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UCSC 使用 Potomac 帮助监测细胞培养
Cells. The smallest units of life. They make up who we are, and so, it’s imperative we become progressively educated about them. Cell culturing allows scientists to grow and maintain cells, in vitro. Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz are currently developing a more efficient way to monitor human cell cultures, encased in…
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波托马克在先进制造业取得成功的流程
This week, I had the opportunity to work in the labs with our Director of Operations, Mike Davis. He explained and demonstrated the complete process of production for a customer’s part. The Process In the words of Sun Tzu, author of The Art of War, “Every battle is won before it is fought.” This is…
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微流体设备到底是什么？
Anna The Manufacturing Maven: Blog #1 What are Microfluidic Devices? If you know Potomac, you know that “Microfluidic” is a buzzword around here. But chances are, you don’t understand exactly what that means. According to the National Cancer Institute, a microfluidic device is an “an instrument that uses very small amounts of…
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RAPID +TCT 推出的 3D 打印材料为波托马克开启了新的制造可能性
RAPID +TCT is without doubt the premier 3D Printing conference and trade show in the nation. But this year something was different. Yes, the latest, greatest additive manufacturing innovations were at the forefront of discussions. Of course, industry gurus gave their usual predictions about the future of the industry. But something had changed. RAPID in…
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利用微流体技术创新解决气候变化问题
Reflecting on the recent Earth Day, it seems that innovation has always been the key to solving problems. From laser inventors Schawlow and Townes to the original Silicon Valley entrepreneurs Hewlett and Packard, creative thinkers in science and engineering have tackled the world’s problems and turned them into opportunities for innovating solutions. Today’s climate change…
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Potomac 采用新型微型 CNC 机床实现自动化，大幅提升客户体验
Speed is at the center of today’s world, especially as biotech, medical device, microelectronics and consumer products companies vie to get new innovations to market ahead of their competition. From rapid prototyping and iterative process development to high volume manufacturing, quick parts fabrication is essential every step of the way. Looking to exponentially accelerate our…
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Potomac 将 SU8 光刻技术添加到微加工工具箱中
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 the photosensitive polymer for a wide range of applications. Whether fabricating microfluidics, micro pillars and cylinders, tiny gears and cantilevers, or optical waveguides, SU-8’s unique material properties expand the capabilities of miniature products. …
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将 3D 打印与激光微加工相结合，用于血管研究的微流体装置
Perhaps the greatest benefit to being a graduate student is the opportunity to work with faculty who are conducting innovative research at the forefront of their fields. Biomedical engineering Ph.D. candidate Christos Michas is doubly fortunate since his area of study at Boston University [BU] combines the micro-scale 3D printing work of physicist Alice White…
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2018 年：Potomac Photonics 先进制造创新之年
2018 has proven to be yet another great year to be working in manufacturing, especially building micro devices for biotech, microfluidics, cancer research, medical diagnostics, microelectronics, consumer products and more. Our customers continue to challenge us with problems that push the advanced manufacturing technical envelope. We especially appreciate these opportunities since we work with so…
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加州大学伯克利分校的研究人员利用玻璃中的快速成型微孔研究大脑中的神经过程
All complex systems are made of fundamental building blocks that underpin basic functions, processes and connections. The brain’s seemingly infinite ability to carry on a wide range of capabilities from speech to sensory perception is no different: the nerve cell and the synaptic junction are the elementary units upon which all brain activity is…
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微流体技术：推动各行各业的多样化应用
Potomac has been at the forefront of microfluidics device manufacturing and most of our customers’ early applications have been strongly centered on medical work, such as cancer research and Point-Of-Care Diagnostics. A strong example is work being done in Ester Segal’s Lab at the Israel Institute of Technology [Technion] to increase antibiotic susceptibility detection speeds. …
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工业 4.0 如何彻底改变先进制造业
For the past few decades, we’ve been living in the Third Industrial Revolution where advanced manufacturing meant production utilizing computers and automation. CAD-driven machine tools, robots and lasers were the order of the day. In recent years, Industry 4.0 has come on the manufacturing scene. What does this change mean and how does it impact…
