JACQUET Midwest has installed a dual head 5-axis Jet Edge EDGE X-5 waterjet cutting system at its Racine metal processing facility.
The EDGE X-5 is JACQUET Midwest’s third Jet Edge system and JACQUET’s 13th Jet Edge waterjet nationwide. JACQUET plans to use the new system to provide beveling and chamfering services to its customers in the Midwest, as well as nationwide through its five regional service centers.
The waterjet system features a 21’ X 13’ work envelope, which enables the metal service center to process full 8’x20’ or 10’x20’ plates. Its dual 5-axis cutting heads double their production and are capable of cutting precise 3D parts from virtually any material, including bevels up to 50°.
“We’re really excited to bring the Jet Edge dual head 5-axis waterjet into our facility,” said Dan Chatterton, JACQUET Midwest chief executive officer. “With the precision that we’ll be able to achieve with the 5-axis taper control machine, we can provide a tighter tolerance part from the top edge to the bottom edge of the part, eliminating a lot of the machining. It allows us to do much more for our customers; we can bevel cut, taper control, and chamfer holes on both the top and bottom edges of the material…Our dual 5-axis system is going to provide an even higher level of service to our customers, allowing them to look to JACQUET for all of their cutting needs.”
JACQUET Midwest is one of five JACQUET metal service centers in the United States. The company also has service centers in Pottstown, Pa.; Carson, Calif.; Pineville, N.C.; and Houston, Texas. JACQUET recently acquired the Rolark Group service centers in Canada, with subsidiaries in Edmonton, Toronto and Montreal.
JACQUET specializes in supplying and processing stainless steel and nickel alloys for OEMS, fabricators and machine shops that support primarily the oil and gas, power generation, pollution control systems and water purification industries.
The investment in the waterjet system was not disclosed.
