Waterjet Cutting
Waterjet cutting is a manufacturing process that uses a high pressure stream of water to cut materials. For softer materials like rubber, foam, plastic, and some composites, water alone can do the cutting. For harder materials like steel, stainless, aluminum, brass, copper, stone, and glass, the process usually adds an abrasive such as garnet into the water stream. This is called abrasive waterjet cutting, and it cuts by erosion as the abrasive particles remove material.
One of the biggest advantages of waterjet cutting is that it is a cold cutting process, so it does not create a heat affected zone like plasma or laser cutting can. That helps reduce warping, discoloration, and changes to the material’s properties. Waterjet cutting is also known for clean edges and the ability to cut complex shapes, thick sections, and a wide range of materials with good accuracy when properly set up.
One of the biggest advantages of waterjet cutting is that it is a cold cutting process, so it does not create a heat affected zone like plasma or laser cutting can. That helps reduce warping, discoloration, and changes to the material’s properties. Waterjet cutting is also known for clean edges and the ability to cut complex shapes, thick sections, and a wide range of materials with good accuracy when properly set up.
