{"id":58,"date":"2023-12-18T13:49:42","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T13:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indfac.com\/?page_id=58"},"modified":"2023-12-18T13:49:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T13:49:42","slug":"why-water-jet-cutting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/indfac.com\/index.php\/why-water-jet-cutting\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Water jet Cutting?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Abrasive water jet cutting (AWJC) technology is a very simple, environmentally friendly technology and therefore it becomes an alternative to other methods. AWJ has proved to be a fascinating manufacturing process due to its specific advantages when machining almost all engineering materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How to decide if waterjet cutting is the right process for your part?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a very simple methodology.At ALIND,we advice customers to opt for waterjet cutting, when the other cutting processes in the order, Flame cutting,Plasma cutting,Laser cutting,milling,wire cutting fail to produce their parts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is that simple to decide for opting to waterjet cutting process for your parts.For more detailed comparison, kindly give your time to read further\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When deciding on which option to use for your parts production process,consulting with an expert is often the best course of action; but you can also read below to understand the differences between each technique, and the advantages and disadvantages they have to offer .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How Water jet Cutting differs from other Profile cutting?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Laser,Plasma and Flame cutting are heat cutting processes.Wheras,Abrasive waterjet cutting is essentially a cold cutting process. Cold cutting means that there is almost no heat generated on the part being cut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Can cut up to 150 mm thick on any metal and up to 250mm thick in non metals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tolerance: +\/-0.1 to 0.3 mm depending on thickness and length of part<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unlike flame\/plasma\/laser cutting process there is no heat affected zones (HAZ)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No warping during cutting process, hence long length to width ratio and frail parts can be cut<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No fatigue zones, no thermal distortion or degradation in physical properties of materials<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No discoloration and offers edge finish similar to sand blast finish<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No heavy burrs are produced. Often, parts can be used directly without de-burring<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No chatter, even brittle materials and heat treated, hardened steel can be cut<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No long lead time tooling and no need for costly fixtures.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scrap produced has a higher value and fully re-usable as there is no dross or slag<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tight Nested layouts of shapes, with minimal kerf width of less than 2mm, offer great productivity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When comparing with Lasers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Abrasive waterjets can cut many materials that lasers cannot.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Laser cutting cause thermal distortion and hardening of the material at cut edges.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lasers cannot cut materials other than SS,MS.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lasers cannot cut materials higher than 10mm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When comparing with Plasma and Flame cutting<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Abrasive waterjets can cut higher thickness than plasma cutting.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Abrasive waterjets can cut what plasma cutting cannot cut.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No work-hardening of edges, no HAZ and no micro cracks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Edges are left perfectly clean with much nicer edge finish<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Abrasive waterjets are precise, needs no for further machining or labour-intensive finishing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Profiles can be much more closely nested, hence more parts per sheet<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Flame cutting a part needs time consuming finishing operation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When Comparing with EDM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>EDM is extremely accurate, but very slow. It also requires an electronically conducive material<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Abrasive jets are capable cutting wider variety of materials including Non conducting materials<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Abrasive waterjets make their own pierce holes and much faster than Wire EDM<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EDM cannot take full advantage of closely nesting your part in full sheets.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Abrasive waterjets require less setup and can cut bigger parts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When comparing with miling<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>There is no extensive cutting tools required.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No long Setup time and no fixture Cost.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Abrasive waterjets cut a part with one pass.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Machine virtually any material, including brittle and pre hardened materials,otherwise difficult materials such as Titanium, Hastalloy, Inconel, SS 304, tool steel etc.,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Milling cannot take full advantage of closely nesting your part in full sheets.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The scrap is usually more valuable in solid form than chip form.Waterjet cutting do not reduce all the metal to chip form.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Waterjet cutting can be used for complimenting or replacing milling operations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Waterjet cutting can be used for roughing out parts prior to milling to take advantage of nested cutting layout.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When comparing with Punch Press<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Waterjet cutting makes lower cost per piece for short runs and fast turn-around from concept to production, no tooling cost and time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Abrasive jets offer more nesting possibilities ,hence more parts per sheet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abrasive water jet cutting (AWJC) technology is a very simple, environmentally friendly technology and therefore it becomes an alternative to other methods. AWJ has proved to be a fascinating manufacturing process due to its specific advantages when machining almost all engineering materials. How to decide if waterjet cutting is the right process for your part? 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