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When it comes to industrial or commercial cutting, the first things that will come to mind of many people are the cutting saws and the laser cutter systems. If ever they hear something about the water jet cutting method, it’s most possibly just in reference to stone cutting. 

Little did these people know that this material cutting method has evolved over time, and is still going through a lot of improvements. To put it more succinctly, we believe that waterjet technology has a lot more in store for us in terms of practical application or use.

The working principle behind waterjet tech cutting is fairly simple: a high-powered stream of water will cut and slice through materials, shaping them into the desired form you want them to be in. 

But there’s more to it than just cutting and slicing through an object. Here are a few things about the waterjet system that you need to know about. 

1.  Cutting and slicing through an object using a water jet system is more efficient compared to other traditional methods. 

Usually, the first impression that people have about laser cutting and other material cutting technologies is that they are far better than waterjet systems. 

The contrary is true, however. A water jet can be cut 10 times deeper when placed alongside a material cut by a laser machine. This translates to 25 cm of virtually any material.

While we qualify water as a seemingly delicate, naturally occurring substance, we can harness it to our advantage and make it extremely strong. strong enough that it can cut and slice through solid objects, in the most seamless fashion we can imagine.

2.  Artists use water jet cutting to create their masterpieces. 

Parties that are most interested in using waterjet systems are fairly obvious. The majority of which are from the industrial space who require no less than an efficient and seamless cutting and slicing system that can help them in handling the materials they require, from plastic, metals, and other related pieces for fabrication works. 

Artists and sculptors, on the other hand, use water jet cutting because the technology makes it possible for them to keep their costs down while helping them make their vision for a piece of art come to life. 

3.  Eliminates the possibility of structural damage.

Water jet cutting is more advantageous over many other technologies for cutting materials since it does not cause serious harm to the material being cut.

The vast majority of modern material cutting methods we have today rely on either heat or force to get the job done. This, we know, carries the possibility of inducing cosmetic or structural damage to the cut edge. Such flaws in the cutting process can lead to unseen micro-abrasions, which run the risk of weakening the part being cut.

4.  The Waterjet System of Cutting is Only Good in Large Operations

This is not practically applicable to our time today. But it was in the early years of waterjet tech cutting systems when waterjet cutter centers catered only to the material cutting requirements of large businesses or major industry players. 

Water jet systems, however, have become more commonly accessible nowadays since this groundbreaking technology has advanced further, and more and more water jet firms have joined the industry, making it even more dynamic than ever. Water jet cutting is now affordable to commercial and industrial customers, including artists.

5.  Waterjet machine cutting is not precise.

This one makes sense–could a water jet cutter achieve the same level of precision as a laser? This is how: by rendering the cutting water jet intensely pressurized and tiny. 

Water jet cutting comes with a tolerance of 0.003″. This is more precise than cutting saws or lasers even, and certainly more precise than what most applications require. Besides that, unlike cutting saws and lasers, water jet system cuts do not necessarily require any kind of post-processing.

 Wrapping Up!

The water jet cutting process is often described as something that is more intense than early anticipation, noisy as imaginable, and anything but graceful by people who have never seen a waterjet machine in action. Forgive us if I am a tad biased on this one, but I find waterjet tech cutting to be both calming and fascinating at the same time.