Typical Users
An increasing number of Original Equipment Manufacturers are using OMAX JetMachining systems to produce components for their own manufactured products. Many of these manufacturers feel that the speed and flexibility of the OMAX system provides them with a competitive advantage in their industries. The following list provides a general summary of representative uses of the OMAX system by OEMs.
Aerospace
- Custom control panels and structural components for special purpose aircraft such as crop-dusters and float planes
- Rough trimming of turbine blades on jet engines
- Aluminum skin, struts, seats, shim stock, brake components, titanium & exotic metals used in manufacturing landing gear
Users: Aerospace, Tool & Die, Job Shop
Architectural Products
- Components for architectural trim and window systems
- Custom designs in vinyl, stone and marble flooring and wall coverings
- Sign letters in marble, glass, steel, aluminum, brass, plastics. etc.
Examples: Architecture, Signs, Job Shop
Automotive
- 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 and 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
Examples: Automotive, Marine, Job Shop
Electrical Equipment
- Custom and short run electrical enclosures and control panels
- Custom designed elevator control panels
- Components for portable generators
Examples: Electronics, Solar, Machine Shop, Job Shop
Elevator Manufacturer
- Manufacture elevators for high end homes, and smaller commercial applications such as nursing homes
- Manufacture architectural components and metal fittings for elevators
Example: Elevator Manufacturer
Film Industry
- Cutting rigging components and props for movies
- Some of the stylized weapons used in the film Men in Black were made with the OMAX
- Equipment for camera travels (i.e., rails, motion systems for cameras)
Examples: Film Industry, Fabrication, Job Shop
Food Processing Equipment
- Components (primarily from stainless steel and plastic) for food processing lines
- Guards, enclosures, food handling and packaging equipment
- Custom food processing equipment
- Orange juice manufacturing equipment
- Specialty liquid filling equipment
Examples: Food Services, Chemical, Electronics, Packaging Plants, Tool & Die, Machine Shops, Job Shop
Gasket
- Copper head gaskets for racing engines
- Metal and rubber gaskets for various industries.
Examples: Machine Gaskets, Marine Industry, Job Shop
Glass
- 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
Examples: Electronics, Carpentry, Glass, Aerospace, Lighting, Art, Job Shop
High Production Manufacturing
- Manufacture cross bow limbs
- Punch die buttons
- Small aerospace specialty parts and lenses (sights for rifles)
Examples: Sporting Good Manufacturers, Art, Job Shop
Industrial Processing Equipment
- Centrifuges
- Vapor Deposition Process (VDP) Targets
- Profile knife blades for woodworking
- Profile knives for recycling composite roof tiles
- Profile knives for wood molding
Examples: Fabrication, Woodworking, Aerospace, Communications, Medical, Job Shop
Machine Tool
- Manufacture punch die buttons and strippers
Examples: Tool & Die
Medical
- Blanking out surgical instruments from special steel alloys
- Cutting artificial limb components from carbon fiber composites
- Manufacturing carbon braces and orthopedic 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
Medical instruments created from blanks cut on an OMAX
Examples: Medical, Job Shop
Model and R & D Shops
- Making architectural models to producing test fixtures and prototype components for automobiles and R&D labs
- Short-run production
Examples: Education Facilities, Prototype Development, Automotive
Musical Instruments
- Blank out valve components for instruments such as saxophones and clarinets
- Intricate designs from material such as mother of pearl for custom guitar inlays
Examples: Musical Instrument Manufacturing
Plastics Manufacturing
- Polyurethane products for a variety of industries
Examples: Machining Plastics, Construction, Flooring, Food Service, Machine Shop
Recreational Equipment
- Cutting composite cross bow limbs for cross bows and archery bows
- Custom triggers for firearms and rifles
- Motorcycle and ATV skid plates
Examples: Arms Mfg, Automotive, Job Shop
Semiconductor
- Quartz cutting equipment
- Stainless steel parts for semi-conductor manufacturing
Examples: Electronics, Computer, Semiconductor
Specialty
- Laminated lenses for adjusting color on HDTV systems
Examples: Optics, Medical, Comminication
Woodstove Manufacturing
- 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.
Other typical users
Some other typical users of abrasivejet technology:
- Job shops
- Job shops produce a wide variety of short-run parts. OMAX's ability to create tool paths quickly and easily let job shops effectively compete even on small runs of parts. AbrasiveJet machining complements CNC milling machines and flame cutters.
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- Wire EDM shops
- The OMAX JetMachining Center works well in wire EDM shops. The OMAX is faster than wire EDM (up to 10 times faster). It can also cut both conductive and non-conductive material. In addition, there is no heat-affected zone.
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- Laser shops
- Laser shops can capitalize on abrasivejet's ability to cut thicker materials than lasers can deal with. In addition, abrasivejets can cut reflective materials.
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- Aerospace shops
- Machine shops that work with the aerospace industry use abrasivejets to work with materials that are affected by heat, such as titanium and aluminum. Aluminum is particularly easy to machine with abrasivejets because it is soft and easily (and quickly) cut.
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- Tooling shops
- Because the OMAX JetMachining Center can work with hardened tool steel, it is frequently the tool of choice in tooling shops.
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- Prototype and R&D shops
- The OMAX software supports standard DXF images, which makes it easy to import files from other CAD programs (such as AutoCAD). This allows for rapid creation of a toolpath, which leads to quick part creation. It's also easy to make changes to the part and create a new toolpath.
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- Maintenance and repair shops
- The OMAX is ideal for creating replacement parts quickly. When a part is needed in a hurry, repair shops use the OMAX to make one out of any of wide variety of materials.
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- Manufacturers
- Manufacturers use the OMAX to control Just-In-Time inventory requirements.
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- Metal fabricators
- Metal fabricators appreciate the clean edge plate work offered by the OMAX.
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- Architectural fabricators
- Whether it's a large sign for a restaurant, decorative tiles, or intricate design work, the OMAX can create it in a wide variety of materials.
Example of inlay work created by an OMAX 
