Machinery & Capabilities

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In the Glass Blowing Workshop there is a wide range of equipment & materials:

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- Glass blowing lathe
- Hand torch
- 2 x Annealing ovens
- Glass cutting saws (diamond blades)

- Lapping wheel
- 3 x Workstations
- Drill (diamond blades)
- Grinder
- Strain viewer

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Scientific Glassblowing is the process of creating glass apparatus and glass systems used in research

and production.

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Scientific Glassblowers are highly skilled artisans who form the glass into the shapes and dimensions

called for by the scientific investigator. The glassblower usually has a strong background and

understanding of the sciences.

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Using a torch or burner, scientific glass blowers heat, form and seal glass tubing, rod and pre-formed

components into glass apparatus such as a high-vacuum manifold known as lamp-working.

 

Scientific glassblowers generally start with existing glass parts and use the same basic techniques to

create laboratory apparatus unlike typical glassblowers who take molten glass out of a furnace and turn