Department of Glass Producing Mechines and Robotics
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Technical University of Liberec
Studentská 1402/2, 461 17 Liberec 1
Alena Horáková
E-mail: alena.horakova2@tul.cz
Phone: +420 485 352 902
Glassiteca s.r.o. is the first official spin-off company of the Technical University of Liberec. It was founded together with the university by members of the Department of Glass Machinery and Robotics of the Faculty of Engineering, an economist, a marketing expert, and an expert in inorganic materials.
This innovative company focuses on transferring science into business and has the ambitious goal of putting into practice a new material developed at the department: Glassticine (Porous Glass Plasticine, PGP). This lightweight, translucent, non-toxic, and chemically inert glass-ceramic material offers a wide range of applications, from microparticle filters and nanoparticle carriers to thermal and acoustic insulation with aesthetic value.
Bachelor’s thesis
We perform science, research and development in three areas: GLASS PRODUCING MACHINES, ROBOTICS, IMAGE ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING.
Students of our department learn two specialisations at the same time:
We provide a Bachelor’s study programme (Automation and Robotics in Engineering, link), and a Master’s study programme (Ing.): Construction of machines and equipment can be studied as a postgraduate programme (Ph.D.): Construction of Machines and Equipment. We also teach at the Faculty of Textiles and the Faculty of Health Studies.
We provide further education in the form of professional seminars in the following areas: pneumatic drives, glass machines and technologies, robotics and automation, and image acquisition and processing.