High-pressure water-cutting technologies

Water, whether or not in combination with an abrasive, works ruthlessly; no material at all can resist this force! Think about the Grand Canyon; for millions of years, water, in combination with grit, has been grinding down the earth’s crust and even the hardest materials have had to pay.

There is not a great deal of difference with current water-cutting technologies, but we cannot wait millions of years for that difference.
In order to achieve the same destructive action in a very short period of time, we massively increased the pressure of the water – to a maximum of 3600 bar – with as limited water consumption as possible, maximum 8.5 litres/min. The high-pressure water is passed through the nozzle of a spray head; together with the abrasive that is added, this mixture leaves the spray head at an extremely high speed. Depending on the pump capacity, the nozzle size and the amount of abrasive that is added, almost all conceivable materials can be cut, without heat being released during this operation.



This technology can be applied, amongst others, to the following materials:

Metals	stainless steel, steel, copper, aluminium, titanium
Synthetics	delrin, acrylate, polycarbonate, Kevlar
Wood	multiplex, wood, MDF
Foam	ethafoam, S22, etc
Rubber	from cellular rubber to vulcalon
Glass	various types of glass and mirrors
Stone	marble, granite, ceramic, porcelain

Some examples of water cutting in comparison to other cutting technologies:

• No thermal load.
• No hardening of cutting edges.
• No development of toxic gas.
• Limited mechanical load.
• Material cutting losses are limited.
• Almost burr-free cuts.
• Relatively high cutting speeds.

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Jet cutting systems
High-pressure water-jet-cutting technologies

Operating pressure	:	maximum 3600 bar
Water consumption	:	maximum 5 litres/min.
Drive capacity	:	37 kW.
Operating pressure	:	maximum 3800 bar
Water consumption	:	maximum 8.5 litres/min.
Drive capacity	:	70 kW.