Laser, plasma and waterjet
A need for spe ed
New waterjet and laser
Clay Andrews, the
cutting systems have
company’s owner
and founder, has a
enabled US contract
keen appreciation
for speed and
manufacturer, Hype
technology
Manufacturing, to hold
tighter tolerances,
create unique parts
and expand into new
markets
Text: Sonja Bellem • Photos: Jez Coulson
I
n relative terms, it changes our per-
spective on everything. Speed reveals
as much about our fears and desires
as it befuddles our clear understanding of
the universe. Yet, efforts to generate and
control its power continue to fuel our ideas
and inventions. For speed enthusiast Clay
Andrews, it led to the creation of Hype
Manufacturing. This progressive contract
manufacturing company has, in just one
year, established itself as a front-runner.
Following a design which may be loosely
based upon Andrews’ philosophy of life,
the company is free of corner offices. It is
an open and even playing field, a place
where anyone can reach nearly anything,
and began with an independent spirit and Waterjet and laser
one man’s passion for racing cars. Andrews Hype Manufacturing opened its doors in
wanted to race but also to avoid relying on Corona, California, in November 2005,
others for his car engines and replacement with two additional facilities situated in the
parts. Carolinas. The company purchased 5-axis
“Our idea,” he explains, “was to manufac- machining centres and tube bending sys-
ture any product – no matter how complex tems followed by a Bystronic Byjet water-
– better, faster and cheaper than anyone jet cutting system with two cutting heads,
else.” rotary axis and a shuttle table (installed in
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