Scientific Glass Shop

About

glass blowing
Neal Korfhage
korfhage@uwm.edu
Member: American Scientific Glassblowers Society
Room: CHEM 325
Phone: 414-229-5224

The glass shop provides scientific glassblowing services to support cutting-edge research at UW-Milwaukee in the departments of chemistry, physics, materials science, and engineering.

Neal is a second-generation scientific glassblower and has thirty years of experience in scientific glassblowing working in public research and private industry. He can repair and construct all types of custom scientific glassware, predominately working with Pyrex (borosilicate) and clear fused quartz with specialties of high vacuum systems, distillation, and biological anaerobic systems.

He also teaches practical scientific glassblowing skills offered in a spring semester graduate-level course.

Neal also works with individuals or or companies outside of the UW system. If you are interested in a free quote for any scientific glassware, please fill out the contact form below and he will get back to you as soon as possible.

Services

The range of services offered are:

  • Design and Consultation: If you have a need for a specific piece of glassware that you can’t find anywhere, I’d love to hear about it and work with you to see that idea become reality. I can create one-of-a-kind prototypes for a wide range of needs.
  • Fabrication of Standard Items: Anything you can find in a catalog or online I can create. Contact me for a free quote on standard items up to 22 liters.
  • Repair and Modification of Glassware: Sometimes it is more economical to repair a piece rather than buying new. If you have glassware that needs fixing send me a photo and I can tell you if it’s worth fixing verses buying new. I can quote repair versus new.

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