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Water-Only Waterjet Cutting

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About Water-Only Cutting:

Another method for processing material is our water-only waterjet, also known as "pure waterjet". Here you have a replication of abrasive waterjet cutting but without the abrasives. This form of waterjet cutting allows for the rapid production of parts from soft materials.

The orifices in water-only waterjet cutting can range from diameters of 0.004” up to 0.010”, the difference between them is the pressure desired for processing a specific material. The smaller the diameter, the less pressure is being applied. The orifice itself is usually composed of one of three types of materials; diamond, ruby or sapphire. The most common of these is sapphire; however the longest lasting orifice is diamond.



Teflon cut with water-only waterjetBenefits of Water-Only:

Increased Detail Ability
No Heat Cutting
Fast Processing
Ability to Process Soft Materials
Low Cutting Power



composite cut by water jet cutter
Good Materials For Water-Only

Plastics
Rubbers
Foam
Composites
Leather


The no heat cutting starts when the design from the customer goes to our sales team and to our programmers who produce a CAM file readable to the waterjet machinery. From this CAM program, the exact replication of the customer design is then produced via waterjet. The advantage of using water-only waterjet is the visible cleanliness presented on the finished product. On porous materials, it’s easy for abrasive to get stuck in and on the material and leave a dirty appearance. However, with our water-only machinery, there are no abrasives, thus the parts leave with the customer with a much cleaner finish.

Our Water-Only Waterjet:

Fedtech’s water-only waterjet cutter

A few features of our water-only machinery:

  • CAD/CAM capability
  • Tolerance up to +/- .003" 
  • Burr-free parts
  • Cut Materials up to 13' x 30'
  • Can cut soft, flimsy, or thin materials  
  • Multiple-head cutting
  • Tight nesting of parts

Waterjet cutting is excellent for a number of industries and applications

Learn more about the waterjet cutting and laser cutting services that
FedTech offers, or request a quote for your laser job shop needs!