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Materials cut by Waterjet Cutting
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Water-jet Technology: |
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Water-jet cutting
technology is a method that can cut all
materials from 0.1 mm to 120 -160 mm.
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It is a cutting operation that is
made as a result of sensitive
destruction caused by jetting water
or water-abrasive mixture towards
the material with a very high speed
(800m/sn) between 0.12 – 1.1 mm
diameters that are precisely
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With water-jet, it is possible to
cut all the materials including
non-melting or non-flammable
substances thanks to the absence of
any thermal impact.
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Hard metals such as titanium,
tungsten alloys, stainless steels,
carbon steels.
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Soft metals such as aluminum,
copper, brass, copper, lead.
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Materials used in construction
and decoration sectors such as
granite, marble, ceramic, glass,
bullet proof and laminated
glass, wood |
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Carbon, Kevlar, composites,
paper, cardboard, leather,
textile products, sealing
materials, flexi glass,
polyester, polyethylene plates,
fiber, all plastic and rubber
derivatives can be cut with
waterjet. |
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Significant advantages of Water-jet
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- There will be no problems such as
burning, driblet formation
(melting), hardening and deformation
that may be caused by thermal
reasons as waterjet is a cold
process.
- Material pairs with different
burning or melting temperatures that
cannot be cut by using laser and
sandwich materials can be cut with
waterjet.
- No chemical pollution forms during
the process, as there is no material
burning or melting.
Thanks to this advantage, there is
no need for an additional investment
such as gas absorption, refinery and
filtration.
- Material loss is decreased to
minimum level, as cutting trace
interval is very narrow (max. 1.1
mm).
- It is possible to process (cut)
very narrow and sharp corners
depending on the phase diameter of
the water-jet, which is the cutting
component.
- All honeycomb-textured materials
that cannot be cut by using other
methods can be cut with water-jet.
- No burrs occur at the bottom or
top side in the section cut by
waterjet, thus no additional
grinding or leveling is required.
- Very thin materials can be cut, as
there is no risk for melting or
burning.
- A material can be cut immediately
after another one is completed by
using the same cutting equipment
without making any change but the
cutting speed, therefore there is no
time loss for setting the machinery
and equipment especially in tailor
cuts.
- No cutting defects occur because
of the distance control errors
especially in three-dimensional
(cubic) cutting, as the tolerance
between the material and cutting
edge is relatively bigger.
Water-jet cutting
technology is not yet a widely used
cutting method in spite of this wide
operating (cutting) spectrum,
however its usage in the world and
Turkey has been fastly increasing.
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Water-jet in Architectural Sector
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In marble, granite and ceramic
sector, water-jet is used in cutting
different-colored plates and tiles
into all kinds of forms and getting
them together side by side or
telescopically as a puzzle.
Therefore it is possible to
manufacture floor rosettes, floor or
wall borders, table trays, washbasin
or kitchen counter ornamentations in
every kind of forms and patterns.
Thanks to the possibility of cutting
all types of materials with by using
waterjet, it is possible to make
productions and designs with unusual
architectural concepts by combining
metals, natural stones, glass, wood
and artificial materials. It is also
used in application for
manufacturing table legs or table
plates in furniture sector (coffee
table, etc. production).
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Water-jet in
Fine
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Production
difficulties that partially restrict
especially modern sculpture design
can be significantly eliminated
thanks to waterjet. Regardless from
the material to be used or the
requested form, all the designed
details can be obtained by cutting
from the related materials.
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Water-jet in Construction Sector |
In addition to
architectural sector, waterjet
usage in construction sector is
mainly seen in modern
constructions made by using
stainless steel and aluminum and
steel constructions. All the
connection details, flanges and
brackets of the profile and
hawser systems and stainless
steel can be cut in every
requested form easily and thus,
the production time and quality
problems in productions made by
using conventional methods are
completely eliminated.
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