Our waterjet cutting equipment is represented by the HEAD WaterJet 38030Z.
Waterjet cutting is a type of cutting in which the material is treated with a thin super-fast jet of water with the addition of abrasive. The technology of such cutting is based on the principle of erosion of a high-speed water-abrasive jet emitted under high pressure on the material being processed. This type of cutting is not able to mechanically deform the workpiece due to the small impact area and the lack of sufficient force; there is also no thermal deformation of the workpiece, since the temperature in the cut zone is about 60–90 ° С.
An important factor determining the quality of the cut is the cutting speed - the speed of movement of the cutting head along the surface of the workpiece. At high speed, the water-abrasive jet deviates from straightness, and the weakening of the jet is noticeably manifested as the material is cut and, as a result, the cut taper and its roughness increase.
Main settings:- The size of the working area is 1000x2000 mm.
- Maximum cutting thickness - depends on the material of the product and is:
- for metals (stainless, carbon and alloy steel) - 25 mm;
- for ceramics, composite materials and glass - 50 mm;
- for acrylic glass, technical plastics (polypropylene, polyethylene, etc.) and engineering plastics (PTFE, polyamide, etc.) - 50 mm.
- The diameter of the cutting jet is 1.2 mm.
- Cutting speed - depends on the material, its thickness and the required quality of the cut, it can vary in the range from 30 mm / min (25 mm stainless steel) to 1600 mm / min (3 mm PTFE).
Cutting is possible only in the horizontal plane, while the cut line can be a contour of any complexity. The maximum height of the workpiece should not exceed 90 mm. Cutting can be done on curved surfaces.
Depending on the cutting speed, customer requirements for the quality of the cut and the deviation of the final size of the workpiece from the nominal, we divide the cutting into two types:- Separation cutting - performed at optimal speed, tapering is present; deviation from the nominal size ± 1 mm.
- High-quality cutting - performed at low speed, minimal taper; deviation from the nominal size ± 0.4 mm.