About Altair

Precision Brazing Services

Altair has been in business since 1991 as a provider of precision furnace brazing services. Through the years Altair has established itself as a premiere precision furnace brazing operation on the west coast.

High Quality, Service and Expertise

Altair specializes in providing the service of brazing and bonding materials for high vacuum and high temperature applications.

We differentiate ourselves from others by our very high quality of service and by our design and mechanical engineering services.

Altair’s core strengths are material science and engineering knowledge, and we remain competitive in price, delivery and quality.

Our Primary Capabilities:

• Precision hydrogen brazing (wet and dry)
• Precision vacuum brazing
• Low temperature brazing and soldering
• Vacuum Aluminum brazing
• Ceramic to metal brazing
• Induction brazing
• Arc welding / TIG welding
• High voltage test
• Bakeout
• Laser weld
• Spot weld
• Heat treating (annealing, passivation, de-carburizing, deoxidizing)
• Expert knowledge of alloys
• Active metal brazing
• Leak detection

Support Services:

• Highly experienced purchasing group
• Chemical cleaning facility
• Vacuum and electromechanical assembly
• Fully-equipped prototype CNC machining shop
• CNC verticals
• CNC lathes
• Manual lathes
• Grinding
• Polishing
• Grit and bead blasting
• Fully equipped metrology lab for precision Measurements and controls
• CMM
• Optical measurement
• Pressure drop
• Resistive measurement
• Metallurgical analysis
• Class 10,000 clean room