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Awards
Solar Atmospheres South- east, Greenville, SC, has been added to Boeing’s approved processor listing after a three- day audit. With its approved status, the Greenville facility will have an approved scope of processing that includes the following specifications: BAC 5613–Heat Treatment of Tita- nium and Titanium Alloys; BAC 5616–Heat Treatment of Nick- el-Base and Cobalt-Base Alloys; and BAC 5619–Heat Treatment of Corrosion Resist- ant Steel.
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custom mailboxes, street signs and more. The company also is cutting a variety of race-car parts for local teams, as well as parts for its signature pit boxes.
“Receiving the 2016 Tib- bets Award is truly an honor,” says Dr. Peter Liu, senior sci- entist at Omax and creator of the MicroMax abrasive water- jet. “It’s great to be recognized for our R&D work at such a high level.”
The Jet Edge machine, capable of cutting precision parts from virtually any materi- al, can accommodate sheet sizes to 5 by 13 ft. and offers water pressure to 55,000 psi. IGems waterjet software pro- vides optimal CAD/CAM/nest- ing performance, according to Jet Edge officials.
The MicroMax provides a positioning accuracy of less than 5 microns and can cut extremely small parts in virtu- ally any material, according to company officials, and its Tilt- A-Jet cutting head allows for taper-free edges and rapid cutting speeds.
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“The waterjet service mar- ket is booming and I wanted to get involved and establish myself and my company as a waterjet service provider,” says Mike Murray, Murrco owner and president. “I plan on using my waterjet-cutting system to provide quality and accurate parts and products in a job-shop environment. As time goes on, I'm sure some new products will be added to Murrco's rac- ing product line. Production- type work in the motorsports industry is the goal.”
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Omax Receives SBA’s Tibbetts Award for Innovative Waterjet R&D
“We are excited that once again we are able to offer the Southeast United States another regional option for aerospace processing that did not exist previously,” says Steve Prout, president of Solar Atmospheres Southeast.
On January 10, 2017, Omax Corp., Kent, WA, was one of 37 companies to receive the prestigious Tib- betts Award at the White House. The award is given to small businesses and individu- als by the US Small Business Administration (SBA) in recog- nition for innovative research and development of trans- ferrable technology. Omax received the award for its inno- vation in the area of micro- abrasive waterjet technology, culminating in the MicroMax JetMachining Center.
The company provides thermal processing in furnaces ranging from those suited for small lots and development cycles to a 6.5-ft.-dia. by 24- ft.-long vacuum chamber that can process loads to 50,000 lb. at a maximum temperature of 2400 F, and its processes are backed by AS 9100 and Nadcap quality systems.
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