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Water Jet Cutting is an industrial machining process that is capable of cutting materials with high-pressure streams of water or a mix of water and abrasive substances, powerful enough to cut metal, but with precision to produce complex parts and components.
Advanced Tech Machining utilizes Water Jet Cutting NORTHERN CALIFORNIA MACHINE SHOP to create precision parts and components as well as for prototyping purposes. For sheet metal cutting, Advanced Tech Machining in Northern California - Fremont - San Francisco Bay Area offers precise Sheet Metal Water Jet Cutting services to provide our customers with quality results.
Precision Water Jet Cutting are available at Advanced Tech Machining NORTHERN CALIFORNIA MACHINE SHOP, our ISO 9001:2015 Certified facilities also offer a variety of machining services including CNC Machining at our machine shop in Northern California - Fremont - San Francisco Bay Area.
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A water jet cutter, also known as a water jet or waterjet, is an industrial tool capable of cutting a wide variety of materials using an extremely high-pressure jet of water, or a mixture of water and an abrasive substance.
Waterjet cutting is often used during the fabrication of machine parts. It is the preferred method when the materials being cut are sensitive to the high temperatures generated by other methods.
Waterjet can be divided into pure waterjet and abrasive waterjet. Pure Water Jet Cutting is intended for softer materials such as wood, plastics and rubber. But when the water stream incorporates an abrasive such as titanium, stainless steel, aluminum, glass, ceramic or concrete, the cutting capabilities are enhanced and the tool can cut through hard metals.
Like CNC Machining, Water Jet Cutting is a subtractive form of manufacturing. In abrasive water jet cutting systems, the abrasive material is introduced in the cutting head and mixes with the water stream. This makes the stream sharper and allows it to cut more effectively. This makes abrasive water jet cutters a thousand times more powerful than their pure water counterparts. The stream becomes larger in diameter and capable of going through materials that are ten inches thick, all without heat or mechanical stress.
Unlike lasers, in Water Jet cutting because water cannot be compressed when a thin stream of water is shot out of a nozzle at very high pressure it can cut through just about anything.
Water Jet Cutting has an advantage over some thicker metals since it does not create excess heat which can affect temper. In subtractive machining, the thickness of the path carved is called kerf and a Water Jet's kerf has a cut thickness of 0.040” to 0.050” but the general tolerance of both Water Jet Cutting and Laser Cutting are the same at +/- 0.010".
Soft materials like foams or gaskets are more suited for Water Jet Cutting since it does not compress or burn. Materials like PVC, PC, and even galvanized metals that should only be cut by Water Jet to avoid hazardous fumes such as fluorine, chlorine, or zinc when exposed to heat.
Water Jet Cutting Applications:
Water Jet Cutting for Aerospace Components
In this field, all components require complex and accurate precision with no margin of error This is why water jet cutting is so useful in the aerospace part production process. Abrasive water jet cutting is used for steel, brass, Inconel and aluminum components, such as wing sections, turbine blades, brake components and landing gears.
Water Jet Cutting in the Auto Industry
Similarly, these benefits make water jet cutting useful in the auto industry. Another plus is how the technology can be utilized by robotic systems. Pure water jet cutting is used for shaping interior carpets, insulation and head linings. Another advantage is that water jet cutting does not have heat affected zones (HAZ), nor does it create noxious fumes or cause stress on the material being cut. Water jet cutting produces smooth and burr-free surfaces, so there is no need for secondary finishing.
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Advanced Tech Machining is a precision machine shop with state-of-the-art CNC machining centers and the most experienced machinists and programmers in Fremont, California. With over 30 years of experience working in the machining industry.
We make metal and plastic machine parts for aerospace, medical, automotive and semiconductor industries. Parts are manufactured using the finest equipment and decades of experience.