Translume, Inc. provides glass machining and micromachining technologies for defense, aerospace, biomedical, and automotive industries. Using ultra-fast lasers to carve out tiny devices in glass, called fluidic chips - that act like a microchip channeling fluids instead of electricity. Working at the scale of microns - not quite as small as nanotechnology but close. The firm's manufacturing platform relies on femtosecond lasers to micromachine fused silica (the purest of glass). Having the capability to machine complex geometric contours and shapes in three dimensions in fused silica slabs, Translume offers fused silica micro fluidic chips for bio, medical, and chemical applications in the fields of genomics, proteomics, nanotechnology, and particle counting; precision apertures, pinholes, and slits; micro-fluidic soot agglomeration detection system for lubricating oils; fluid condition monitoring systems; and optical devices for applications in defense, aerospace, and telecommunication projects. The company also provides glass micromachining services, such as optical and opto-mechanical design assistance, prototype development, and electro-mechanical integration for micro optics, micro fluidics, and microstructures.
