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.
When purchasing a water jet cutting system, there are many factors to consider. Most buyers focus on the obvious factors when making a decision, including budget, footprint, capability, and system compatibility.
The cutting head is one of the most crucial parts of any water jet cutting machine. However, it’s also a component with several consumable parts that need to be replaced periodically to keep the system at peak performance while maintaining safety standards.
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.
If you’re currently using water jet cutting at your facility, then you know how important your cutting system is to your everyday operations. However, you may not be aware of just how important water quality is to the overall operation of your water jet system.
At Jet Edge, a big part of our continuing investment in educating our end users is maintenance training. In part 4 of our maintenance training series, we’ll cover how to flush your high pressure (HP) water system before performing other maintenance on your machine.v
When you think about water jet cutting systems, you probably have a picture in your head of a standard-height cross-beam gantry cutting system. After all, it’s the most common type of cutting system found across a variety of industries provided by a variety of manufacturers.
Various types and sizes of garnet are available for abrasive cutting applications. When the right size and type is introduced into the high pressure waterjet stream, they balance the aggressiveness of the cut with the cut finish. However, when it comes to choosing the right garnet for your cutting system, or the right garnet for your application, it can be overwhelming.
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