Water Jet Cutting Enables:

Wide Range of Materials - Cut wide range of materials from hard brittle materials such as hardened stainless steel, inconel, hastalloy, ceramics, glass, stone, and marble to soft materials such as rubber, foam, composites, laminates, and plastics.

Rapid Programming - Easy to draw parts or import standard DXF files from CAD or solid works parts can also be scanned and traced if a drawing does not exist. By inputting the material and thickness, a computer program determines the abrasive jet speed for accurate high tolerance cuts. Rapid programming is ideal for short prototype runs.

Quality Finish with Minimal Deburring - Edge finish of waterjet machined parts is a smooth sandblasted finish with no rough edges, slag, burrs, or jagged edges. The as-cut edge finish for abrasive water-jet is ideal for metals that require secondary welding operations.

No Thermal Distortion - Unlike other cutting techniques, heat is not generated during water jet machining. As a result, abrasive waterjet is ideal for metals that are deformed by heat such as titanium and low melting point materials such as plastic and rubber.

Complex Shapes -Ideal to cut complex 2-dimensional shapes and some simple 3-d shapes. Ability to have small kerf radii (~1/2 the diameter of the waterjet). Several thin materials can be stacked and cut simultaneously with water jet.