PolarOnyx

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  • August 22, 2023
    The innovation "Additively Manufactured Thermally Conductive Collimators for Neutron Instrumentation", developed by PolarOnyx and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), is selected as one of the 2023 R&D 100 Awards: R&D 100 Winners for 2023 are announced - Research & Development World (rdworldonline.com)
  • February 1, 2023
    Engineers in PolarOnyx has made an all-in-one ball bearing by using 316L powders and our AM system. This all-in-one ball bearing resolves challenging issues of support structures, tolerance, and AM patterning.
  • December 1, 2022
    In 2022, PolarOnyx has accomplished several world records in 3D manufacturing. These accomplishments position PolarOnyx as pioneer in a variety of frontier applications.
    • March 2022, the world’s largest Al/B4C 3D printed collimator (120 mm)
    • July 2022, 50GHz RF horn antenna with pulsed laser forming
    • October 2022, the largest thin wall (60 µm) regenerator (50 mm)
    PolarOnyx also established a platform for super large area polymer/plastic composite 3D printing.
  • August 1, 2022
    PolarOnyx has changed normal office operation to Monday through Thursday, 8:30 am to 6:00 pm. This change supports our employee improve their working efficiency and life style.
  • February 1, 2021
    Dr. Shuang Bai will give an invited talk on laser 3D printing of SiC and Refractory Materials at 45th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, February 8-11, 2021.
  • January 1, 2021
    PolarOnyx has moved to new facility in Chapel Hill, NC to further expand the business in 3D manufacturing. This new 60K square feet building provides us with sufficient room to serve our customers and develop super large additive and subtractive manufacturing systems.
  • December, 2020
    PolarOnyx's pulsed fiber laser technology has been recognized by NASA SPINOFF magazine:
    Pulsed Laser Innovations Power Nobel-Winners' Research | NASA Spinoff
  • March 10-14, 2019
    PolarOnyx will exhibit its pulsed fiber laser AM technology in upcoming event TMS 2019 at Henry B. González Convention Center, San Antonio, TX.
    Dr. Jian Liu will give an invited talk on laser 3D printing of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC).
  • October 2, 2018
    Our long term customer, Dr. Donna Strickland from University of Waterloo was awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics "for groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics" for the "method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses." Back to the year of 2006, she bought her first fs fiber laser from PolarOnyx (now Laser-Femto, Inc.). Amazingly, it is still operating in good condition in her labs.
  • March 11-15, 2018
    PolarOnyx will exhibit its pulsed fiber laser AM technology in upcoming event TMS 2018 at Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, Arizona.
  • April 21, 2017
    One of the key patents on ultrafast pulsed laser 3D printing has been granted by USPTO (9,643,361, Method and Apparatus for Three-Dimensional Additive Manufacturing with a High Energy High Power Ultrafast Laser). This is the first patent granted by USPTO in the field of ultrafast laser based 3D printing or additive manufacturing.
  • February 1, 2017
    In Photonics West, our newly developed fs fiber laser Additive Manufacturing System has been selected as a winner of 2016 Prism Award (Oscar of Photonics), in recognizing our world's leading position in laser additive manufacturing. This system has both features of AM and SM.
  • November 15, 2016
    Our newly developed fs fiber laser Additive Manufacturing System has been selected as a finalist of 2016 Prism Award (Oscar of Photonics), in recognizing our world's leading position in laser additive manufacturing. The final winner will be announced on February 1st, 2017 during Photonics West.
  • November 3, 2016
    PolarOnyx is selected as one of the 2016 R&D 100 award winners for the development of the world's first Tungsten Laser Additive Manufacturing (3D printing) System using femtosecond laser. This R&D 100 award is the best recognition of our pioneering work, passion, persistency, and innovation for the last four years.

    R&D Magazine has announced the Winners of the 54th annual R&D 100 Awards, an international competition that recognizes the 100 most technologically significant products introduced into the marketplace over the past year, at the R&D 100 Awards Ceremony held in November 3, 2016 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center. The R&D 100 Awards recognize excellence across a wide range of industries, including telecommunications, optics, high-energy physics, materials science, chemistry, and biotechnology.

    R&D 100 Award recipients include established Fortune 500 companies and federally funded research institutions, as well as academic and government labs. The awards not only recognize the efforts of the development team and partners, they provide a mark of excellence known to industry, government and consumers.

    The full list of 2016 R&D 100 Award Winners is available here: www.rd100conference.com/awards/winners-finalists/year/2016/

  • August 1, 2016
    PolarOnyx's fs laser based 3D manufacturing has been recognized and selected as R&D 100 Finalist. The prestigious "Oscars of Invention" honors the latest and best innovations and identify the top technology products of the past year. Since 1963, the R&D 100 Awards have identified revolutionary technologies introduced to the market! This year's R&D 100 Winners will be announced at the annual black-tie awards dinner on Nov. 3 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Oxon Hill, Maryland (Washington, D.C.).
  • January 20, 2016
    In the upcoming Photonics West, held in San Francisco, CA, February 15-18, 2015, PolarOnyx will give an invited talk on femtosecond fiber laser based 3D manufacturing: SPIE 9738-24, Femtosecond Fiber Laser Additive Manufacturing of Tungsten.

    PolarOnyx has achieved breakthrough in achieving 99% density with femtosecond fiber laser. Moreover, pulsed ultrafast fiber laser provides an unprecedented feature in manipulating microstructure and grain size for 3D manufacturing.
  • March 29, 2015
    Dr. Bai Nie, PolarOnyx's Sr. Application Engineer, ranked 2nd in Modesto Marathon 2015 with 2hr37min40s.
  • January 16, 2015
    In the upcoming Photonics West, held in San Francisco, CA, February 7-12, 2015, PolarOnyx will give an invited talk on femtosecond fiber laser based 3D printing: SPIE 9353-9, Femtosecond Fiber Laser Welding and Additive Manufacturing for 3D Manufacturing
  • October 8, 2014
    This year's Nobel prize winner, Professor W. E. Moerner of Stanford University, is our customer. We sold a femtosecond fiber laser to him in 2006. The laser is still running well in his lab. We are very proud to support his research.

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