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 Potomac Adds SU8 Photolithography to Microfabrication Toolbox
Since IBM’s development in 1989 of SU-8 photoresist for use as a key component for high-resolution microelectronics manufacturing, other industries have adopted…
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3D Printing Combining 3D Printing and Laser Micromachining in Microfluidic Device for Vascular Research
Perhaps the greatest benefit to being a graduate student is the opportunity to work with faculty who are conducting innovative research at…
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3D Printing 2018: A Year of Advanced Manufacturing Innovation at Potomac Photonics
2018 has proven to be yet another great year to be working in manufacturing, especially building micro devices for biotech, microfluidics, cancer…
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3D Printing Rapid Prototyping Micro Holes in Glass Allows UC Berkeley Researchers to Study Neural Processes in the Brain
All complex systems are made of fundamental building blocks that underpin basic functions, processes and connections. The brain’s seemingly infinite ability…
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3D Printing Microfluidics: Driving Diverse Applications In A Wide Variety of Industries
Potomac has been at the forefront of microfluidics device manufacturing and most of our customers’ early applications have been strongly centered on…
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3D Printing How Industry 4.0 Is Revolutionizing Advanced Manufacturing
For the past few decades, we’ve been living in the Third Industrial Revolution where advanced manufacturing meant production utilizing computers and automation. …
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3D Printing Celebrating American Innovation on the Fourth of July
Back in 1776, colonial America could not survive without the ingenuity of its people to devise the things needed for everyday life. …
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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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