Sapphire & Ruby Balls
Applications include Sapphire or Ruby Ball Lenses, which demand a hard material that can withstand thermal and environmental shock, high wear resistance, and chemical compatibility. We offer a wide range of stock sizes of Sapphire Balls and Ruby Balls with diameters as low as 0.15mm. Sapphire and Ruby Balls have typical tolerances of sphericity 0.625 micron and diameter ±2.5 micron (Grade 25).
Typical Applications: Fiber Optic Connectors, Flow Meters, rotameters, Bar Code Readers, Wear Applications.
Sapphire/Ruby Ball Cross Section
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| Model | Ruby Model | Diameter | Diameter (mm) |
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| N/A sapphire ball | B0.15R ruby ball | 0.0059 | 0.150 |
| B0.20S sapphire ball | B0.20R ruby ball | 0.0078" | 0.20 |
| B0.30S sapphire ball | B0.30R ruby ball | 0.0118" | 0.30 |
| B0.35S sapphire ball | B0.35R ruby ball | 0.0138" | 0.35 |
| B0.38S sapphire ball | B0.38R ruby ball | 0.0150" | 0.381 |
| B0.40S sapphire ball | B0.40R ruby ball | 0.0156" | 0.40 |
| B0.50S sapphire ball | B0.50R ruby ball | 0.0197" | 0.50 |
| B0.60S sapphire ball | B0.60R ruby ball | 0.0236" | 0.60 |
| B0.79S sapphire ball | B0.79R ruby ball | 0.0312" | 0.79248 |
| B1.00S sapphire ball | B1.00R ruby ball | 0.0394" | 1.00 |
| B1.20S sapphire ball | B1.20R ruby ball | 0.0472" | 1.20 |
| B1.50S sapphire ball | B1.50R ruby ball | 0.0591" | 1.50 |
| B1.58S sapphire ball | B1.58R ruby ball | 0.0625" | 1.5875 |
| B2.00S sapphire ball | B2.00R ruby ball | 0.0787" | 2.00 |
| B2.38S sapphire ball | B2.38R ruby ball | 0.0937" | 2.38125 |
| B2.50S sapphire ball | B2.50R ruby ball | 0.0984" | 2.50 |
| B2.78S sapphire ball | B2.78R ruby ball | 0.1094" | 2.77876 |
| B3.00S sapphire ball | B3.00R ruby ball | 0.1181" | 3.000 |
| B3.18S sapphire ball | B3.18R ruby ball | 0.1250" | 3.175 |
| B3.97S sapphire ball | B3.97R ruby ball | 0.1562" | 3.9675 |
| B4.00S sapphire ball | B4.00R ruby ball | 0.1575" | 4.00 |
| B4.76S sapphire ball | B4.76R ruby ball | 0.1875" | 4.7625 |
| B5.00S sapphire ball | B5.00R ruby ball | 0.1969" | 5.00 |
| B5.55S sapphire ball | B5.55R ruby ball | 0.2187" | 5.55498 |
| B6.00S sapphire ball | B6.00R ruby ball | 0.2362" | 6.00 |
| B6.35S sapphire ball | B6.35R ruby ball | 0.2500" | 6.35 |
| B7.94S sapphire ball | B7.94R ruby ball | 0.3125" | 7.9375 |
| B9.53S sapphire ball | B9.53R ruby ball | 0.3750" | 9.525 |
