Flow International’s Big Bet on Composites
Credit: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES
In the early 1980s, Mohamed Hashish turned his doctoral dissertation into something practical at Flow International. He invented a way to add microscopic garnet abrasives to high-pressure waterjets. Industrial waterjets were first devised to serve lumber mills cutting logs. The idea worked, but lack...
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