Advantages of Waterjet Cutting Over Other Techniques

This article will throw some light on the advantages of waterjet cutting technology and explain how it is a beneficial technology for your manufacturing unit. 

If you are a manufacturer, there are several cutting technologies or techniques that you might be employing in your manufacturing unit. Whether you are already using waterjet technology or still planning to, this article will help you identify the advantages of this technology and help you decide if you want to make the best use of it.

There are two types of waterjet cutting technologies- pure waterjet and abrasive waterjet cutting. As the names suggests, pure waterjet cutting is used with high pressure water stream to cut soft materials, while abrasive waterjet cutting is carried out by adding granular abrasive to the high pressure water stream in order to cut high density materials such ceramic, glass and metal.

Versatile Application

With waterjet cutting technology , the choice of material to be cut is very vast. Whether you use pure waterjet or abrasive waterjet cutting technology, there are almost countless materials that can be cut with high precision using this technology. This makes this technology a highly preferred and sought after as it increases the scope of its application by multifolds. As far as the thickness of the material is concerned, this technology is successful for cutting materials up to 22 mm thickness.

Cold Cutting Method

As waterjet cutting is purely a cold cutting method, there are no adverse effects of the material unlike other cutting technologies that might heat up the material. The technology not only makes clean and precise cuts, it also purge the risk of material distortion and burn hazards which are highly common with other cutting technologies.

Short and Quick Process

Dues to the high precision and elimination of material distortion, the process of cutting the material is shortened and streamlined as it completely eliminates the finishing process for the material cut using this technology.

No Additional Finishing Process

The immediate high cutting quality ensures a precise result, avoiding an additional finishing process. This significantly accelerates the cutting process and saves time, increasing the overall efficiency.

No Perilous Waste

When the world is moving towards eco-friendly processes, this technology adds up as a cutting technology that does not produce any gases, fumes or harmful waste material after cutting unlike any other cutting technology.

Omni-Directional Cutting

Waterjet cutting technology has the ability to cut any material in any direction or shape, without any starting holes. The process is carried out with net shaped parts that do not need any secondary processing for cutting procedure.