How waterjet cutting can benefit your company:
Waterjet cutting advantages: |
- Cutting tolerances as close as +/-.003″, depending on material & thickness
- High positional accuracies of +/-.001″
- No taper, specialized tilting head allows material up to 4” thick to be cut without any taper
- Large cutting envelope, 6.5’ x 13’
- No Heat Affected Zones (HAZ) means no hardened edges
- Cut almost any material, Aluminum to Zinc, with composites, glass, plastic, & titanium (to name just a few) in between
- Maximum material yield with small kerf and tight nesting
- Can cut laminated & coated materials (Powder, PVC, UV, Ceramic, Plastic, Chromed, Anodized), regardless of coating thickness
- Can cut material with a low melting point since no heat is applied
- No distortion or warping of materials
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| How waterjet cutting can benefit your company: |
- Lower costs- more parts from less material
- Lower overall machining costs if you waterjet cut net shape parts first, to significantly reduce finish machining costs
- Good machined edge finish available, which means no burrs or slag eliminating the need for secondary finishing
- Thin gage material, especially polycarbonates can be stacked for multiple part generation from one cut
- No heat is applied so there are no changes to the properties of the material, (No HAZ) which is important if working with tool steel, stainless steels or aerospace metals.
- Fast turnaround, and lower costs on prototypes – without the lead times and costs of creating custom dies or fixtures.
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