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DIAMOND Kimberlit B.V.
The company
DIAMOND is a worldwide leader in supplying high precision fiber optic solutions and has been
serving successfully several markets for over 30 years. Also, Diamond is known as a dynamic and
innovative company, able to develop reliable, customized components and equipment, in response
to the increasingly demanding customer requirements.
Technologies
Diamond provides a wide range of products based on sophisticated technology and its strong
know-how acquired over many years. Manufacturing special fiber-optic interconnecting parts is
our core business, a specialization that allows us to meet the most different kinds of customer’s
needs.
Manufacturing depth
Diamond has a well-established competence in processing high-quality ceramic, metal and plastic
components, right from the raw material to the finished product. This system allows the various
manufacturing processes to be controlled and enables us to guarantee that each single component
meets all the quality, reliability and performance standards which stand for Diamond products
throughout the world.
Mechanical competences
• Integrated Ceramic production (pressing, sintering, machining); Precision metal machining in
non-standard metals (TI,WC, Kovar, stainless ,…); High precision plastic injection; Ultra-high
precision lapping; Ultra-high precision drilling; Fiber-ferrule polishing.
Optical competences
• Fiber active core alignment;Active Polarization Orientation; Contact optical interfaces; Non-
Contact optical interfaces; High power optical applications; 3D linear (X,Y,Z) active fiber
positioning; Multi-Channel concepts.
Assembly competances
• Singlemode Fiber; Multimode Fiber; Standard PM Fiber; Enhanced PM Fiber; Reduced Clad Fiber;
Double Clad Fiber; Large core Fiber; Small core Fiber; Multicore Fiber; Photonic Crystal Fiber.
References
Nikhef – CERN – TNO – ESA – NASA – ECN – Mapper – Philips – ASML – Thales – Dutch Defense
– NATO – Fugro – Fokker Elmo – TU Eindhoven – TU Delft – UTwente –
Leiden University – VU Amsterdam and many more.
Ivar Koren
Technical Product Manager
Transistorstraat 101
1322 CL ALmere
T: +31 (0)36 35 87 35
E: i.koren@diamond-kimberlit.nl
www.diamond-fo.com