Notes from the micron scale
Company news, material deep-dives, and case studies from the Potomac Photonics team — precision micromanufacturing, one micron at a time.
3D Printing Micro 3D Printing Middle Ear Prosthesis To Bring Music to the Ears of Hearing Loss Sufferers
3D Printing is frequently in the news as a process for manufacturing prosthesis to replace lost limbs. And it’s an obvious choice…
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Articles If you can’t take the heat, get behind the heat shield… Potomac’s latest project for NASA
Part II of a series of blog posts focused on Innovative Manufacturing…. Micro marking is more than just being able to focus…
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Articles Laser Micromachining Tools: Seeing the Light!
Part I of a series of blogs posts focused on Innovative Manufacturing Technologies As the trend toward miniaturization of devices accelerates, finding…
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Articles Potomac’s New ISO 9001:2008 & 13485:2003 Certification Renewal Verifies Our Customer-Centric Philosophy
Recently, Potomac passed both internal and external audits to become re-certified in the ISO international standards program. From its inception Potomac has…
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Articles UMBC Art Student Creates “Pathway to the Future” Mural for New Potomac bwtech@UMBC Research and Technology Park Facility
Potomac Photonics’ new location at the bwtech@UMBC Research and Technology Park is giving us great opportunities for collaboration with the University of…
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Articles Helping Oregon State University Improve a Radiation Detector with Laser Micromachining Expertise
At Potomac, we often talk about selecting the right tool from our factory floor for the job at hand. A recent opportunity…
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Articles Lasers: Key Tools for Micromaching
Many components used in modern products are getting smaller. Over the last three decades, features in integrated-circuit technology have been reduced in…
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Articles Laser Direct-Write Technology and Its Low Processing Temperature Low Cost Applications
-Article By David Lui Laser direct-write is a new processing technology that allows the rapid fabrication of micro devices and circuits. These…
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Articles Fine Diamonds With Laser Machining
Of all materials, diamond is harder than any known solid, while also exhibiting the highest values for elastic modulus, atomic density, Debye…
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