Top 10 reasons
to choose abrasivejets
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Wide range
of materials
The OMAX®
JetMachining Center can work
with a wide variety of materials,
ranging from metals to ceramics,
composites, glass—even marble and
granite.
2.
Quality finish
The finish
provided by the OMAX JetMachining Center is
a smooth, sandblasted finish. No rough
edges, burrs or jagged ends.
3.
No heat in
machining process
Because the
abrasivejet uses water and abrasive, the
material is not heated up significantly
during the cutting process. This makes the
OMAX JetMachining Center ideal for materials
that are affected or deformed by heat, such
as titanium.
4.
Environmentally friendly
The OMAX
JetMachining Center uses water and garnet to
cut. Garnet is an inert gemstone, which can
be disposed of in the municipal waste
stream. No toxic fumes are produced during
machining.
5.
No tool
changing
You don't need
to change cutting tools with the OMAX
JetMachining Center. One nozzle is used to
machine all the different types of materials
and shapes, saving time and the expense of
multiple cutting tools.
6.
Minimal burr
Using the
abrasivejet, there is little or no burr in
most materials.
7.
Quick to
program
The OMAX
JetMachining Center comes complete with a
comprehensive CAD program (called Layout).
You can draw parts from scratch in Layout,
or import standard DXF files created in
other programs. You can even trace over a
photograph or bitmap image. In addition,
OMAX machines are supported by a wide
variety of third party software products
such as CAD/CAM, Nesting, and scanning.
8.
Fast set-up
and programming
Make is
the other main program provided as part of
the OMAX JetMachining Center. Make
takes the tool path created by Layout
and calculates the exact position and
cutting speed of the nozzle at a resolution
of over 2,000 points per inch (800
points/cm). All you do is specify the
material and thickness and Make does
the rest.
9.
Complement
existing tools, used for either primary or
secondary operations
The OMAX
JetMachining Center can also work with your
other machine tools to take advantage of the
unique capabilities of each. An example of
this is roughing out nested parts on the
OMAX to maximize material usage, and then
performing final machining on a mill or
machining center.
10.
Reduce setup
times
Little or no
side force on the material being machined
reduces the need to complex fixtures and
greatly speeds setup times.
All
this brings you, the customer, higher
quality and better value.
