Water cutting is a technique that allows to cut some materials characterized by particular resistance in an easy and fast way. It is the force of the pressure that allows this ease, pressure that is exerted by a water jet concentrated in a very small space.
Cutting sheet metal with water: speed and precision thanks to pressure
Water cutting machines
How it works
How does the water cut work?
Using water cutting means adopting a cutting-edge methodology that allows to obtain results equal if not superior to traditional methods.
In fact, water cutting succeeds even where other methods such as laser end up damaging or altering the surface. In addition, water cutting makes it possible to obtain an extremely small groove in the cut.
The result is a clean and precise cut!
Tecnos uses this technology for sheet metal cutting, to be combined in the case of more resistant surfaces with an abrasive.
The abrasive is generally a sand that is canalized inside the channel crossed by water, to further affect the surfaces.
The advantages
- Cutting different materials with a single tool
- No mechanical load on the workpiece
- Finished cut that does not require further cleaning
- Use on various materials up to high thicknesses
- Absence of toxic vapours
- Absence of heat input on cut metals
- Absence of alterations in the mechanical structure of the cut piece
- Excellent cutting precision
- Simplicity of programming
- Cutting of parts with complex geometries and very sharp angles
- Reduced material waste and scrap due to reduced cutting groove