The sector

In the fields of medicine, research and science, optical lenses in microscopes are an example of an application for glass. These lenses enable medical experts to watch increasingly minute processes and smaller particles of the human organism. Endoscopes which are used in operations transfer images of the inside of the body through glass fibres to the monitor. X-ray technology also profits from the continuous advancement of glass technology. Light-permeable X-ray-resistant lead glass makes it easier for the X-ray technician to observe his work and it makes the X-ray examination less hazardous to the patient.