Water Jet Cutting Stainless Steel
Austin waterjet is a waterjet cutting sheet metal fabrication job shop serving central texas with an emphasis on steel stainless and aluminum.
Water jet cutting stainless steel. Many waterjet machines are capable of switching from pure waterjet cutting to abrasive waterjet cutting making them uniquely versatile. Still before selecting this method it is important to consider. 300 series stainless steel. Cuts near net shapes with no heat affected zone.
Austentic 300 and martensitic ferritic 400. 300 series stainless steel is known for its high chromium and nickel. Versatility is one of the primary strengths of waterjet technology. Selecting dynamic waterjet technology to cut stainless steel plate and sheet.
We process both in our state of the art waterjet cutting facility. Water jet cutting is an industrial process used by manufacturers to cut materials using a very high pressure flow of water or a mixture of an abrasive substance with water. Waterjet shape cutting for all alloys including. Waterjet abrasives are typically made of garnet with grit size ranging from 50 to 220 mesh though 80 is the most common.
A water jet can cut a sandwich of different materials up to four inches thick. The tiny jet stream permits the first cut to also be the final finished surface. There are two main series of stainless steel. Contact our team today for all your stainless steel cutting questions and requirements.
This odorless dust free and relatively heat free process can also cut something as thin as five thousandths of an inch. This single cutting process saves material. See the tight cutting tolerances an. Dynamic waterjet machines are an excellent choice for cutting stainless steel plate and sheet due to the fact that they use a cold cutting process and put very minimal pressure on the cutting material.
Water jet cutting for stainless steel. Cutting steel with water cff stainless steels houses one of the largest commercial dynamic water jet cutters aptly named flowzilla. Towards the top of the list is stainless steel sometimes people have even run a google search first seen that it suggests water jet cutting can part stainless steel but not.