Advantages of Waterjets
- Waterjet cutting normally cost less than other processes.
- Waterjets can cut virtually any material.
- Cut thin material, or thick materials.
- Make all sorts of shapes with only one tool.
- Cut wide range of thickness' to reasonable tolerance up to 3" (76mm) thick.
- Up to 6" (152mm) or thicker where tolerance not important, or in soft materials.
- No Heat Generated / No heat affected zones - this is cold cutting!
- Cut virtually any shape.
- Fast Setup times, from drawing to part.
- Only one tool to qualify / No tool changes required.
- Leaves a satin smooth finish, thus reducing secondary operations.
- Clean cutting process without gasses or oils.
- Narrow kerf removes only a small amount of material.
- You can trade off tolerance vs. speed from feature to feature on your part.
- No "scaly" edges, which makes it easier to make a high quality weld.