At TA Instruments we had a need for a highly engineered part that is strong, light and stable to lapped to very tight flatness and parallelism specifications. We contacted thirteen companies who claimed to to specialized low tolerance lapping. None of these companies said they could meet our demands. However, three of these companies referred us to Surface Finishes.

Surface Finishes was more than willing to take on the challenge of finishing our part. With our knowledge of the design requirements and an unfinished part supplied by TA Instruments, Surface Finishes led the way through a lot of interaction and joint cooperation. The final product was a process which is documented and capable of producing parts which meet our demanding requirements. Since production began, Surface Finishes has made many process refinements which have resulted in improved yields, reduced cycle time and lower cost to TA Instruments.