the Gran Sasso underground laboratory and filled with liquid argon! We are designing the larger experiment of this kind, and will need larger grids. We will be in contact in the not-so-distant future.
- Physics Department Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
UMASS was completing their DarkSide-50 project designed to identify dark matter signals and needed an exceedingly durable but very thin metal grid to achieve their goals. These grids were extremely delicate, and required specific handling and shipping to perform as needed. Switzer’s photochemical etching process was the clear answer, contributing a key asset to the success of the project.
Etched Metal Grid
Identify dark matter signals
Extremely thin grid with high durability
Chances are, your needs are specific. And our expertise is extensive. We want to learn as many of those details before taking on your project. When we know precisely what you need, we can develop a streamlined plan to produce it – in fact, we may be able to deliver more than you think.
Let’s bring your design to life so you (and we) can properly vet it. Our process actually allows for several designs to be arrayed on a single sheet, giving you more prototyping options than before. Producing your component exactly the way you need it is our only goal – often, prototyping is the best way to get there.
Our photochemical machining process opens up a world of possibilities for your components. Every phase of this multi-step process is exceedingly precise and subject to stringent quality control – including 1st article inspections to guarantee dimensions. Our production processes are capable of both high and low volumes, and our production times are typically measured in days, not weeks, so you get your parts sooner.
When it comes to precision parts, Switzer delivers. Specifically, we deliver in economical bundles or whatever packaging arrangements you request. We understand that accurate deliveries are critical to your performance metrics, so we make a simple promise: if your delivery is late, we pay the freight.
At Switzer, our in-house sales team is ready to partner with you to make sure you are getting the most of our your micro screen-type components. Whether you've been running your process the same way for years or have the need to develop a brand new separation or filtration component, a Switzer expert is here to offer you guidance, advice, and options you may not have known were available to you — all with the goal of maximizing your yield and better serving your needs.
Your Component Specialist is
John Maher
Micro Screens & Filtration Components
john.maher@switzermfg.com