What You Need To Consider Before Applying Waterjet Cutting?

Waterjet cutting is a popular cutting method. Here are something that you need to consider before applying waterjet cutting:

1. What materials do you want to cut?

2. How many parts do you want to cut?

3. What kind of function is needed for cutting?

4. What environmental factors should you consider?

What material do you want to cut?

Waterjet cutting can cut almost any material. There are two types waterjet cutting methods, one is pure waterjet cutting and the other is abrasive waterjet cutting. Pure waterjet cutting can quickly and accurately cut soft materials such as rubber, foam, and other gasket material. Abrasive waterjet cutting can cut hard and abrasive material. Waterjet cutting can be used to cut almost all metals, including hardened tool steel, stainless steel, aluminum, copper, composites, laminates, stone, ceramics, and titanium.

How many parts do you want to cut?

Set-up time for a waterjet with an advanced control system is minimal. The advanced control software can automatically program the cutting path of the desired part directly. Just lightly secure the material stock to the cutting table and enter the material type and thickness into the control computer. 

The control system does the rest and an accurate part is produced on the first run. This capability makes waterjet a perfect process for short-run and one-off production parts. At the same time, modern nesting software means that waterjets are also ideal for mass production of parts with minimum waste.

What kind of function is needed for cutting?

Waterjet cutting has some characteristics that conventional manufacturing processes do not have, for example, waterjet cutting causes no heat-affected zone. This means that there is no thermal deformation when processing complex parts, which is particularly attractive in certain applications. 

Waterjet cutting are very good at cutting very complex shapes and contours. No matter what material is cut, the cost of waste is extremely low.

What environmental factors should you consider?

The noise generated by exposed water currents causes concern in the early days. Nowadays, cutting under thin water not only reduces noise significantly but also keeps cut particles in water to remove dust. No toxic fumes are produced, and cutting materials are not contaminated with cutting oil.

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