Waterjet Advantages

Why use Abrasive Waterjet Cutting? 

• No heat-affected zone, distortion or mechanical stresses
• No limits on thicknes or type of material
• No restriction on cutting polished or reflective materials
• Reduces or eliminates secondary deburring operations
• No tooling costs. Design can be easily changed
• Intricate parts are easily created with very high accuracy
• All machining undertaken within a single set up, therefore feature locations are precise
• Material-saving production due to reduced cutting width and tight nesting
• Waterjet machining is a “Green” process.

Select the Quality of Your Edges

These edge-quality choices are based on a 1 – 5 scale; 1 being the roughest to 5 being the smoothest.   

90% of the parts we cut are “Q2″ or “Q3″ finish. Quality 3 offers an  very nice finish without increasing the cost significantly.    

Compare Waterjet Machining with other processes.

Waterjet vs. Plasma
No thermal distortion or heat effected zone; no scale on edges reducing clean-up cost; cut wider range of materials including plastics, foams, and rubber.   

Waterjet vs. Laser
Abrasive jets do not cause thermal distortion or require post cutting heat treating; lower capital equipment cost reducing machining price; ability to process reflective materials; no scale on edges reducing clean-up cost; no potential dangerous fumes are generated using abrasive water-jets; safer operation; ability to cut thicker materials.   

Waterjet vs. Milling
Rapid clean-up, faster and easier programming; ability to machine a wider range of materials ranging from brittle hard materials to soft, ‘gummy’ materials; no tool change-out.   

Waterjet vs. EDM
Much faster and therefore less expensive machining; process non-electrically conductive materials such as plastics, glass, ceramics, and stone; does not require pre-drilling pilot holes; no heat-effected zone; capable of processing larger parts   

Waterjets can a cut wide range of materials from brittle materials to soft, flexible materials such as: