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 Hole Drilling and Bonding for Microfluidic Device Manufacturing
In the last few years, microfluidics has come into its own as a process and also a micro-manufacturing technology. The methodology is…
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3D Printing Supporting the Next Generation of Digital Factory Workers
One of the main reasons Potomac relocated to the BWTech@UMBC South Technology Park was to access the talent being cultivated at one…
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3D Printing Potomac supports the 828 Movement – The 828 Bracelet ….designed, developed and manufactured in the USA to support schools in the USA.
Nearly one year ago, the fashion brand, 828 Movement, LLC was formed with one mission in mind; assist struggling urban area schools…
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3D Printing Manufacturing Solutions That Improve Supply Chain Performance
The recent 2018 RAPID + TCT conference and trade show demonstrated a wide range of new machines for rapid prototyping with emphasis…
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3D Printing International Day of Light
The word “light” has many definitions; the foremost being, “something that makes vision possible.” Arguably, second to that, would be, “electromagnetic radiation of…
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3D Printing SME’s Rapid 2018
SME’s RAPID Conference and trade show clearly has its finger on the pulse of additive manufacturing. In the last few years we’ve…
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3D Printing Material Spotlight: Silicon
Potomac has spent many years developing and optimizing laser cutting and drilling of silicon wafers for a broad range of applications. In…
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3D Printing How UMBC Leads the Way Beyond Basketball
It is one for the record books. The UMBC’s men’s basketball team came into the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championships ranked…
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3D Printing Using Open Source Microfluidic Designs to Speed Time to Market
We live in such an inspiring time, when technology is transforming access to new areas of collaboration and research. Once such example…
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