Advantages of Waterjet Cutting
No Heat Affected Zone
There are many advantages of waterjet cutting. As opposed to flame, plasma & laser cutting, waterjet and abrasivejet cutting produce no heat affected zone to work harden the cut edges. Therefore you are able to cut various metals, plastics and other materials without melting, distorting or warping them.
Incredible Precision
Waterjet/Abrasivejet Cutting gives us a way to routinely cut precision parts with tolerances as close as ± 0.005" and better when required. Cutting is controlled by a computer and special software which follows profiles/part geometry designed using Computer Aided Design (CAD) software.
- Cold cutting – no heat affected zones, no hardening
- Omni-directional cutting – ability to cut in any direction
- Perforates most materials without starting holes
- Cuts virtually any material
- Net-shape or near-net-shape parts (no secondary processing required in many applications)
- Minimal fixturing required
- Environmentally friendly
- Reduces dust and hazardous gases
- Does not workload material – stress-free cutting
- Flexible machine integration
- Saves raw materials (small cutting kerf width, nesting capabilities)
- Faster than many conventional cutting tools