What Should I Consider Before Buying?
What materials can I cut?
The water jet can cut almost any material..
The pure water jet can cut soft materials such as rubber, foam and different sealing materials quickly and accurately.
Abrasive waterjets will cut almost other materials in a very wide range of thickness options:
Almost all metals, as well as hardened alloy steel, stainless steel, aluminum, copper and metals
Non-tempered glass, plus multi-layer laminated glass
Composite material
Laminate
Stone
Most ceramics
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Waterjet cutting materials: metal, glass, composite materials, stone and ceramics
How many parts can I cut?
The setup time of waterjets with complex systems is shortened. Advanced management software packages (such as Weihong software) will directly mechanically program half of the cutting path from the CAD drawing. Just gently fix the fabric inventory to the cutting table, and then enter the fabric type and thickness into the management computer.
How big a table do I need?
Waterjet cutting tables are currently available in a variety of standard sizes, from the tiny 2'5" x 2'2" (737mm x 660mm) table to the huge 26' 8"-46' 8" x 13' 4" (8.1m-14.2mx 4m) table. The two problems with choosing the table size are half the proportions to be created, and therefore the size of the stock materials to be used. Usually the best and most economical mistake is to make a bigger mistake in one aspect The table can handle all the components that mean material inventory size and larger components in the future. However, usually the area limitation requires a smaller size. Due to the appearance of our table, OMAX provides the smallest footprint relative to the table size, thereby protecting precious Working area.
What special features do I need?
Water cutting has some special characteristics that make it particularly suitable for some applications:
No heating during waterjet cutting. This means that cutting components with complex structures will not be thermally deformed, and there is no heat-affected zone that may change the material properties. Can easily perform secondary processing, such as thread tapping. Slender cutting surface and very low cutting force for waterjet cutting. It allows designers to manufacture complex components that may be almost impossible to form through standard production processes. Very complex shapes and contours can be easily realized by waterjet cutting. Processing high-value materials can reduce waste and cut costs.
What water and waste factors should I consider?
The early waterjets had a reputation for being noisy and dirty. The processing noise of the exposed water jet is loud, and the exposed abrasive water jet will spray a large amount of abrasive slurry into the air. However, these factors in the WINWIN new generation system reduce the unfavorable level to a level lower than that of most machine tools through the water layer, and eliminate the mud by keeping the particles in the water. The WINWIN abrasive waterjet cutting machine can be placed wherever you can place standard machines. No harmful fumes or fumes are produced, so half of them will not be contaminated by cutting oil.
A waterjet can generate 2 waste streams:
The excess water contains a very small amount of solid fine powder. If necessary, it can be filtered according to local regulations and then discharged into the waste water discharge pipe. Cut material and transparent gem waste may be sent to the lowlands.
If the fabric being cut is toxic-such as lead or metallic elements-both waste streams should be clean to meet environmental regulations, so the water will also be recycled.
What is the price of running and maintaining the water jet?
The hourly price of abrasive waterjet machines is between $25 and $30 for consumables and maintenance components. 60,000 PSI (4,137 bar) above the operating pressure requires additional maintenance, and the increase in the working day will increase maintenance costs. As high-pressure components used in pumps and pipelines accelerate metal fatigue, extreme highs lead to higher operating prices. For this reason, water jet cutting machines usually operate in the most economical and reliable manner within the range of 60,000 PSI (4,137 bar) or less.
Maintenance items include all parts wetted by corrosive water and every part that passes through the abrasive flow. The mixing tube and other nozzle components will last 35 to 70 hours, while the jewel orifice lasts more than 500 hours, and the replacement interval of pump seals is close to 1,000 hours.
The troubleshooting and maintenance technology of waterjet cutting machines is not difficult to learn, and WINWIN also provides offline training and online guidance to ensure that thousands of machines can be efficiently operated and maintained by owners and operators. Increase production profits of enterprises.
