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FLOW 6-Axis Water Jet Cutting System Runs Off a Robot Arm
Posted by Sean Fallon at 7:40 AM on October 10, 2008
Given the recent rumours about a "revolutionary" new manufacturing process from Apple involving water jet-cut aluminium for new MacBooks, it seemed appropriate to discuss a new product coming out of the 2008 Fabtech International & AWS Welding show. The FLOW is a 6-axis system that perform full 3D water cutting without a bulky gantry holding it back. Instead, the entire system runs off a flexible robotic arm for more precision work (although its accuracy has been described as "mid range"). Either way, it looks like the FLOW 6 will be used to fabricate some awesome stuff down the line. [AVING via Slashgear]
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br4nd0n
Posted 8:57 AM 10/10/08
@gus2000:
more like a triple 8
br4nd0n
Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude, disguised as another dude
Posted 8:56 AM 10/10/08
@vgart: No, I think that's the new MacBowl Pro.
Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude, disguised as another dude
aussie
Posted 8:52 AM 10/10/08
That will soon appear on the OCC!
aussie
gus2000
Posted 8:50 AM 10/10/08
...or maybe a T-1000
gus2000
tabaks
Posted 8:49 AM 10/10/08
All I see are some "mid-range" crappy presentation cuts.
tabaks
vgart
Posted 8:44 AM 10/10/08
Hmm mmm I can see new Macbooks on that table.
vgart
Kothoga
Posted 9:47 AM 10/10/08
OCC are hacks at best.
Kothoga
Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude, disguised as another dude
Posted 10:10 AM 10/10/08
Those guys should be calling themselves OCD...
Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude, disguised as another dude
ripfire
Posted 10:53 AM 10/10/08
I wonder how fast it can carve out a pumpkin for halloween.
ripfire
bnsqueak
Posted 11:14 AM 10/10/08
That thing + horror movie = the scariest thing ever.
bnsqueak
zanella
Posted 1:58 PM 10/10/08
@zanella: Sorry, not this one, a 5 axis was on OCC. My mistake.
zanella
zanella
Posted 1:57 PM 10/10/08
Actually, already shown on OCC.
only three more words:
WANT FOR CHRISTMAS
zanella
JBanister
Posted 4:13 PM 10/10/08
Seems reminiscent of the Cybaman Replicator only that one moves the work instead of the cutter.
JBanister
Purple Dave
Posted 6:00 PM 10/10/08
@ripfire:
Really fast, but you better be okay with having the same design repeated on the other side of the pumpkin...
Purple Dave
T.W.G
Posted 9:50 PM 10/10/08
I think the "revolutionary" is only new for Apple or America itself ;-)
Germanys "Thyssen Krupp Steel" does manufacture high quality steel for the whole world in highend processes like underwater lasercutting etc.
My sister works there and she describes it as StarWars like awesomeness but not new here in Germany ;-)
Ok, they do manufacture some pretty cool submarines, too, that frighten the hell out of Americas Navy so it must be high-end quality ;-)
[www.thyssenkrupp.com]
T.W.G
EricAlder
Posted 12:39 AM 11/10/08
Water cutters are awesome! Almost as cool as lasers!
EricAlder
KLanD
Posted 1:00 AM 11/10/08
See, now that's innovative. Not that regular CnC Machine that Apple is calling "brick".
KLanD
aec007
Posted 3:46 PM 11/10/08
@tabaks: True, true... but we were just chiseling away chunks of metal and banging a hammer to hot steel out of some hot coals just a couple of hundred years ago.....
Give'm time.
aec007