What materials can waterjet be used to cut?

Waterjet has been used to process difficult-to-machine materials, such as super alloys, advanced ceramics, and synthetic materials. Water jets play an important cutting role in different industries.
Automobile industry:

It can cut various non-metallic materials, such as dashboards, carpets, asbestos brake pads, door frames, roof glass, car interior decorative panels, rubber, plastics, gas tanks, etc., as well as the shaping and cutting of other internal and external components.
Aviation industry:

It can cut special materials, such as titanium alloy, honeycomb structure, carbon fiber composite materials, laminated metal or reinforced plastic glass, etc. For example, if an aircraft blade is cut with a water jet, there will be no heat-affected zone or work hardening on the cutting edge of the blade, eliminating the need for post-processing.
Foundry industry:

Foundry factories can use water jet cutting technology to remove alumina on the outside of workpieces, molding sand and ceramic coatings on castings. At the same time, it can cut gray cast iron parts that are difficult to cut by conventional methods.
In the electronics and computer industry, it can be used for forming and cutting printed circuit boards and film shapes.
Other industrial water jet and abrasive jet cutting technologies can also be used in other industrial processes, such as cutting marble, granite, ceramics, etc. in the construction industry, processing finished paper rolls, corrugated paper, toilet paper, etc. in the paper industry, and processing plywood in the wood industry. , wooden boards, etc.
In foreign countries, water jet cutting is also used as a revolutionary tool in surgical operations.
Cutting these materials with a pure water jet is almost impractical without additional jet discharge pressure.

What is the principle of waterjet cutting materials?

Waterjet is a cold cutting technology, and this high-pressure waterjet cutting technology does not change the physical properties of the material. In order to achieve the cutting effect, the new water jet mixes garnet, emery and other abrasives into the high-pressure water to assist cutting. This is extremely It greatly improves the cutting speed and cutting thickness of the water jet, making it easy to cut large stones.

What are the advantages of using water jets?

1. Water jets can be used on complex surfaces that cannot be processed by metal tools, and can also cut parts along any curve.
2. Almost all the heat generated during the working process of the water jet can be taken away by the water without changing the physical properties of the material.
3. During the cutting process, the vibration and noise caused by the water jet are very small, and the small amount of chips generated will also flow away with the water, and there will be no flying chips.
4. There is no problem of tool wear when using water jets, and the waste water generated can also be recycled, thus achieving the purpose of saving water.
5. Water jet has a wide range of applications.
Because water jets are not knives but are better than knives, they have been widely used in the cutting industry. It can be used to drill holes in hard rocks and can also be used to cut hard rocks with very ideal results.

In most robotic waterjet cutting systems, the cutting head is attached to a robot arm. For three dimensional waterjet cutting, industrial robots and motion control technology are used, thus providing unrivalled flexibility, which is crucial considering the constant changes made to production processes.

It is, for example, very easy to modify the cutting program so that several tasks are carried out simultaneously. There is no need for a system reset or similar operation. Robotic waterjet cutting is very safe, cost-effective, productive and protect the environment because they provide a viable alternative to conventional machining methods such as sawing, thermal cutting (plasma/laser), punching, milling and other mechanical processes (deburring of cast and forged parts or composites).

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