Process for producing a container comprising a brittle substrate.

A process for producing a container for accommodating a fragile substrate (2) in a cylindrical housing (4) with a wrapped around the substrate (2), comprising inserting the substrate (2), with the element shock absorbent member (3) shock absorber (3) wrapped around the substrate (2), into the cylindrical housing (4), characterized by the steps of applying an axial load to the substrate (2) to move the substrate (2) along a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical housing (4) by a predetermined distance, monitoring the axial load applied to the substrate (2), and reducing a diameter of at least a portion of the cylindrical housing (4) applying a separately to cylindrical housing radial load (4 ), with the substrate (2) held in that along the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical housing (4), the shock absorbent member (3) being compressed so that the axial load equals a predetermined value do .