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Buying Optical Tables

Top-level product category: icon various devices

Related product categories: optical breadboards, optical mounts, opto-mechanics

Optical tables provide a stable and vibration-isolated platform for mounting optical setups. They feature a regular array of threads, available in metric or imperial units, for flexible and precise component placement.

Making Good Purchase Decisions

As the most professional photonics purchasing portal, RP Photonics helps you to not only to find all relevant suppliers (not limited to our advertisers), but also to make good purchasing decisions.

NEW: Structured Decision Process

Purchasing involves a lot of responsibility. We recommend that you apply best practice by using the following structured process: Go through the following expandable sections, complete the form and finally come to a purchase decision. You can then print that to a PDF for documenting the process.

Our article on best practices for purchasing and another one explaining this tool give you valuable insights.

1. Understand the technical background

It is important to sufficiently understand the technology before buying.

Use the comprehensive learning resources of RP Photonics:

encyclopedia article optical tables

If you need personal help, contact RP Photonics to get technical consultancy.

2. Define your requirements

It is essential to fully understand and clearly define your requirements before you buy.

We recommend that you develop a list of clear specifications according to your specific needs, against which you can later check the suitability of found product offers:

To help you, we have already listed some aspects we recommend you consider when buying optical tables. Of course, there may be other aspects that are relevant to your specific case.

This list is for your own preparation, and can later (possibly in modified form) be used for quotation requests to suppliers.

Otherwise, you will need to talk to your technical colleagues.

If you cannot sufficiently clarify your requirements, you may want to get technical consultancy from RP Photonics.

You find these buttons in the supplier list below or under "3. Find suitable suppliers".

3. Find suitable suppliers

We suggest three steps:

  • Below, you can find our list of suppliers for optical tables. Use the checkboxes to mark possibly suitable suppliers.
  • The selected suppliers will appear below this list, along with your list of specifications. You can then indicate which specifications they meet according to your research. (You should finalize your specifications before doing this.)
  • Based on the results, you can finally choose a supplier that is hopefully a good enough fit.

Selected suppliers:

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Decision

The most suitable supplier you found:

Comments, e.g. reasons for your choice, or things which still need to be checked:

Suppliers for Optical Tables

23 suppliers for optical tables are listed in the RP Photonics Buyer's Guide, out of which 2 present their product descriptions. Both manufacturers and distributors can be registered.

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Excellence in Lasers, Optics, and Photonic Systems

Advanced Photonic Sciences
26741 State Route 267
Friendsville, PA 18818
United States
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optical tables

APS offers CarbonVision’s program of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) optical breadboards, tables and specialty products in the United States and Canada. Compared to stainless-steel, CFRP benches and structures exhibit high-strength, low-frequency resonances and vacuum compatibility attributes.

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Zolix Instruments Co., Ltd.
No. 68B, LDUV
Tongzhou District
Beijing 101102
China
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optical tables

Our pneumatic vibration isolation optical table features a world-leading pneumatic isolator, effectively reducing the resonance frequency. Precision adjustable dampers provide more reliable and effective vibration damping. The stainless steel tabletop has various sizes with a matrix of M6 threaded holes, it is convenient for mounting optical posts and rods. This optical table is the most valuable solution for demanding applications such as microscopy and research grade optical experiences.

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Other Suppliers

Allied Scientific Pro
Canada
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Altos Photonics
United States
Capovani Brothers Inc.
United States
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Ealing Catalog
United States
EuroLase
GMP SA, Büro Zürich
Switzerland
Holmarc Opto-Mechatronics
India
IL Photonics
Israel
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Lahat Technologies Ltd
Israel
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Nanchang Leadtop Technology Co., Ltd.
China
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New Age Instruments & Materials
India
Newport Corporation
United States
Nordair Systems GmbH
Germany
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Optical Installations
United States
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Optoprim Germany GmbH
Germany
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Pro-Lite Technology Ltd
United Kingdom
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Speirs Robertson
United Kingdom
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STANDA Ltd.
Lithuania
TMC
United States
Topag Lasertechnik GmbH
Germany
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Vision Lasertechnik für Forschung und Industrie GmbH
Germany

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