Segment Information (Details)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) segment	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information
Number of reportable segments \| segment	5
Financial information with respect to the reportable segments
Net sales	$ 4,013,210	$ 3,597,889
Cost of goods sold	2,716,536	2,497,214
GROSS PROFIT	1,296,674	1,100,675
Selling general and administrative	1,439,116	1,415,597
Research and development	177,864	155,844
Income (loss) from operations	(320,306)	(470,766)
Trade receivables by segment
Trade receivables	2,221,256		$ 2,165,194
Unalloc.
Financial information with respect to the reportable segments
Selling general and administrative	546,671	545,820
Research and development	177,864	155,844
Income (loss) from operations	(724,535)	(701,664)
Trade receivables by segment
Trade receivables	(29,902)		(102,188)
Domestic
Financial information with respect to the reportable segments
Net sales	1,353,728	1,377,789
Cost of goods sold	846,399	840,956
GROSS PROFIT	507,329	536,833
Selling general and administrative	359,397	316,167
Income (loss) from operations	147,932	220,666
Trade receivables by segment
Trade receivables	856,957		1,206,077
Export
Financial information with respect to the reportable segments
Net sales	1,243,185	1,118,294
Cost of goods sold	962,489	884,328
GROSS PROFIT	280,696	233,966
Selling general and administrative	143,031	154,720
Income (loss) from operations	137,665	79,246
Trade receivables by segment
Trade receivables	772,104		528,372
IKONICS Imaging
Financial information with respect to the reportable segments
Net sales	1,117,698	893,765
Cost of goods sold	539,782	460,371
GROSS PROFIT	577,916	433,394
Selling general and administrative	251,371	261,256
Income (loss) from operations	326,545	172,138
Trade receivables by segment
Trade receivables	423,531		341,980
DTX
Financial information with respect to the reportable segments
Net sales	76,880	95,394
Cost of goods sold	35,424	73,091
GROSS PROFIT	41,456	22,303
Selling general and administrative	34,743	35,532
Income (loss) from operations	6,713	(13,229)
Trade receivables by segment
Trade receivables	38,444		26,314
Micro-Machining
Financial information with respect to the reportable segments
Net sales	221,719	112,647
Cost of goods sold	332,442	238,468
GROSS PROFIT	(110,723)	(125,821)
Selling general and administrative	103,903	102,102
Income (loss) from operations	(214,626)	$ (227,923)
Trade receivables by segment
Trade receivables	$ 160,122		$ 164,639

Amount due from customers or clients, within one year of the balance sheet date (or the normal operating cycle, whichever is longer), for goods or services (including trade receivables) that have been delivered or sold in the normal course of business, reduced to the estimated net realizable fair value by an allowance established by the entity of the amount it deems uncertain of collection.

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