Metals distribution companies play a pivotal role in the supply and manufacturing chain from raw ore to finished goods. With labor shortages and an increasing variety of specialty metals in demand, this role is becoming more important every day.
If you’ve read any of our previous blogs, you are already familiar with the specifications, features and capabilities of water jet systems. You may not be as familiar with plasma cutting systems. Let’s dig into what a plasma cutting system is, and how they stack up against water jet machines.
The most common methods for cutting sheet steel and plate steel includes Shearing, Laser Cutting, Plasma Cutting, Oxyacetylene Cutting and Waterjet Cutting. Each cutting method has advantages within its range of processing.
When considering what machine to use to cut specialty metals and alloys, it’s important to consider a variety of factors. Your decision must be guided by material type, thickness, ability to machine post cut, and how much tolerance your operation has for post-cut processing.
Despite the misnomer related to 3-axis machines, these types of waterjet systems offer a wealth of potential and advantages over other cutting operations, including manual cutting and even more expensive 5-axis machines. Let’s explore the different types of 3-axis waterjet and AbrasiveJet systems and their respective benefits.
If you’ve purchased a water jet machine, you’ve invested pretty heavily into water jet or abrasive systems and you want to get the most out of your machine. However, before you get started, invest some of your time into doing some research around the right orifice and nozzle combination for your product and/or application. Perhaps nothing is more crucial to cut quality and speed than the right orifice and nozzle combination.
In part 3 of our water jet pump maintenance series, we’re going to go through a high-pressure seal repair for our Generation III water jet intensifier pump.
A bleed down valve is a safety device built into your high-pressure water jet pump. It is designed to relieve any ultra-high-pressure water from the system during shutdown or emergency shut down situations.
The water jet cutting industry has gone through many technological changes over its existence enabling more products and industry applications. For a long time, 3-axis cutting was the industry standard and capability of most water jet cutting systems – and for many applications, this was a more than adequate solution. That is still true today in many products and/or applications.
