*- DORIS FANG -* wrote:
>
> On Fri, 6 Aug 1999, C. Hertzler wrote:
>
> > these machines are called "water jet cutting machines". They work
> > with a pressure up to 4000 bar. The water is not hot.
>
> Hmmm. Wouldn't the pressure er...warm it up ? (My high school physics
> is failing me here).
Indeed doing that much work will cause a large rise in water temp.
> > The company I am working for makes such machines. I don't know
> > any further details, because I am developing big lasers (really big
> > ones, like a truck!), which are a competitive technology. "My" laser
> > can cut 40 mm thick steel and weld 30 mm. That is slightly more, than
> > is needed for OM cameras..
>
> Very interesting...the welding part, too. That can be used for TIG-type
> welding too, I assume ? Must make neat welds...hmmm. (thinking totally
> off-topic, about mountain bikes).
> *= Doris Fang =*
I guess I'm a hopeless retro. I still like lugged, double butted,
Reynolds on my bikes. (not that I don't want a good carbon fiber or
titanium road bike, and the mountain bike is getting a little long in
the tooth!)
W. J. Liles
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