subject: Cheap Technique But Maximum Benifit [print this page] One of the few materials that cannot be cut with a waterjet is tempered glass. Because tempered glass is under stress, as soon as you begin to cut it, it will shatter into small fragments, as it is designed to do. Any way in case of water jet metal cutting, the movement of the machine head is controlled by a computer, which greatly simplifies control of the waterjet. In most cases programming water jet metal cutting means using CAD program. When you push print, the part is made by the waterjet machine. This approach also means that customers can create their own drawings and bring them to water jet machine for creation.
In case of copper cutting, there is little featuring for most parts. In case of water jet copper cutting there is a very low sideway a force with waterjet machine, cutting the material which does not push it. Typically the largest force is from the water in the tank, pushing back up against the material. In case of water jet copper cutting, fixing is generally a mater of weighing down the material by placing weighs on it. Small parts might require tabs to prevent them from falling into the tank. The machines meant for water jet copper cutting, can also cut laminated materials, and flammable materials.
An important benefit of the water jet brass cutter is the ability to cut the material of brass without interfering with the materials inherent structure as there is no heat affected zone. Minimizing the effects of heat allows the brass to be cut without harming or changing its intrinsic properties. Water jet brass cutter is also applicable for producing rather intricate cuts in materials. With specialized software and 3D machine heads, complex 3D shapes can be produced.
Water jet cutting aluminum is another flexible and versatile machine tool. One can cut a wide variety of material efficiently and cost effectively and can create a wide variety of parts. As already mentioned earlier, since water jets cut using water and abrasive, they can work with a wide variety of materials, which include copper, brass, aluminum, pre-hardened steel, mild steel, exotic materials such as titanium, 304 stainless steel.
Aluminum is soft and the simplicity of the metal means it is fast and easy to change the material and that no tool change is required. Aluminum uses the same cutting head as for any other material, so there is no need to program tool changes or physically qualify multiple tools. While using water jet machine, a flat piece of material is paced on a table and a cutting head moves across the material, although in some custom system the material moves past a fixed head.
Now if we are to talk about the mechanism as whole, the width of the cut can be changed by changing parts in the nozzle, as well as the type and size of the abrasive. Typical abrasive cuts are made with the range of 0.04 - .5 inch, but can be as narrow as .02.
