Segment Information (Details)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($) segment	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information
Number of reportable segments \| segment	5
Financial information with respect to the reportable segments
Net sales	$ 4,071,478	$ 3,628,992
Cost of goods sold	2,709,059	2,538,764
GROSS PROFIT	1,362,419	1,090,228
Selling general and administrative	1,348,983	1,510,614
Research and development	154,076	165,770
Income (loss) from operations	(140,640)	(586,156)
Trade receivables by segment
Trade receivables	2,031,907		$ 2,190,260
Unalloc.
Financial information with respect to the reportable segments
Selling general and administrative	518,992	547,786
Research and development	154,076	165,770
Income (loss) from operations	(673,068)	(713,556)
Trade receivables by segment
Trade receivables	7,816		(29,779)
Domestic
Financial information with respect to the reportable segments
Net sales	1,344,480	1,303,569
Cost of goods sold	834,341	826,741
GROSS PROFIT	510,139	476,828
Selling general and administrative	309,134	351,422
Income (loss) from operations	201,005	125,406
Trade receivables by segment
Trade receivables	778,030		1,119,228
Export
Financial information with respect to the reportable segments
Net sales	1,158,340	1,055,005
Cost of goods sold	897,060	839,364
GROSS PROFIT	261,280	215,641
Selling general and administrative	121,628	196,117
Income (loss) from operations	139,652	19,524
Trade receivables by segment
Trade receivables	501,673		558,872
IKONICS Imaging
Financial information with respect to the reportable segments
Net sales	1,057,338	989,986
Cost of goods sold	557,088	523,580
GROSS PROFIT	500,250	466,406
Selling general and administrative	279,593	283,859
Income (loss) from operations	220,657	182,547
Trade receivables by segment
Trade receivables	333,096		238,813
DTX
Financial information with respect to the reportable segments
Net sales	88,666	115,231
Cost of goods sold	25,392	35,482
GROSS PROFIT	63,274	79,749
Selling general and administrative	34,852	34,635
Income (loss) from operations	28,422	45,114
Trade receivables by segment
Trade receivables	45,107		64,278
Micro-Machining
Financial information with respect to the reportable segments
Net sales	422,654	165,201
Cost of goods sold	395,178	313,597
GROSS PROFIT	27,476	(148,396)
Selling general and administrative	84,784	96,795
Income (loss) from operations	(57,308)	$ (245,191)
Trade receivables by segment
Trade receivables	$ 366,185		$ 238,848

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