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OMAX Corporation is the premier manufacturer of high precision
waterjet machining centers.
Abrasive waterjets are used to profitably machine virtually any material.
OMAX® offers a complete line of machining centers, pumps, controllers,
software, and accessories.
Designed to complement or replace existing processes such as milling, laser,
wire EDM, and fine plasma, OMAX equipment will take you from drawing to finished
part in minutes and make your shop more profitable than you thought possible.
A stainless steel dragon made on the OMAX
OMAX Corporation
21409 72nd Ave South
Kent, WA 98032 USA
Phone: 800-838-0343
or 253-872-2300
Fax: 253-872-6190
Email:
omax@omax.com
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OMAX® in the News
OMAX parts used in spaceship
Chris Raue used his OMAX abrasivejet to cut precision
parts from lightweight carbon/graphite composite, which was then used on
SpaceShipOne (the private spaceship that won the X-Prize). See the
story in the
Independent Record of Montana.
If you want parts for your
spaceship, Chris can be reached at:
raueoriginals@sbcglobal.net
Raue Originals and Water Jet Machining
661-472-5822
Bakersfield, CA
News Releases
Contact: Sandra McLain, Director of Marketing, at:
sandram@omax.com or 1.800.838.0343.
TV Shows
A Factory on your desk
Part of the Scientific American Frontiers show, aired April 8, 2003
This episode looks at creating objects from your computer. Shown is a bicycle
made on an OMAX in the MIT waterjet lab.
Look for the following section near the top of the page, and click on "Play
Video." (Versions are available in both Windows Media and Real Player.)
Articles
News articles
Pushing Speed in Waterjet (PDF)
From Fabricating and Metalworking, October, 2005
What's the maximum practical pressure for an abrasive waterjet? The answer is higher
than you might think. This article explores the economic and practical trade-offs of
cutting with pressures of 60,000 PSI or higher.
Waterjet
Propels Shop from Sheet Metal to Precision Parts
From Modern Applications News, November, 2005
Camm Metals bought an OMAX, and changed the entire scope of their
business.
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Waterjets vs. EDM
Manufacturing Engineering,® October, 2005
The capabilities of Waterjets and EDMs have
converged to the point where they can complement one another in certain
applications.
Copyright Notice: Copyright by Society of Manufacturing Engineers. All rights retained. This article may only be viewed or printed one (1) time for personal use. User may not save any text or graphical items to hard drives or duplicate this article in whole or in part in any medium. This article appears with permission from Manufacturing Engineering®, the official publication
of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers
(SME). www.sme.org.
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Alexis
Builds Reputation For Quality (PDF)
From Fire Apparatus, July, 2005
Alexis Fire Equipment uses an OMAX to make some of the finest high-quality
custom firefighting apparatus in the world. See page 2, under "ISO 9001
Certified."
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Technology
reigns at Expo
From The Fort Wayne News - Sentinel, April 14, 2005
An OMAX distributor, Tristate
Machinery, exhibits an OMAX JetMachining Center with Tilt-A-Jet at an
Indiana show sponsored by a chapter of the Society of Manufacturing
Engineers, and it's "a hit."
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Waterjets
Move Into the Mainstream
Manufacturing Engineering®, April 2005
An overview of the versatility of waterjet cutting, and why
it's
the fastest growing segment in the machine tool industry.
Copyright Notice: Copyright by Society of Manufacturing Engineers. All rights retained. This article may only be viewed or printed one (1) time for personal use. User may not save any text or graphical items to hard drives or duplicate this article in whole or in part in any medium. This article appears with permission from Manufacturing Engineering®, the official publication of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers
(SME). www.sme.org.
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Cutting Edge
Appeared in Hot Bike, Jan 2005
A look at how an OMAX customer,
Wicked Image, uses their 2652 to create custom parts for
motorcycles, including mirror arms.
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Waterjet Cuts Production Time, Boosts Quality
December 2004, Manufacturing Engineering®. Copyright by Society
of Manufacturing Engineers, used with permission.
Using an OMAX reduces six steps to three steps and cuts six hours to two
hours for a high-tech manufacturing company.
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Pumps for abrasive jet cutting
An exclusive Thefabricator.com article, Sept 2003
Dr. Olsen discusses choosing the right pump for an abrasive waterjet
machinign system, including the different types of pumps and their
advantages and disadvantages.
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Enhanced Waterjets Slice Costs
February 2003, Forming & Fabricating. Copyright by Society of Manufacturing
Engineers, used with permission.
A look at how the latest abrasive waterjet technology is reducing machining
costs.
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