OMAX Corporation is a large American provider of multi-axis (the ability to cut non-flat objects) water jet systems for use in the fabrication and manufacturing industry.
They made high-pressure abrasive jet machining (a machining and fabrication process using a mixture of strong abrasives and liquid propelled by a high velocity gas) to erode material to form intricate shapes or specific edge shapes.
[3][4][5] Each year OMAX sponsors the FIRST Robotics Competition team from Aviation High School.
The Aviation High Robotics team won the Creativity Award at the FIRST Championship held in St. Louis, Missouri in April 2011.
In 2009 it was announced that Flow called off the merger stating "We believe that our path forward alone is far superior to one combined with OMAX at the wrong price".