Prize turns quick profit for waterjet machine winner
What would you do if you won a waterjet cutting machine? In John Mullett's case, he asked for a bigger one. Mullett is owner of Laureate Machine & Automation LLC, Leipsic, Ohio. He won one of two machines given away by WARDJet Inc. as part of the Tallmadge, Ohio-based waterjet builder's Build It!
What would you do if you won a waterjet cutting machine? In John Mullett’s case, he asked for a bigger one.
Mullett is owner of Laureate Machine & Automation LLC, Leipsic, Ohio. He won one of two machines given away by WARDJet Inc. as part of the Tallmadge, Ohio-based waterjet builder’s Build It! Challenge competition that took place during the IMTS 2016 trade show in Chicago. Mullett represented the “pro side” of the competition, which placed students against industry professionals in a waterjet build-off. Missouri University of Science and Technology walked away as the educational winner.
Below: Employees from Laureate Machine & Automation and WARDJet with the Model XL-1530 waterjet machine.
From left to right: machinists Merced Torres and Neal Truckor, owner John Mullett, Benjie Massarra
(business development for WARDJet) and machine installer Johnnie Stamper. Image courtesy of WARDJet.
Mullett won a Model E-1515 (1.5m × 1.5m, or 5’×5′) waterjet machine, and he felt it might not serve his company’s needs as well as WARDJet’s XL-1530 machine, which features a 5’×10′ (1.5m × 3.0m) cutting area. As a result, Mullett was offered a trade-up option in which WARDJet credited Laureate the value of the smaller machine, allowing the parts manufacturer to purchase the larger machine for the difference in price.
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