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Glass capillaries

The production of glass capillaries has a long tradition in our house. Aside from standard sizes, we also produce numerous special sizes – also in small quantities. Our modern production makes it possible to realize special requests within a short period of time. High precision measuring technology guarantees the keeping of close tolerances.

Materials:

We produce capillaries from different glass qualities. We can also process material that has been put at our disposal. The following glass qualities are available:

  • Soda glass (lime-sodium-glass), also coloured
  • Borosilicate glass (DURAN©, PYREX©, etc.)
  • Neutral glass (transparent and amber)
  • Aluminium silicate glass
  • Quartz glass
  • Lead glass ( with lead contents of up to approx. 60% )
  • Sealing glass, like Kovar glass
  • Special glasses like, e.g., UV glass

Shapes and dimensions

Most capillaries are produced with a round shape, and with different wall thicknesses – from extremely thin to extremely thick.

Further shapes and variants can be produced as follows:

  • Round, oval, square and rectangular
  • Multiple clusters of up to 30 channels
  • Multiple clusters with different Ø
  • Special profiles like a star or cross
  • With filament or divider
  • Further types of inner geometries

We can produce capillaries within the following parameters:

 

  • Outside diameter from 0.070 to ~ 10 mm
  • Inside diameter from 0.005 to ~ 10 mm
  • Wall thickness from 0.050 to ~ 5.0 mm
  • Length from 1.0 to ~ 3,000 mm

Futher treatment

All types of capillaires can be individual treated with different methods as followed:

Frequently used methods are:

  • Cutting to a standard size
  • Narrowing down, expanding, compressing, pulling out tips
  • Siliconize
  • Chamfering and grinding the ends
  • Fire-polishing, sealing and tapering
  • Sealing to metal
  • Gluing and welding capillaries

Micro segments

Very fine capillaries can be cut into very short segments. At the moment, we are in a position to produce capillaries with a diameter of at least 300 µm and 1 mm length. These fine parts require a special antistatic treatment which we have implemented in our production process. For transportation, these parts are packed in special containers made of ESD-material, in order to offer you an optimal handling during further processing.