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China Steel Installs Jet Edge Waterjet Cutting Machine
07/28/2011 - China Steel, a custom fabrication and machine shop in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., recently added a 90KSI Jet Edge waterjet cutting machine capable of cutting most materials up to 24 x 13 ft.
China Steel, a custom fabrication and machine shop in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., recently added a 90KSI Jet Edge waterjet cutting machine capable of cutting virtually any material up to 24 x 13 ft.
With its 100-hp 90KSI Jet Edge X-Stream powered system, China Steel can cut parts up to 50% faster than waterjet shops with standard 60KSI waterjets. They also can cut large parts twice as fast with dual abrasive jet cutting heads with mirroring capabilities.
“We were looking at lasers and plasmas, but the waterjet is more versatile,” said Carlo China. “It has higher precision and is capable of cutting thicker diverse materials, plus it’s environmentally friendly and there’s no heat distortion.
“We went with the 90,000-psi system because it gives us the cutting horsepower that we need, and we went with the large table because we have a diversified shop and many of the parts we cut are of significant size…Our machine can also cut very small parts.”
The company’s diverse projects have included decorative staircases to locomotive underframes to dozens of parts for the U.S. Army Stryker armored vehicles to stainless steel dewatering wheels for steel mills in the Ukraine and India.
Elliott-Matsuura Canada is Jet Edge’s exclusive Canadian distributor.
Established in the late 1950s, China Steel continues to be owned and operated by the China family. The company has grown to become a diversified and technologically advanced metalworking plant with sales worldwide. The ISO 9001:2008-registered shop offers many metalworking services, including CNC and conventional machining, milling, turning, boring, bending, cutting, rolling, pipe processing, robotic welding and much more. It manufactures a wide range of custom products, including fabricated plate products, structural steel, decorative metalwork, and machined parts.
Established in 1984, Jet Edge is a global designer and manufacturer of waterjet systems for precision cutting, surface preparation, and coating removal. Jet Edge waterjets are used around the world in a broad range of industries, from leading airlines to automotive, aerospace, industrial manufacturers, machine, and job shops. Jet Edge waterjet systems are made in the U.S.
