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Milling
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In addition to controlled depth grooving, the abrasive waterjet
machining technology can be applied to milling controlled depth
pockets in virtually any type of material. The engineers at Ormond
invented the controlled depth milling process in glass materials for
lightweighting space optics. A successful application of this
technology was the machining of an isogrid pattern on the backside
of a 94 inch diameter space based mirror. This mirror was the same
diameter of the Hubble space telescope mirror and was part of a new
ultra-lightweight mirror technology development program.
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The abrasive waterjet milling process is not limited to just
glass materials and can be used to lightweight metals such as
aluminum, titanium, and Inconel. One application includes
machining isogrid patterns in missile casings and jet engine
titanium casings.
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