McLane Research Laboratories, Inc.

Glass Instrument and Battery Housings

McLane Research Laboratories Inc fabricates glass instrument and battery housings to meet the unique and exacting specifications of our customers. Housings can be manufactured with a wide variety of electrical penetrators and fluid/gas feed-throughs. Each sphere is tested to 7000 meters. After the pressure test we drill penetrator holes in the glass. The sphere can be shipped to the customer in this form. Alternatively, we can install the connectors and re-test the assembled housing in our pressure test facility. Contact us at your convenience to discuss the needs of your research program.

Glass Instrument Housings

On the left is a G2200 instrument housing with a vacuum port placed 30 degrees from the pole of the sphere. On the right is a custom housing built for Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The penetrators on the top hemisphere include three multi-pin electrical connectors spaced 120 degrees apart along a circle located 30 degrees from the pole and a titanium hydraulic feed-through located at the pole. A vacuum port is installed in the matching hemisphere.

Glass Instrument Housing Close-up of the WHOI instrument housing.