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Potomac Photonics in the News with Advanced Manufacturing for Biotech and Medical Device Industries
VIEW DETAILS: Potomac Photonics in the News with Advanced Manufacturing for Biotech and Medical Device IndustriesRecently Potomac Photonics has been in the news bringing perspective to advanced manufacturing for the biotech and medical device markets. Symposium on Bio-medical Additive Manufacturing On March 4, Mike Adelstein was part of a panel discussion at the RAMPMD Symposium…
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Potomac’s Real-Time Wall Thickness Measurement Produces Consistent Repeatable Laser Drilling for Calibrated Leak Test Holes
VIEW DETAILS: Potomac’s Real-Time Wall Thickness Measurement Produces Consistent Repeatable Laser Drilling for Calibrated Leak Test HolesPharmaceutical, medical, and biotech companies are required by the FDA or internal standards to periodically test the vials or ampules for cracks, pinholes and the seal integrity of the cap/closure that can cause potential liquid leakage or contamination. Potomac has…
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Advanced Manufacturing Trends in 2016 at Potomac Photonics
VIEW DETAILS: Advanced Manufacturing Trends in 2016 at Potomac Photonics2016 promises to be another year of explosive innovation in advanced manufacturing. Several emerging applications, especially in the biotech and medical device industries, are driving Potomac Photonics to deliver ever more complex and sophisticated solutions to these new challenges. Here…
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Laser Cutting Silicon Wafers for NIST to Advance Solar Industry Standard
VIEW DETAILS: Laser Cutting Silicon Wafers for NIST to Advance Solar Industry StandardPotomac’s Photonics expertise in laser micromachining fragile materials helps NIST test new solar cells to ensure the solar energy industry’s manufacturing standards. Solar energy is the fastest growing source of energy in the United States and the total install base…
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Laser Micromachining Polymer Stencils Help Generate Stem Cell Lines at Stanford’s Cardiovascular Institute
VIEW DETAILS: Laser Micromachining Polymer Stencils Help Generate Stem Cell Lines at Stanford’s Cardiovascular InstituteIn the Pharmaceutical industry more and more drugs never make it out of the lab to reach the patients that need treatment. Costs are not only high to the companies that have placed big R&D bets to develop novel drugs,…
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Advanced Manufacturing Job Opportunities Through “Middle-Skill” STEM Education
VIEW DETAILS: Advanced Manufacturing Job Opportunities Through “Middle-Skill” STEM EducationIn recent years there’s been a lot of talk about STEM education. STEM comprises Science – Technology – Engineering – Math and sometimes is called STEAM when Art is added into the mix in order to include the design component. …
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2015: The Year in Review for Potomac
VIEW DETAILS: 2015: The Year in Review for Potomac2015 has yet again proven to be a great year at Potomac! We continually strive to be on the cutting edge [pun intended!] of digital fabrication by utilizing the latest tools for laser micromachining, 3D printing, CNC machining, laser marking…
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When to Choose Laser Micromachining Part 4: Tolerance and Accuracy
VIEW DETAILS: When to Choose Laser Micromachining Part 4: Tolerance and AccuracyLaser micromachining at very small spatial scales demands special attention to precision. Anyone who has ever tried to assemble DIY furniture where holes were slightly off from part to part knows the frustration part variation can cause even for simple…
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Happy Thanksgiving from Potomac Photonics
VIEW DETAILS: Happy Thanksgiving from Potomac PhotonicsThe horrors in the news that come to us from around the globe each day challenge us to remember the many things for which the USA is thankful. We do not live in a perfect place but Americans strive to…
