Segment Information (Details)	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($) segment	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) segment	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information
Number of reportable segments \| segment			5	5
Financial information with respect to the reportable segments
Net sales	$ 4,634,177	$ 4,685,361	$ 8,705,655	$ 8,314,353
Cost of goods sold	2,971,862	3,242,097	5,680,921	5,780,861
GROSS PROFIT	1,662,315	1,443,264	3,024,734	2,533,492
Selling general and administrative	1,308,963	1,393,636	2,657,946	2,904,250
Research and development	156,472	184,704	310,548	350,474
Income (loss) from operations	196,880	(135,076)	56,240	(721,232)
Trade receivables by segment
Trade receivables	1,868,913		1,868,913		$ 2,190,260
Unalloc.
Financial information with respect to the reportable segments
Selling general and administrative	492,866	460,892	1,011,858	1,008,678
Research and development	156,472	184,704	310,548	350,474
Income (loss) from operations	(649,338)	(645,596)	(1,322,406)	(1,359,152)
Trade receivables by segment
Trade receivables	(5,197)		(5,197)		(29,779)
Domestic
Financial information with respect to the reportable segments
Net sales	1,991,978	1,816,956	3,336,458	3,120,525
Cost of goods sold	1,152,396	1,034,059	1,986,737	1,860,800
GROSS PROFIT	839,582	782,897	1,349,721	1,259,725
Selling general and administrative	310,483	334,071	619,617	685,493
Income (loss) from operations	529,099	448,826	730,104	574,232
Trade receivables by segment
Trade receivables	890,054		890,054		1,119,228
Export
Financial information with respect to the reportable segments
Net sales	1,207,881	1,372,092	2,366,221	2,427,097
Cost of goods sold	951,597	1,096,279	1,848,657	1,935,643
GROSS PROFIT	256,284	275,813	517,564	491,454
Selling general and administrative	138,930	189,741	260,558	385,858
Income (loss) from operations	117,354	86,072	257,006	105,596
Trade receivables by segment
Trade receivables	333,074		333,074		558,872
IKONICS Imaging
Financial information with respect to the reportable segments
Net sales	868,966	943,055	1,926,304	1,933,041
Cost of goods sold	443,569	453,213	1,000,657	976,793
GROSS PROFIT	425,397	489,842	925,647	956,248
Selling general and administrative	236,612	253,746	516,205	537,605
Income (loss) from operations	188,785	236,096	409,442	418,643
Trade receivables by segment
Trade receivables	263,351		263,351		238,813
DTX
Financial information with respect to the reportable segments
Net sales	94,322	471,244	182,988	586,475
Cost of goods sold	33,612	358,937	59,004	394,419
GROSS PROFIT	60,710	112,307	123,984	192,056
Selling general and administrative	32,596	50,861	67,448	85,496
Income (loss) from operations	28,114	61,446	56,536	106,560
Trade receivables by segment
Trade receivables	44,380		44,380		64,278
Micro-Machining
Financial information with respect to the reportable segments
Net sales	471,030	82,014	893,684	247,215
Cost of goods sold	390,688	299,609	785,866	613,206
GROSS PROFIT	80,342	(217,595)	107,818	(365,991)
Selling general and administrative	97,476	104,325	182,260	201,120
Income (loss) from operations	(17,134)	$ (321,920)	(74,442)	$ (567,111)
Trade receivables by segment
Trade receivables	$ 343,251		$ 343,251		$ 238,848

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