The Composites & Advanced Materials Lab at the National Institute for Aviation Research has extended its machining capabilities with the addition of a 4' by 4' WaterjetPRO cutting table. "The waterjet cutting system will be primarily used for coupon preparation in most of our material qualification programs, as we transition away from a labor-intensive process to a more efficient way of cutting test coupons out of composite test panels," said Kim-Leng Poon, manager of the Composites Lab Machine Shop.
