TCI Precision Metals installs additional waterjet machining center

TCI Precision Metals, Gardena, Calif., a family-owned, value-added metal services distributor, has announced the installation of its second OMAX 80X waterjet machining center. The new machine is the second waterjet added in the last 12 months to keep up with growing demand for precision machine-ready blanks and other specialty parts.

“Most of our machine-ready blanks orders are for either aluminum or stainless steel alloys. For our aluminum customers, we previously installed a new Schelling fm8 plate saw, capable of cutting aluminum and other nonferrous metals up to 6 in. thick at speeds up to 100 FPM. We then added our initial OMAX waterjet machine and now our second one, capable of cutting stainless steel alloys and other ferrous materials that are up to 8 in. thick on a 15-ft. by 7-ft. 5-in. table,” said Ben Belzer, president.

With its Tilt-A-Jet cutting head technology, the model 80X produces high-precision, finished-edge cuts that are square and free of edge taper.