WASTEC — a company steps on the gas
Based in Zaisenhausen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Wastec Wasserstrahlschneidetechnik GmbH was established in 1991 and today already calls five FLOW waterjet cutting systems its own. Wastec’s rapid growth necessitated construction of a second production building in the summer of 2002. Company founder and managing director Udo Dauth strategically banks on expanding business with customer-oriented project handling. The fashioning of high-grade 3D cut parts was made possible not too long ago by the purchase of a 5-axis waterjet cutting facility.
Quality management with an edge in know-how
Certified to ISO 9001:2000, the company fully relies on quality, from A to Z, and on precision applications. This strategic orientation and the company’s longstanding know-how enabled Udo Dauth to realize projects in the automotive sector. DXF/IGES files received by online data transfer can be converted or edited into cutting programs at the CAD programming stations. Customer requests for prototype manufacture, to name one example, thus can be handled on short notice. In addition to carbon and stainless steel, Wastec can economically and flexibly machine, among other things, glass, sandwich materials, Scotch-Brit, titanium, natural stone or even magnets.
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“For carbon fiber, composites or special ceramics, the waterjet is the ideal cutting tool,” says Udo Dauth, director and owner of Wastec Wasserstrahlschneidetechnik GmbH. |
Udo Dauth: “With the waterjet systems and the outstanding pumps from FLOW, we possess the flexibility required today by the market.” And he added that the first ultrahigh-pressure pump acquired in 1991 still runs without complaint today after over 50,000 operating hours. In direct comparison with competing products, he said, FLOW is simply unbeatable.
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Rubber-coated sheet steel, 30 mm |
Anything that has to do with the waterjet has market potential
Various automakers, Bosch, Steag, or Heidelberger Druck, too, constitute an illustrious Wastec clientele. Wastec will concentrate in future on further expanding activities in the automotive industry and in the field of special materials. “Anything that has to do with the waterjet has market potential for us. New application options like the engraving or the scraping out of a great many different materials are just a few further variations on the theme,” Udo Dauth stated in conclusion.
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In summer 2002 a second production hall was built housing five waterjet cutting plants. |
