3D Waterjet Cutting Hampshire

Waterjet cutting is a tool using a jet of water at high velocity and pressure. The process is same as water erosion found in nature but is greatly accelerated and concentrated. True cold cutting process –no HAZ, no mechanical stresses and environmental hazards.  Not limited to machining –It has food industrial applications.  They are fast, flexible, reasonably precise.

1. -It can cut almost everything, with greater efficiency and productivity.  It is one of the fastest growing major machine tool processes in the world due to its versatility and ease of operation.  Water jets cut accurately, reduced scrap- saving money through greater material utilization.  As it is software oriented, we get correct shape, dimensions and size.
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3. -Dr. Franz in 1950’s first studied water cutting for forestry and wood cutting. 1979 Dr. Mohamed Hashish added abrasive particles to increase cutting force and ability to cut hard materials including steel, glass and concrete. First commercial use was in automotive industry to cut glass in 1983.  Soon after, adopted by aerospace industry for cutting high-strength materials like stainless steel and titanium as well as composites like carbon fiber.
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5. - High pressure (60,000 psi), which when bombarded on the work piece erodes the material.  A high velocity water jet when directed at a target in such a way that, its velocity in virtually reduced to zero on striking the surface. Because of this water jet will make a hole in the material if the pressure is high enough.  Many variables such as nozzle orifice diameter, water pressure, cutting feed rate and the stand distance affect the performance.
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7. -Stainless steel plate (50 mm thick) machined with AWJ Different engineering components machined with AWJ, shows the obtainable accuracy and precision (Photograph Courtesy – Omax Corporation, USA)
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9. -The two types of water jets , Pure water jet  ,abrasive water jet. A pure water jet is used to cut soft materials, and within just 2 minutes the very same water jet can be transformed into an abrasive water jet to cut hard materials by adding abrasives to it.  Pure water jet uses pure pressurized water whereas abrasives water jet uses abrasives like Aluminum oxide, silicon carbide and garnet.