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stainless-steel countertops in work areas and heavy- duty aluminum doors.
In the shop, Hough’s employees frequently experiment with new appli- cations for the waterjet-cut- ting machine. They now cut practically any type of material, including rubber, thermoplastic polyethylene, aluminum, stainless steel and carbon fiber.
“We even cut the wood
for our skids with the water-
jet,” says Hough. “All of our equipment ships out on
wood skids, which require
cutting prior to shipping.
Thanks to one of our exper-
iments, we recently switched to making those cuts with the waterjet. As a result, we took a job that previously took 7 to 10 hr. to run and finished it in 3 hr. Now that we can complete that job so quickly, we have time to cut our com-
his businesses, Hough cannot envision suc- ceeding without the technology.
“It is something that I look back on now and wonder how we were able to do it all along without a waterjet,” he says. “We should have always had the capabili- ty in the shop. In fact, we are considering another machine, most likely with a larger table size. Our current machine is already used much of the workday, and as we mar- ket our machine’s capa- bilities to clients in the
area, it has become obvious that we will eventually see the demand for running two machines.” MF
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Recently, the shop added the Omax Collision Sensing Terrain Follower accessory to its waterjet-cutting machine, which contends with cutting uneven part surfaces. The accessory has proved particularly useful for cutting parts (shown here) for OTI—Hough’s anaerobic digestion-equip- ment division. Prior to adding the Terrain Follower, when the waterjet- cutting head would encounter an uneven surface, the machine would automatically shut off.
pany logo into the pallets, which we had never done before.”
Can’t Live Without It
Now that abrasive waterjet cut-
ting is fully integrated
into all
of
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