Water Jet Versatility Creates Manufacturing Options and Reduced Costs

by Owen | Jan 13, 2017 | MVS Metals

Water Jet Cutting - Cut Bonded Materials

Are you bonding or vulcanizing multiple materials together? Are the small parts becoming too much of a hassle? Are your production costs starting to become a burden? This is where Water Jet Cutting shines.

This challenge comes up more than you would believe. Often times, cutting parts individually and then bonding or vulcanizing them together can become tedious and time consuming. Not to mention the issues with parts not matching up to specification. This frequently leads to lost parts, lost hours and lost profits.

There are times where materials can be bonded or vulcanized and then cut. Unfortunately, the tool needed to cut one material may not work for the other. When this situation occurs, Water Jet Cutting Technology can be a viable solution. There is no HAZ (Heat Affected Zone), thermal distortion or change in material properties which allows multiple materials types to be cut at the same time. Additionally, Water Jet Cutting can support tolerances as close as +/-.005″ with high positional accuracies of +/-.003″.

MVS Recently used Water Jet Cutting a Vulcanized Stainless Steel/Duro-Composite Rubber Compound into bumper stops for the Transportation and Agricultural Industry. Rather than cutting each piece separately and then Vulcanizing, MVS received Pre-Vulcanized Full Size Sheets and cut multiple parts, ensuring proper dimensions, fit up, aesthetics and function.

Do you have issues with bonding or vulcanizing materials to create the specified part? Contact Aaron Mousel at amousel@mvsteel.com or call 712-255-9632 or our sales team for information and pricing about Water Jet Cutting.

Signs for Walter Scott Jr. Campus

by Owen | Dec 9, 2016 | Company, MVS Metals, PVS Metals, PVS Structures

PVS worked with the Kiewit Building Groups “Special Projects Division” to produce landmark signs for the new Walter Scott Jr. Campus on the University of Nebraska-Omaha grounds. The project was completed weeks before scheduled partially due to our precise water-jet and power coating facility. Please call Joe Wishard, jwishard@pvsteel.com, at 712-347-5500 for more information on capabilities or send a message using our Contact Us page

MVS Metals – Pushing the Limits of Manufacturing Innovation

by Owen | Nov 17, 2016 | Industry News, MVS Metals, Owen Tools and Technology

Many of the manufacturing sectors best customers choose to do business with Owen Industries, not only because of our competitive pricing and quality of work, but by our dedication to the services we can provide.

We like to paint our boundaries with a broad brush, and with the upcoming installation of the largest standalone Fiber Laser Shuttle System in the country, we will be doing just that.

Topped with a Messer YLS Series 6000 Watt Fiber Laser capable of cutting stainless, aluminum, titanium, brass, copper and mild steels, our 10’-0” x 40’-0” shuttle bed system can simultaneously process up to eight (8) standard sized 5’ x 10’ sheets at a time. Combined with one of the world’s largest Red Bud Stretcher-Levelers, we can now supply and process via fiber laser our own material, up to 1” mild steel at 40’-0” long.

Owen Industries chooses to continuously improve our product service repertoire so that you, our customer or future client, can expand your reach into the market, instill quality service and build excellent business relationships.

Please contact Aaron Mousel at amousel@mvsteel.com at your convenience. We are scheduled to go online January 2017, so don’t wait to get your quotes in today!

MVS Metals – Largest WaterJet Cutting Table in the Country

by Owen | Nov 2, 2016 | MVS Metals, Owen Tools and Technology

As Engineering and Technology continues to test the limits on the manufacturing sector, MVS Metals – A Division of Owen Industries, anxiously takes them to task with one of the largest WaterJet Cutting Table in the country.

Incorporated with our massive plate lifter and the strongest Pump/Intensifier combination, this behemoth can tackle anything the 16’-0” x 45’-0” bed can hold. Most recently notable, we’ve processed 3-1/4” thick Titanium plates, 3 at a time, with superb results on edge quality.

Our Equipment, combined with our Expertise, is also capable of reducing cross bowed, twisted, buckled, swept and edge wave rolled sheet material of any chemistry and grade, into rectangular coil-ready sheets for ease of processing and re-manufacture. This process has been a huge benefit to the Aerospace Industry, which continues to grow as our limits on curiosity, technology, and spending guide us forward into the future.

If high tolerances and zero allowance on heat affected zones are requirements for your next project, Water Jet cutting at MVS Metals is the way to go! Please feel free to contact Aaron Mousel at amousel@mvsteel.com or our sales team for information and pricing!

Scott Campus Sign Fabrication

by Owen | Oct 12, 2016 | MVS Metals

OII subsidiary MVS Metals in Sioux City, IA built the signs for the new University of Nebraska at Omaha Walter Scott campus. Owen Industries is honored to be a part of this incredible project.

The signs were cut on our precise water jet, one of the largest in the country and is unique here in the Midwest. The four jet heads can cut many types of material.

The sign was fabricated at their facility, and after coordination with the powder coat facility was delivered well within their aggressive schedule.

Thanks to MVS Metals for their amazing work on this project! Please call Aaron or BJ at 712-255-1616 for more information on their capabilities or send them a message using our Contact Us page.