Innovative technology - precision - flexibility - environmental protection

These terms describe the characteristics of water jet cutting. Due to these attributes this future-oriented technology is used in an ever increasing number of application ranges.

Water jet cutting is a cold cutting process where water is being compressed with a pressure of up to 60,000 psi and focused by a nozzle to form a jet having a diameter of 0.1 to 1mm. The cutting beam is accelerated up to a speed of 900 m/s. Related to air this corresponds to about triple sonic speed. By adding abrasives (e.g. garnet sand) the micro chip removal at the material is increasing – in this case the water jet only serves as accelerator of the solid particles.

Innovative technology
Constantly refining our technology, we are capable of processing work pieces not only in
2-D but also in 3-D. Based on your 3-D data (e.g. CATIA V5) we can perform contour cutting in free-form work pieces.

 
Precision
Depending on the materials to be cut, cutting speeds of up to 20m/min can be reached. We precisely cut materials with a tolerance of up
to 0.1mm.

 

Flexibility
Water jet cutting does not require any further tools besides the water jet. Thus all materials can easily be processed with the same machine. Setup times therefore can be reduced to a minimum. Various working processes like contours, notchings, holes and figures can be performed in just one step. An economical processing of prototypes via the single item production up to large series production is possible.

Environmental protection
When cutting with water jet technology using natural products like water and sand, the generation of noxious vapors or gases as well as dust or chips is avoided. Thus this process neither harms the environments nor the employees’ health.