What is a Waterjet Machine?
A water jet cutter, also known as a water jet or waterjet, is an industrial tool capable of cutting a wide variety of materials using a very high-pressure jet of water, or a mixture of water and an abrasive substance.
How the abrasive jet works?
Our abrasive jet pressurizes water up to 55,000 pounds per square inch (psi) and then forces it through a small diamond orifice at 2500 feet (762 meters) per second, or about two and half times the speed of sound.
Garnet abrasive is then pulled into this high-speed stream of water, and mixed with the water in a long ceramic mixing tube. A stream of abrasive-laden water moving at 1000 feet per second (305 meters/sec) exits the ceramic tube. This jet of water and abrasive is then directed at the material to be machined. The jet drags the abrasive through the material in a curved path and the resulting centrifugal forces press the particles against the work piece.
The abrasive jet’s cutting action is a grinding process, but rather than using a solid grinding wheel, the forces and motions of the cutting action are provided by water.
Precision Waterjet Cutting and Welding, Corp has invested in waterjet cutting technology as an alternative manufacturing method that produces quick and cost-effective parts for many applications without the need for tooling design and production.
Our waterjet’s design and cutting software enables us to manipulate designs on screen and nest parts closely together to provide better usage of material, limiting material waste and reducing the cost of manufacturing your parts.
With waterjet, we are capable of cutting the most intricate and complex shapes for 2D part designs. Unlike traditional progressive metal stamping processes, waterjet requires no need for tooling or complex fixturing, further reducing manufacturing costs.