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Glass Workshop

In our Glass technology workshop we mainly produce glassware from borosilicate glass and quartz glass. We build the constructions according to drawings and sketches, or construct the glass together with the scientists.

Contact
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Helmut Kammerlander

+49 711 689-1374
kammerlander@is.mpg.de

Glassblowing, glass technology

Possibilities of glass technology:

  • Cold processing working of glass, sapphire and ceramics with diamond tools or ultrasound.
  • Hot processing working of various types of glass.
  • Glass - metal transitions Surface coating of borosilicate glass and quartz glass with silver, gold and platinum, as well as browning with borosilicate glass equipment.
  • Encapsulation of samples in borosilicate glass and quartz glass ampoules under high vacuum or various gases and pressures.

Stock and glass technology

In our stock we carry

  • Borosilicate glass tubes and rods
  • Quartz glass tubes and rods
  • Optical quartz glass windows
  • Optical sapphire windows
  • Window glass plates
  • Borofloat glass plates
  • Quartz glass panes
  • Platinum wire
  • Equipment and component parts for laboratory glassware

Staff

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Glass workshop
Leonie Heuser
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Glass workshop
Helmut Kammerlander
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Glass workshop
Stephanie Nickel