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Waterjets can cut just about any material that can be made into a sheet and placed in front of them. The most popular materials are metals (especially aluminum, because it’s relatively soft and cuts quickly), because waterjets can cut intricate shapes to a high precision quickly and economically. Since metals are the most common material cut by machining shops, waterjets tend to cut a lot of metal.

Application Range of Ultra High Pressure Waterjet

High pressure water jet cutting machine is widely used in cutting composite materials, rubber, granite, marble, leather, nylon, glass, cloth, tile, food, wood, metal, low melting point, inflammable and explosive materials, such as paper, ammunition, etc. Waterjet cutting advantage: Water cutter belongs to cold cutting equipment, environmental protection and no thermal impact, smooth cutting edge, can […]

Water Jet Application

For over 15 years, APW has been providing waterjet cutting machine and components to a global network of waterjet user from entry level to advanced. Durable and accurate APW waterjet brings the true value to the end user—you. Glass Cutting No matter cutting glass or piercing delicate glass is not a problem with APW waterjet technology. […]

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Water Jet Applications

For over 15 years, APW has been providing waterjet cutting machine and components to a global network of waterjet user from entry level to advanced. Durable and accurate APW waterjet brings the true value to the end user—you. Glass Cutting No matter cutting glass or piercing delicate glass is not a problem with APW waterjet […]

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Water Jet Cutting Maximum Thickness

Maybe the first thing about waterjet you want to know is “How thick can they cut?” This question is every one will ask before deciding to buy a water jet. But, the question may lead to misleading answers. Or, on the other way, it means the question is not clearly. For example, the Grand Canyon was essentially cut with an […]

Applicable Fields for Waterjet Technology

A. Fields of demand for pure waterjet (WJ) 1. Cutting of plastics Engineering plastics moulding industry; parts industry for domestic use; film industry 2. Cutting of paper, pulp Corrugated board industry; waste recovery; paper diaper industry 3. Cutting of fiber, fabrics Fiber industry; sporting goods industry; apparel industry 4. Cutting of rubber, leather Rubber industry; […]

How long does the material support last?

You can expect hundreds of hours of production time from the support grating before the need to replacing waterjet. We recommend that, as long as you don’t cut just one pattern over the same section for thousands of parts, slats and grates can be shifted, swapped, and flipped just as with plasma and laser cutting. […]

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How does the material fixture work?

There are many methods of fixturing the material down. The simplest is to place a plate of material on the machine, and anchor it with weight. More advanced fixturing can be employed if needed for specialty applications or secondary machining. Article from: http://waterjetapw.com waterjet http://waterjetapw.com

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