1) What is Abrasive water-jet cutting?

Abrasive water-jet cutting is a method where materials can be cut to great precision using fine jets of water and silicate, (usually garnet sand). The machine provides accurate profile cuts, receiving its guidance from Computer Assisted Design, (CAD), software.

2) What are the advantages?

Abrasive water-jet cutting has many advantages over other cutting methods, including quick set-up time, the ability to cut materials without hardening, melting, or tempering, and all without generating poisonous fumes. Also, there are no tool changes required, so there is no need to program tool changes or physically qualify multiple tools. The customer supplies the drawing and material, which further saves time. Water-jets are capable of similar tolerances to lasers on thin parts and better on parts thicker than 0.5". One final important advantage is that abrasive jets provide the most environmentally friendly machining available, since many of the off-cuts are recyclable, and the garnet sand / water mixture is non-toxic for landfill disposal.

3) What materials that can be cut using abrasive water-jet technology?

Stainless Steel, Mild Steel, Hardened Steel, Hot Rolled Steel, Titanium, Brass, Copper, Marble, Granite, Aluminum, Acrylic, Nylon, Magnesium, Steel Alloy, Steel Tool, Wrought Iron, Flag Stone, Cobalt, Inconel, Tungsten, Field Stone, Carpet, Foam, Limestone, Vinyl, Gaterboard, Hastelloy, Nickel Alloys, Brick, Ceramics, Porcelain, Laminates, Plexiglas, Bronze, Exotic Alloys, Molybdenum, Tin, Zinc, Phenolics, Rubber, Lexan, Fiberglass, Cast Iron, & much more……

4) What materials cannot be cut using abrasive water-jet technology?

Tempered Glass & Diamond

5) What about the finish?

Most items would have a sand blasted look, very smooth; only very thick items 6-12 inches would have a 1 degree taper with a smooth edge for the first 2 - 3 inches and the very bottom would have a slight scaled look

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