UTM Waterjet Cutting
We have been using waterjets to cut materials ranging from stainless steel to carbon fiber parts for decades. It’s proven to be a great option for many customers looking for precise cutting of metal and non-metal materials quickly, often shipping products the same day, and with no tooling charges. We can handle materials up to seven inches thick, twelve feet long, and six feet wide and cut them accurately to within +/- .005 inches if necessary. Our waterjets have been used to cut prototypes for jet engines, radar systems, automotive parts, by artists to create unique pieces of artwork, to cut marble, to create beautiful and artistic stone inlays, and much more. Our waterjets will cut any metal, plastic, rubber, fiber (including carbon fiber), stone, or wood in either small prototype runs, or large production runs. All of this with no tooling charge. Just send us your DXF/DWG files and leave the rest to us.
Advantages of Waterjet Cutting
With waterjet cutting you can cut almost any type of material. Waterjet is especially ideal for cutting materials that cannot be cut by a laser or thermal cut. Materials like titanium, granite, aluminum, marble, stainless steel, carbon steel, Inconel, concrete, stone, glass, plastic, rubber, foam, tile and ceramics.
With waterjet cutting you can reduce costs and speed up processing by eliminating or reducing expensive secondary processes. Since no heat is applied to the material, cut edges are clean with minimal burr.
Problems such as thermal cracked edge defects, crystallization, hardening, and reduced machine- or weld-abilities are eliminated. Parts remain flat and there is no tooling to design, build, test, maintain, or modify.
Waterjet nesting capabilities are ideal for prototypes with maximized material yield. A waterjet maintains accuracy after numerous runs where some other tools may dull or need to have tolerances rechecked.
A waterjet can cut materials with a variety of speeds achieving either a great deal of accuracy with very smooth edges or a lower level of accuracy with rougher edges. If the tolerances required for your application are low, cutting speeds may be greatly increased to save money. The numbered images above, from a very informational article on “waterjet cutter” on wikipedia.org, clearly illustrates the variation in cut quality.
With Waterjet Machine Manufacturing
- Minimal heat affected zone (HAZ)
- Up to 6′ X 12′ and 7″ thick (HAZ)
- No heat distortion
- Cut edges are clean with minimal burr
- The positioning accuracy is +/-.005
- Kerf width: .040″
Other Advantages of BG Peck’s Waterjet Machine Manufacturing
- Prototypes & development runs
- Short or long run production without tooling cost
- Complex shapes or difficult materials
- CAD design & engineering services
- Fast turnaround