The waterjet cutting process

The waterjet cutting technology
A collection of waterjets shoot water at high pressure (up to 4150 bar) from an orifice onto the material to be cut.
Cutting performance can be improved by adding an abrasive medium (shell sand, say) to the water.

The jet behaves as though it were a thin, circular diamond saw blade, but does not heat the cutting edge.
Progress of the cutting arc is governed by the latest CNC control. Waterjet cutting is thus an extremely versatile, environmentally friendly cold cutting process.

Material machining
The waterjet process can be applied to virtually any material, including titanium, steel and aluminium.
Without damaging the environment, it can machine practically all plastics and compounds without release of noxious cutting vapours.

It will excise shapes and cut holes and figures in a single manoeuvre without scratching. When used for shaping marble, granite, natural stone, ceramics, etc., it enables the artist to achieve hitherto unattainable creative heights.

Provided appropriate precautions are taken, it can also, for example, be used to cut wood, foil, cardboard, insu-
lating materials, leather, carpet and so on. Waterjet cutting technology represents an interesting alternative to
conventional lathe-turning and erosion processes.

The advantages

• The cold cutting process provides an immediate means of cutting all materials without causing thermal changes either to the material cutting edge or to the material matrix.
• It will cut any shape and the cut can begin and end at any point on the surface of the work-piece.
• There is no direct compression of the material so, despite the high kinetic energy entailed, material distortion is avoided and high cutting accuracy achieved without causing jagged edges or burrs. The material surface of work-pieces is not damaged.
• Thanks to jets fine as a hair, accurate, high-quality cutting of delicate, complex shapes can be achieved.
• Tricky materials such as plastic-coated sheet or plate, aluminium, copper, stainless steels can be cut easily and accurately.
• The very narrow cut ensures optimal use of materials and seamless assembly, thus saving on raw materials and reducing material costs.
• The very narrow cut ensures optimal use of materials and seamless assembly, thus saving on raw materials and reducing material costs.
• The cutting process is also particularly environmentally friendly as it is clean, does not generate any cutting or grinding dust, swarf or chemical air pollutants.
• Cost reductions are attained through cost-effective component and prototype manufacture.
• Programming is cost-effective programming thanks to direct import of your files
  (for instance *.dxf/.dwg/.eps/.ai).