Glass Instrument Shop

Managed by:

David G. Denzer Title Technical Specialist II (Glassblower) Office Bio Sci 1136 Phone (313)577-2761 E-Mail

The Glass Instrument Shop is located in Room 1136 of the Biological Sciences Building. This is a full service glassblowing facility providing design consultation, fabrication, and repair of glass research apparatus.

Capabilities

• Fabrication and repair of glassware: borosilicate, quartz, aluminosilicate, and other glasses
• Cutting, drilling, and grinding of glass tubing, rod, and plate
• Glass-to-metal sealing
• Encapsulation, evacuation, back fill, and sealing of specimens in glass tubing
• Silvering and other special coatings
• Fabrication to catalog specifications or your own
• Design and materials consultation to meet your requirements

Equipment

• Three glassworking lathes with bore diameters ranging from 2 5/8"(67mm) to 7 1/4"(184 mm)
• Assorted lathe and bench burners and torches
• Two annealing ovens for borosilicate and borosilicate/quartz
• Portable torch set-up for on-site work
• Diamond and silicon carbide wet saws
• Two wet belt sanders
• Flat plate grinder
• Large and small diameter drill presses with diamond core drills
• Diamond router
• Machine mill modified for machining of glass

Inventory

• Borosilicate and quartz tubing and rod in most of the usually used sizes
• Joints, stopcocks, valves, sintered glass disks, flasks, and other commonly used components
• Sealing, grading, and specialty glasses, many no longer in production

External glass blowing is possible (University, External, Corporate). Contact CIF Director, Dr. David M. Coleman for information, fee structure, etc.