© Fraunhofer IWM, Photo: Achim Käflein, Freiburg Our facilities offer a wide range of possibilities for glass analysis, processing and shaping. Here, in addition to the institute’s resources, we have further special equipment at our disposal for glass as a material.
Bending Furnaces Research furnace Chamber furnace Glass bending machine Research furnace High-power laser Laser scanner Thermal camera for process-monitoring to top © Fraunhofer IWM
Sample preparation | Handling Sample preparation Belt sanding equipment Wire saw Diamond composite saw Glass jigsaw Glass drill Bench and pillar drill Water jet cutter to top
Damage analysis Loading, measuring and testing electromechanical tensile-compression testing machines Ball impact tester Climate chambers Fatigue test benches Test rigs for static long-term loads Interferometer Microscopy optical light microscopy SEM TEM Raman spectroscopy Polariscopy systems for Transmitted light Reflection Edge stress Scattered light Large-scale polariscopy to top