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Why Every Part Matters: Our Commitment to Customers, Innovation, and Impact
A Letter From Our Team: Why We Feel Every Project Matters At Potomac Photonics, we do not just manufacture parts. We help make life better. That may sound bold, but when you are fabricating components for things like cancer diagnostics, drug delivery, alternative energy systems, or space technology, every cut, every hole, and every micron…
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Élimination des obstacles pour une start-up de biotechnologie
There are many barriers to market entry for new biotech products, most of which start with demonstrating the feasibility of a new technology. However, once proof of concept is established in the prototyping stage, getting a product to market requires overcoming big hurdles in high volume manufacturing. Startups can only scale production with partners that…
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Acquisition de Potomac Photonics par Goodfellow : Le guichet unique ultime pour le micro-usinage et les matériaux
In a significant move that promises to revolutionize the field of micro-manufacturing and materials supply, Goodfellow has recently acquired Potomac Photonics. This acquisition is not just a merger of two companies; it’s a strategic integration that exemplifies the adage, “1+1=3.” Here’s why this combination is a game-changer for customers across various industries. Expanding Horizons: From…
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Polyimide DuPont Kapton : applications polyvalentes et expertise de Potomac Photonics en micro-usinage laser
Introduction DuPont’s Kapton polyimide is a high-performance polymer known for its exceptional electrical insulation, mechanical strength, and resistance to extreme temperatures and chemicals. As a result, it has become an indispensable material across various industries, including medical, biotech, electronics, aerospace, and automotive. In this blog post, we’ll discuss the diverse applications of Kapton in these…
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Perçage laser de trous de port pour dispositifs microfluidiques
Microfluidic devices are a type of miniaturized lab-on-a-chip technology that have been gaining popularity in recent years. These tiny devices are used to manipulate and analyze very small quantities of fluids, and they have a wide range of applications in fields such as medicine, chemistry, and biology. One of the key components of microfluidic devices…
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Hydrophilie des dispositifs microfluidiques COC
Potomac can fabricate fully functional microfluidic devices in many materials such as Cyclo-Olefin Copolymer (COC). Often our customers ask us to treat the material to make if more hydrophilic. COC is a relatively hydrophobic material that can be difficult to wet with water or aqueous solutions. However, there are several methods that can be used…
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Theranos a-t-il prouvé que le laboratoire sur puce n’était pas une technologie viable ?
Theranos has been a nightmare for legitimate medical diagnostics researchers and startups because Lab On a Chip technology was at the center of the failed blood testing startup. Once Silicon Valley and Wall Street darlings, Theranos made headlines not just because the company was forced to shut down but because founder Elizabeth Holmes was convicted…
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Potomac remercie pour l'opportunité de contribuer aux résultats des soins de santé grâce aux avancées des dispositifs microfluidiques
Living in a time when there is so much chaos, division, and animosity, it is sometimes hard to remember how much we have to be thankful for this Thanksgiving Day. Today, new technologies are disrupting healthcare, space exploration, and climate change at an exponential pace, bringing with them a brighter future for our people and…
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Potomac PPT stimule l'innovation grâce à des avancées dans le domaine du soudage au laser de pièces en plastique transparent
Potomac has many competitive advantages that has made it a leader in the advanced manufacturing industry. We offer the fastest turnaround times, often as quickly as 24-hours; our quality control systems are second to none; and the wide range of technologies on our factory floor always ensure we can choose the right tool for the…
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Dispositif microfluidique pour contrer la crise de la résistance aux antimicrobiens (RAM) dans les soins de santé.
March 2020, Astek Diagnostics LLC, won the Maryland Innovation Initiative (MII) Award to develop a microfluidic device to detect bacterial infections in blood and evaluate the antimicrobial susceptibility. Astek, in partnership with Potomac Photonics Inc., will be designing a state-of-the art microfluidic lab-on-chip sensor for rapid detection of microorganisms in bodily fluids (like, blood, urine,…
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Potomac ajoute des capacités de contrôle microfluidique de précision avec des pompes Flow EZ de pointe.
Quality assurance is at the heart of everything we manufacture at Potomac. It is our attention to product and process control that ensures every microfluidic device, consumer product, medical device and electronic component meets our customers’ rigid standards. Manufacturing Microfluidic technology in particular requires strong quality processes. In order to fabricate high performing microfluidic devices…
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La microfluidique : une technologie en pleine évolution prête à être commercialisée
Microfluidics is an evolving technology that enables scientists and engineers to perform molecular biology including DNA and RNA sequencing, PCR, and even whole transcriptome analysis more rapidly and at a lower cost than conventional technologies. Microfluidics technology leverages the manufacturing processes long utilized for the manufacturing of semiconductor (IC) chips to achieve the production, at…
