Water jet cutting

Water jet cutting is a method used to cut materials. It relies on the high pressure with which the steel hits the metal. This removes particles from the surface of the material. In engineering, a distinction is made between pure water cutting and abrasive cutting. We use abrasive cutting, in which the negative pressure in the cutting head sucks a fine-grained abrasive into the jet. The water jet reaches the material surface at a pressure of 3,500 bar. The abrasive contained in it supports the cutting process and produces slightly rounded edges. The technical term for rounding the edges is ‘arrondieren’ (rounding). The maximum dimensions of the stainless steel sheets that we can process on our water jet system are 12,000 mm x 4,000 mm x 150 mm.