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Miller Marine’s MAXIEM 1530 Waterjet is one of the largest machines in the area and is the most versatile CNC in the shop. As a demonstration, Brandon ‘Fish’ Hartung programs the machine to emboss the CNC West logo into a piece of 1/8 aluminum.
Marine retrofits are part of the Navy’s AIT program to modernize older ships. When that happens, they might build an entirely new foundation and all the items that go along with it. “What we do has higher standards than OEM,” adds Victor Rivera, Business Development at Miller Marine. “We have more tests, need more certs, do more QC and adhere to more governmental oversight than the people who originally built the ship.”
Big ships require big machine tools, and Miller Marine is well equipped for jobs on land and sea. “Since most of what we do is structural welding and retrofit on massive ships, we need large support equipment that match the scale of what we do,” tells Victor. “Not every job we have, requires the constant use of these massive CNC machines but is well suited for customers requiring a larger work envelope. Our mill is a Haas VF9-40. It is a 4- axis machine and we also have the 5th axis table. It has a 30hp spindle and a large work envelope of X- 84”; Y- 40” and 30” in Z. It can hold a 4000lbs chunk of metal which comes in handy for some of the parts we machine.” Their Accurl B40320 press brake is formidable in size and can handle a 13’ sheet of metal. With 359.9 tons of maximum force, it bends aluminum or steel like origami. Probably the most versatile machine in their arsenal is the Maxiem 1530
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Above - Most of the parts coming off the MAXIEM 1530 waterjet can’t be photographed, but here Brandon shows off a piece of artwork and a production run of parts for the home and garden show.
Above - Using the MAXIEM 1530 Waterjet Brandon cuts 9” thick square tubing 8’ long as part of a shipside rack system.
Below - Expert craftsman assemble and weld together the rack system. Each piece of steel is perfectly cut to size and requires very little prep work.
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