Quartz Crystal Production - Sawing / Slicing

Crystal Production

Engineering & Design

Oscillator Production

Slicing quartz wafers is basically the first step in the production of crystal resonators. During slicing, the slurry saw (pictured above) essentially abrades through several bars of quartz material at one time. The quartz bars have been oriented so that the individual slices will have the required operating characteristics. Generally, up to six bars can be sliced at one time yielding anywhere from 200 to 400 individual wafers. A typical saw run will take about 6 to 8 hours to complete.