Case Study
Plasti-Fab Cuts Massive 8,000-Pound Fiberglass Parts with Jet Edge Water Jet
Plasti-Fab Cuts Massive 8,000-Pound Fiberglass Parts with Jet Edge Water Jet When Tualatin, Oregon-based Plasti-Fab, Inc., landed a contract to cut hundreds of circles out of 8,000- pound fiberglass plates, they decided abrasive waterjet would be the best way to address their unique situation. But first the company had to overcome two obstacles: they needed to find a waterjet manufacturer capable of building the huge 14 by 28-foot waterjet table needed for their application, and they needed to find a system that could be installed outdoors because they had no space available in their building, which already houses two CNC routers. Plasti-Fab CNC Supervisor Wade Oxford said his company researched several waterjet systems, but only Jet Edge of St. Michael, Minn., was capable of delivering t