Glass lathe & forming
Precision lathe-turning and hand-blowing for even walls and true bores.
What we can build
The catalogue is where we start, not where we stop.
Most of what leaves our floor is modified in some way. Bring us the constraint your process imposes — a port angle, an extra jacket, a non-standard bore — and we fabricate the glass and assemblies around it.
Custom fabrication
From your sketch to certified apparatus.
Send a sketch, a sample, a broken part or a P&ID. We return a dimensioned drawing for your sign-off, fabricate to ±0.1 mm, verify against a method sheet, and deliver with the drawing and a conformance certificate.
- Reverse-engineering from a broken or legacy part
- Non-standard joints, jackets, ports and sight-glasses
- Full assemblies built and pressure-tested as one unit
- Dimensioned drawings and certificates supplied
Our process
Six controlled stages, from raw tube to tested unit.
Order matters here — each stage measures what the last one made.
01
Design & drawing
Your sketch, sample or P&ID becomes a dimensioned fabrication drawing, confirmed before the torch is lit.
02
Glass forming
Borosilicate tube is lathe-turned, blown and shaped by hand to the drawn geometry — walls even, bores true.
03
Joint machining
Cones, sockets, flanges and tri-clamp ferrules ground and lapped to ISO/DIN and ASME-BPE standards.
04
Hose crimping & assembly
PTFE and silicone hose cut, skived and crimped to fittings, then flow- and pressure-checked as an assembly.
05
Annealing & testing
Oven-annealed, polariscope-checked for strain, then leak- or vacuum-tested against the method sheet.
06
Packing & dispatch
Foam-cradled, crate-tested for transit, dispatched with drawings and a certificate of conformance.
In-house equipment
The machinery behind the finish.
Joint grinding
Cone-and-socket and flange lapping to interchangeable standards.
Hose crimping
Calibrated crimping for repeatable, leak-tight hose-to-fitting joints.
Annealing ovens
Controlled-cycle annealing to relieve internal stress in every unit.
Polariscope check
Strain inspection so annealed glass won't fail cold.
Leak & vacuum test
Every assembly verified against its method sheet before dispatch.
Dimensional gauging
Bores, wall thickness and capacity gauged and logged.
Protected packing
Foam-cradled, crate-tested packaging for road, rail and air freight.
Send us the constraint. We'll build the glass around it.
Dimensions, media, temperature, pressure — whatever your process imposes, we fabricate to it.
Start a custom build