Support services for a wide range of research and teaching needs.
Consultancy, design, manufacture and repair services for both standard parts and new format parts up to 11 cm in diameter for teaching and research purposes, not including the manufacture of calibrated glass or the repair of calibrated elements in calibrated parts.
Support services are provided to a wide range of research lines of the Faculties of Biology, Pharmacy, Physics, Medicine, Chemistry and Veterinary Science, CSIC, FEDER, Institute of Ceramics, as well as to various teaching needs.
- Two table torches, with silent revolver. Propane-oxygen combustion.
- One table stand, silent stirring. Hydrogen-oxygen combustion.
- Four hand-held blowtorches. Propane - oxygen combustion. Interchangeable nozzle.
- Two portable equipment. Butane-oxygen combustion.
- A Jencons 25 Kw electric oven, with 1000 litre capacity, front loading, maximum temperature 1100 °C, essential for glass and quartz tempering and vitrification.
- A Chesa 12 Kw electric oven, 130 litre capacity, front loading, 1100 °C maximum temperature.
- A Jencons cutting machine with 15 cm disc, adjustable cutting height, sliding and water-cooled.
- A Barton semi-industrial cutting machine with 32 cm blade, adjustable cutting height, sliding and water-cooled.
- A cutting machine for tension cutting.
- An electric engraving pencil.
- One industrial GTG vertical drill, water-cooled.
- One belt sander Mod. VP-100.
- A Jencons lathe for precision work and the manufacture of parts up to 12 cm in diameter.
- A B+C lathe for precision work up to 9 cm in diameter.
- A machine for manufacturing different diameter coils.
- A vacuum and high vacuum pore detector.
- A Jencons polarised light screen, to find tensions.
- A SELECTA forced air drying stove.
- Tools for the manufacture of glass and quartz parts: brass and ceramic spatulas, graphite, blades, matrix tweezers, diameter gauges, callipers...
- A fixed bench for assemblies.
- An assembly with various moulds.
- Central gas installation, propane-oxygen, hydrogen-oxygen and air.
- A Romero fume extraction cupboard.
Glass and Quartz Blowing Unit
- Maintenance Warehouse
- Estrada San Lourenzo-Vidán Campus Vida, s/n, 15782Santiago de Compostela
- svidrio [at] usc.es