DIELECTRIC AND ABSORBER MATERIALS

A dielectric material is a substance that is a poor conductor of electricity but an efficient supporter of an electrostatic field. 

The ability of a dielectric material to support an electrostatic field while dissipating minimal energy in the form of heat is an important property of a dielectric material.  The dielectric loss, proportion of energy lost in the form of heat, is a measure of the efficiency of the dielectric.  The lower the dielectric loss, the more effective is the dielectric material.

The dielectric constant of a material can be defined as: the tendency of a material to resist the flow of an electric current across the material. The lower the value of the dielectric constant, the greater its resistance to the flow of an electric current. The standard used in measuring the dielectric constant is a vacuum, which is assigned a value of 1.

Mica-Tron Products Corp. machines a wide range of low loss dielectric materials that are used in antennas, transmission lines, RF/microwave devices, and electronic components.  We have considerable experience machining low loss dielectric foams, low loss dielectric thermosets, and low loss materials with controlled dielectric constants. We have the knowledge, expertise and equipment to properly machine your dielectric material requirements, without compromising critical electrical properties by contamination during processing.

Our process capabilities include manual and CNC milling, CNC turning, and CNC grinding, and micromachining of dielectric materials.

A partial list of dielectric materials machined:

Mica-Tron Products Corp. offers the highest quality and reliability when machining your requirements for dielectric components.

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RF AND MICROWAVE ABSORBER MATERIALS

Mica-Tron Products Corp. machines a complete range of both rigid and flexible absorber materials manufactured by a number of highly respected companies, including Emerson & Cuming Microwave Products and Cuming Microwave. These materials are used to improve antenna pattern shaping, reduce reflections and RCS, reduce electromagnetic interference, reduce cavity resonance, and absorb energy in transmission lines and waveguides.

The experience of Mica-Tron Products Corp. in machining these materials includes: machining terminations, absorbers, attenuators, and dummy loads.

We welcome the opportunity to work with you and to help solve some of your most challenging application problems, by sharing our material and our machining expertise with your designers and engineers. Our knowledge of dielectric and absorber materials, and their respective machining characteristics, can help you achieve a component configuration that not only meets or exceeds application requirements but can also be machined in the most cost effective manner.