WARDJet Holds Open House At AMRC With Boeing

Online, January 21, 2013 (Newswire.com) - WARDJet Inc., an innovative designer and manufacturer of waterjet and CNC platforms, is an Ohio based business expanding its reach beyond the region and even the country. WARDJet has partnered with the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre with Boeing (AMRC) in Sheffield, UK to create one of the largest combination waterjet and CNC milling platforms in the world for use in ongoing research.

To handle the intensive needs of the AMRC with Boeing, the GCM-Series is a combination 5-Axis waterjet and 5-Axis mill designed and manufactured in Northern Ohio. This unique machine is designed to allow a single part to be processed with 24,000 rpm 5-axis milling and 5-axis waterjet cutting without moving the part. The cutting envelope is split with one section having a standard waterjet tank, leaving the remainder of the cutting envelope open to allow very large parts to be mounted onto the floor. The cutting envelope also allows 5 feet (1.5 meters) of Z travel for both the mill and the waterjet. WARDJet built this machine in response to the rapidly growing composites industry where a large cutting envelope and automated processes are desired.

To introduce the GCM, WARDJet and the AMRC with Boeing are hosting an Open House Event in Sheffield, UK at the AMRC with Boeing campus January 30-31st, 2013. This event allows visitors to see the GCM in action, as well as tour the AMRC facility and its capabilities. Opportunities to tour this custom GCM-Series 5-axis waterjet and milling system will be coupled with short tours of some of the latest technological advancements that the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre has to offer.

WARDJet was selected over other manufacturers for its drive and ability to innovate and push the boundaries of what is currently possible. WARDJet is looking forward to working with the AMRC with Boeing to improve on current technology to help drive manufacturing in multiple industries, including aerospace, automotive and composites.