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Waterjet Cutting |
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» Aerospace applications include: |
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• Custom control panels and structural components for special purpose aircraft such as crop dusters and oat planes |
• Rough trimming of turbine blades on jet engines |
• Aluminium skin, struts, seats, shim stock, brake components, titanium & exotic metals used in manufacturing landing gear |
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» Architectural Products applications include: |
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• Components for architectural trim and window systems |
• Custom designs in vinyl, stone and marble flooring and wall coverings |
• Sign letters in marble, glass, steel, aluminium, brass, plastics. Etc. |
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» Automotive applications include: |
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• Flanges for custom exhaust systems |
• Specialty metal gaskets for antique automobiles |
• Specialty clutch components for racing cars |
• Specialty brake disks and components for racing cars |
• Custom skid plates for off-road motorcycles |
• Intricate decorative brackets and fittings for custom cars & motorcycles |
• Copper head gaskets for racing engines |
• Short run production for the model shops |
• JIT inventory control for piece parts on High Performance Radiators |
• Custom motorcycle bodies |
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» Electrical Equipment applications include: |
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• Custom and short run electrical enclosures and control panels |
• Custom designed elevator control panels |
• Components for portable generators |
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» Elevator Manufacturer applications include: |
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• Manufacture elevators for high end homes, and smaller commercial applications such as Nursing homes
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• Manufacture architectural components and metal fittings for elevators |
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» Film Industry applications include: |
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• Cutting rigging components and props for movies |
• Equipment for camera travels (i.e., rails, motion systems for cameras) |
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» Food Processing Equipment applications include: |
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• Components (primarily from stainless steel and plastic) for food processing lines |
• Guards, enclosures, food handling and packaging equipment |
• Custom food processing equipment |
• Specialty liquid filling equipment |
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» Gasket applications include: |
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• Copper head gaskets for racing engines |
• Metal and rubber gaskets for various industries. |
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» Glass applications include: |
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• Special shaped window panels for cabinets and doors |
• Lens blanks (up to 2” thick) from glass and quartz |
• Glass components used in the electronic and medical industry |
• Optical laser parts for various high tech industries |
• Custom glass panels for the space shuttle |
• Replacement glass for antique autos |
• Art deco mirror designs |
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» High Production Manufacturing applications include: |
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• Manufacture cross bow limbs |
• Punch die buttons |
• Small aerospace specialty parts and lenses (sights for rifles) |
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» Industrial Processing Equipment applications include: |
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• Centrifuges |
• Vapour Deposition Process (VDP) Targets |
• Profile knife blades for woodworking |
• Profile knives for recycling composite roof tiles |
• Profile knives for wood moulding |
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» Machine Tool applications include: |
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• Manufacture punch die buttons and strippers |
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» Medical applications include: |
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• Blanking out surgical instruments from special steel alloys |
• Cutting artificial limb components from carbon fibre composites |
• Manufacturing carbon braces and orthopaedic appliances |
• Making prototype medical devices for test and evaluation |
• Model shop prototyping |
• Water only applications; cutting thin plastic used as dividers in cases that hold medical instruments before, during and after sterilization
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» Model and R & D Shops applications include: |
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• Making architectural models to producing test fixtures and prototype components for Automobiles and R&D labs
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» Musical Instruments applications include: |
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• Blank out valve components for instruments such as saxophones and clarinets |
• Intricate designs from material such as mother of pearl for custom guitar inlays |
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» Plastics manufacturing applications include: |
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• Polyurethane products for a variety of industries |
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» Recreational Equipment applications include: |
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• Cutting composite cross bow limbs for cross bows and archery bows |
• Custom triggers for firearms and rifles |
• Motorcycle and ATV skid plates |
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» Semi-Conductor applications include: |
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• Quartz cutting equipment |
• Stainless steel parts for semi-conductor manufacturing |
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» Specialty Lenses: |
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• Laminated lenses for adjusting colour on HD-TV systems |
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» Wood Stove Manufacturer applications include: |
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• Used in lieu of plasma for their product line requiring a better quality edge surface and on short-run production of occasional one-off unit.
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