Our breadboards are designed by optical researchers with experience in both academic and industrial laboratories. The design stresses functionality and performance at the lowest possible cost to the customer. Advanced materials and designs are used to provide increased vibration damping and decreased weights when compared to conventional breadboards and tables.

The skins, core and final coating are manufactured separately and then assembled into the final unit permitting a wide variety of skins, cores and coatings to be used based on specific applications. Computer aided design stations are directly linked with computer controlled manufacturing centers to provide high dimensional accuracy and fast error free production.

Custom products and special designs can be quickly created saving you, our customer both money and lead-time.

Our Cost Saving 2” Grid can save up to 15% of the purchase price.

Available Skins: Top & bottom skins are the same material unless noted otherwise*

• (FM) Ferromagnetic Steel (Standard) 0.125in (3mm)
• (ALP) Aluminum 0.187in (4mm)
• (LW) "Ultra" Light Weight 0.25in (6mm)
• (TI) Titanium 0.032in (.8128mm)
• Stainless Steel 0.125in (3mm):  (SS4r) 400 series, SS Top, Ferromagnetic Bottom*

Finish: Top / Sides / Bottom

• Standard: Black anti-refective polyurethane impervious to most chemicals.  Absorbs more than 90% of light incident upon it.  Absorbs more than 95% of the energy in near perpendicular incidence and scatters grazing reflections to less than 5%.
• Optional: Black anodized or Natural with matte finish (Material Dependent)

Borders and Corners around grid:

• 1st row 2" from edge (50mm)
• Variations can be accomodated
• Rounded corners are standard with our product

Max static load before failure: 

                     P/n: 12362E1 supported at end  >11,000lbs, >5000N

Max compressive load:>55lbs/in², >3.9N/cm²

Deflection:    VERE Part # 12362E1 (Supported at 24") 32µin/lb, 1.5µ/N

VERE Part# 48968E1 (Supported on legs) 2µin/lb, 0.1µm/N

Core: High Density Honeycomb Style

• System Eliminates Resonances
• Cell size: 3/8 inch cell
• Vertically bonded
• Waterproof 
• Acid resistant

Tapped Holes: Lead screw tapped

• 1/4-20 (English), most common
• M6 (Metric) holes
• 8/32 available
• 10/32 available

Top Grid Patterns:

• Standard: 1”   (Center to Center)
• Cost Saving: 2”   (Center to Center)
• Metric Standard: 25mm   (Center to Center)
• Metric Cost Saving: 50mm  (Center to Center)
• Optional:   No grid

Dimensional tolerances:

• Length, width: +0.05 -0.125in (3.2mm)
• Thickness: 0.1in (2.5mm)
• Hole positions wrt other holes: 0.004in (0.1mm)
• Hole wrt edges: 0.1in (2.5mm)
• Flatness (top surface): 0.01in over 1 ft distance (0.25mm over 30cm)

Laser Ports/Through holes

Custom hole patterns

We can build your board to your specifications. Additional Holes, Grids, Bolt Hole Circles and Uniform Patterns are also available.

Extra core thickness

Our core comes standard in .50, 1, 2, 4, 6,8 and 12 inches thick. Any thickness of table can be made by laminating multiple cores.  Please consult the factory for more options.

Double Sided Breadboards

A grid can be placed on the Top and Bottom of the Breadboard.  The Bottom Grid can be same as Top, or can vary with a Custom Pattern or Tapped Hole size.  Border on the Bottom can be changed also.

Custom sizes and shapes

Movable Optical Breadboards

Wheeled Carts and other support systems with casters are available for Classroom or Lab applications. Your experiment can be moved on site as needed, then pushed into the storage closet until the next need arises.  Available for most Optical Breadboards.

Vertically Mounted Breadboards

VERE’s Light Weight Optical Breadboards

Vibration Bladders

A very effective way of isolating a breadboard or small table from another table is by use of an air bladder. The air bladder is inflated and placed on a bench or other table and the breadboard (BB) placed on top. For years, it has been common to use an inner tube from a bicycle or car, and it provides isolation as good as or better than any other passive method. We offer a similar setup composed of an air bladder matched to the board size and an air pump.

Click here for an Instruction Manual for this product.

Vibration Isolation

Tilt platform

Breadboard/Table Supports

We offer Table Stands as well as Non-isolating table legs.  

Breadboard leveling option:

Allows critical leveling adjustment of breadboard.

Each foot acts independent of the others allowing overall adjustment for balancing the Height of the breadboard. 

Support Posts

Part number:

•  SP-24 =     24" Height
•  SP-12 =     12" Height
•  SP-6 =       6" Height
•  SP-4 =       4" Height
• SP-X =      Special Height available

     SP-4-E =   4" Extenders, no mounting flange with 1/4-20 threaded hole at each end

Leveling Support Posts

Our leveling support posts are an ideal solution when stacking breadboards or using a breadboard on an irregular table top surface. Height adjustable with a flexible foot.

VERE - Breadboard Price Guide / Weight Calculator  (Beta ver 2.0)

• Contains data for over 1,500 items

• Metric Sizes - Click here

Features include:

• Less weight to carry around your lab. Cheaper to ship. **
• Extended “Standard” Product line -  Find that “Just Right” size
• Rounded Corners, Anti-reflective Finishes, 1/4-20 or M6 Holes available 
• Ferromagnetic, Stainless Steels, Aluminum,  Light Weight, Titanium and other “Top / Bottom” skin materials available.
• Our Optical Breadboards are an ideal choice for a Cost Effective,  Vibration Isolated Mounting Surface having a Versatile Grid of  Mounting Holes

* Overall Thickness will depend on Top/Bottom skins used

** Depending upon Location, Shipping Methods and Packaging Materials