HIGH PURITY. HIGH PRESSURE. HIGH TEMPERATURE.
BREAKTHROUGH MATERIAL SOLUTIONS
We are versatile and multidisciplinary specialists demonstrating rare expertise with ceramics, glass, and optical windows.
Bring us your most difficult applications.
ONE HUNDRED YEARS. THREE DIVISIONS. ONE MISSION.
WE WORK HARD FOR WHAT WE BELIEVE IN.
OUR MISSIONFrom the Mariana Trench to deep space, we deliver the world’s purest, most precise, and highest performing material components for mission-critical work.
Our engineers are united by their passion to tackle the most complex technical problems. We solve engineering challenges through careful listening, attention to nuance, and an eye for detail. Bring us the non-negotiables that keep you up at night. We’ll build your solutions.
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TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
100 year history of innovation, engineer-to-engineer collaboration, and integrating with clients at the R&D level.
Every one of our divisions is defined by rare or one-of-a-kind capabilities. From specialty equipment that allows for extra-long part production, to polishing and finishing techniques that improve the final product, we offer solutions that are not available anywhere else.
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EXTREME APPLICATIONS
We are ambitious engineers, pushing the limits of advanced materials in the most extreme applications possible.
If you speak of your requirements in superlatives (most, highest, best), we’re ready to rise to the challenge. We push ourselves to go above and beyond—to satisfy our customer expectations, and our own curiosity.
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CUSTOM ENGINEERING
Our clients come to us because their needs go beyond what can be handled by generic solutions.
There is no specification so unique we won’t try to fulfill it. We excel at meeting exact requirements, even if it means developing a new manufacturing method, or only producing a handful of components.
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LONG TERM PARTNERSHIPS
We are here to bring you solutions today, and help you with material selection, research, and development for years to come.
We work with our customers through all stages of the development process, from the earliest stages of R&D through project acquisition after a supplier changeover. We have built rigorous testing standards to ensure our products exceed client requirements.
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SAFETY FOCUSED
Lives depend on our products holding up under intense conditions. We remind each other of that responsibility daily.
Accountability isn’t just a checkbox. It’s the byword for our team, from research to quality control. Ultimately, we recognize that our customers are the final say in whether we have accomplished a job well done.
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PRIDE IN PEOPLE
We invest in our team because the depth of knowledge earned from length of employment can’t be taken for granted.
Our goal is to hire for life. We value having teams that work well together because they’ve know each other for decades. And we want to offer our customers the continuity of a known point of contact throughout the length of their relationship with us.
Tony Finoli, PHD
Vice President of Technology
McDANEL PERSPECTIVE
Working at McDanel has given me the experience of working on a wide variety of products through the development and manufacturing processes to seeing them in use by our customers.
We start with something raw and make it remarkable and all in the area I grew up in with such a proud history of manufacturing.
HIGH-PERFORMANCE ENGINEERED MATERIAL SOLUTIONS
INNOVATIVE DESIGN, MULTIDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING
McDanel Advanced Ceramics (MAC)
MAC stands apart with capabilities that include clean firing, isopressing, slip casting, and the longest extruded dense alumina parts in the world.
McDanel Glass Solutions (MGS)
Known for custom vial designs, MGS specializes in technical applications for tubular glass, including capillary glass and hermetic sealing.
McDanel Optical Technologies (MOT)
MOT engineers sapphire windows for premium durability and clarity using fire and acid polishing and microfracture repair techniques.
OPERATE AT THE EXTREME
INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS
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Aerospace
Sight windows, stem switches, and sensors for commercial flight, satellites, space probes, and manned space capsules. View Applications -
Space
Hermetic windows made with sapphire glass, providing an airtight seal that withstands intense heat and pressure. View Applications -
Defense
Jet engine pins, flameout detectors, thermocouples, and optical windows for mission critical operations. View Applications -
Manufacturing & Research
Specialized university research, crystal growth, thermocouples, and sight windows for deep sea oil drilling. View Applications -
Life Sciences
Custom, high-retrieval vials for small sample sizes, expensive reagents, or long-term storage for sample libraries. View Applications -
Semiconductor & Electronics
Fine-grained, high purity alumina, clean firing to burn off impurities, and diffuser manufacturing. View Applications
TALK EXPERT-TO-EXPERT
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Our engineers are available to discuss details at any stage of development. Whether that’s supporting your team as you work through a prototype, or picking up a project where another supplier left off, we are only an email away.
All three divisions of McDanel Advanced Materials are AS 9100 certified and ITAR certified. Additionally, McDanel Glass Solutions is registered with the FDA, holding a Type III DMF, and has also obtained REACH certification in compliance with EU RoHS Directives. You can read more about our policies on our quality standards page.
Yes, our stock optical windows are manufactured to the highest standards. They are the best option for applications that involve high heat or pressure.
WearGuard® is our signature ceramic bearing system for continuous steel sheet coating. WearGuard® has a longer life over conventional bearings, which means less downtime and higher throughput.
Yes. Our engineers are always eager to work through problems with our customers, no matter where they are in the development process. Bring your requirements, and we’ll bring our expertise.
