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New waterjet cutter is flagship for industry leader

Flow International invented waterjet cutting and is the world leader with over 12,000 installations in over 60 countries. The new Flow Mach 4C is their flagship system, designed to be the most accurate and easy to use waterjet for fast ROI in high productivity shops.

Apr 3, 2013

Flow has standardized on B&R’s software development tool, Automation Studio, along with CNC, motion, I/O and safety technologies from B&R.  Flow International’s manager of global products, Tim Fabian, cites B&R’s global support and collaborative engineering co-development as the basis for their ongoing partnership.

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