Metal Cutting with Water Jet Cutters
A Cold Cutting Method Offering Unique Benefits
Waterjet cutting is suitable for cutting metals that may be adversely affected by heat, making it a popular choice in in the aerospace, defence and vehicle industries. As a cold cutting method, water jet cutting is specifically suitable for non-ferrous metals such as aluminium with properties such as low weight, higher conductivity, non-magnetic property or resistance to corrosion. It's also ideal in the manufacture of miniaturised components, thanks to the fine or micro waterjet technology now available. The need for delicate, highly functional workpieces can be met by a positioning accuracy of 0.0025 mm, right down to the tolerance range of +/- 0.01 mm.
However, more than just common materials like mild steel and aluminum, metal cutting by the Abrasive Water Jet cutting process (AWJ) can easily cut titanium, Inconel®, brass, and tool steel. Whether you’re cutting 300mm thick titanium or 10mm aluminum, waterjet technology is versatile enough to cut a variety of shapes and metals. Finely grained sand combined with the ultra-high pressure water beam creates a powerful cutting tool which can process greater metal thicknesses than lasers can (up to 300mm into any shape), and cuts far more precisely than either plasma or flame jet procedures, cutting with fine cuts and very little additional work needed.
Water jet cutting machines from Water Jet Sweden offer outstanding flexibility and are easily adjusted for each specific cutting requirement. Available with a single cutting head or multi cutting heads they can provide 2D or 3D cutting. You can also add some functional tools for added efficiency. Take a look in the image gallery below for some examples of metal water jet cutting or watch our machines in action in our videos.
Benefits
- Increased Productivity, Fast Cutting and High-Quality Parts
- No Heat-Affected Zones
- No Micro Cracks
- Satin-Smooth Cutting Edge - No Hardening of the Material at the Edge of the Cut
- Net or Near-net Cutting - Little or No Hand Finishing.
- No Mechanical Stress
- High Precision - Minimal Kerf allows Incredible Detail
- Minimum Tool Diameter
- Every Alloy Can be Cut
- No Need for Expensive ‘Laser-ready’ Material - Suitable for Inconsistent Material
- Raw Material Savings - Reduced Scrap
- No Need for Extensive Part Clamping - Minimal Lateral or Vertical Forces
- No Worrying Smoke or Vapours given off
Industries
- Vehicle Manufacturing Industry
- Aerospace Industry
- Defence Industry
- Motorsport
- Special Metals Cutting
- General Fabrication & Sheet Metal
Metal Cutting Applications
- Assemblies of Aluminium, including Cast Aluminium
- Alloys of Titanium, Aluminium, and Cr-Ni-Co-based Alloys, plus Composite Materials, as used in Airplane and Jet Engine Construction.
- Mechanical Engineering and Plant Engineering
- Precision Engineering, Medical Technology
- Gears, Castings, and Assemblies made of Stainless Steel, Copper, Aluminium, Titanium and Stainless Metals.
- Materials Research, Material Samples Without Any Structural Changes, Conventional Alloys that are Difficult to Machine, New Materials
- Assembly Parts, Trim Parts, Economical Single-Part Production
- Tool-making, Dies, Tool Parts made of Mild Steel and Tool Steel
- Steel Construction
- Stair Elements, Building Railings and Interior Constructions
- Components for Clocks and Watches, Jewellery, Implants and Appliance Parts
