We’d like to offer congratulations to Torr's Science Advisor – Mr. Dave Stupple - who's just become Dr. David Stupple. Dave is now a Doctor of Engineering in the field of Micro- and Nano-materials and Technologies awarded by the University of Surrey. As part of his...

Anti-reflective (AR) coatings are used to reduce the losses due to reflection as a beam of light passes through an optical material.  This may be visible light, UV, or IR, all of which are parts of the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation. Losses are caused by both...

Torr Scientific has been manufacturing and refurbishing X-ray anodes for 22 years. We can manufacture from scratch from the customer’s drawing, or we can refurbish or repair to restore an anode to its original condition, if not better. Our engineers can design an...

Torr Scientific Optical Diamond Viewport installed at MAX IV in Lund, Sweden. Torr recently supplied an optical quality diamond viewport to The Technical University of Denmark. This viewport is currently being installed on the DanMAX materials science beamline at the...

We'd like to welcome James Skinner as Torr's latest employee. James will be operating the two new CNC machines that we've just had delivered (see the news story on this newsletter). We will be using the parts that James manufactures to fabricate our wide range of...

New Machines purchased by Torr. Torr have just taken delivery of a new MDM-100 mill and MDL-1800 lathe from Mach Machine Tools https://www.machmt.co.uk/ Both machines are capable of being operated in CNC mode (Computer Numerically Controlled) as well as manually. This...

An update on the current situation with the outbreak of COVID-19 in the UK. Torr is currently open for business and servicing our customers.  We are following UK government guidelines carefully. We’ve taken a pro-active stance from the very beginning in order to...

Torr Scientific were delighted to take part in a small science Fair held at our local sports centre in Bexhill-on-Sea. The fair was one of many happening across the UK as part of British Science week (https://www.britishscienceweek.org/) British Science Week was a...

Torr are proud to announce that they have been short-listed as an SME track company to represent the UK on their stand at the forthcoming BSBF2020 exhibition taking place in Granada in Spain in October. Here is their news article announcing this:...

Indium tin oxide is an unusual material: it can be both electrically conductive and optically transparent. Conductive materials like metals have delocalized electrons that are relatively free to move within the material, but this freedom means that they can interact...

Torr Scientific is able to supply DN200CF fused silica brazed viewports to meet your special requirements demanding larger vacuum windows and view apertures. Torr produces two versions as standard, with 136 mm and 183 mm clear view apertures respectively. Both...

Torr Scientific manufactures a wide range of Germanium viewports mounted in KF, ISO, & Conflat flanges. We can provide different anti-reflective coatings to reduce the reflection and increase transmission. Germanium is a chemical element, in its purest form it is...