Cut components from the sheet without any heat and avoid the heat-affected zone from a thermal cutting process.
Waterjet cutting can produce washers, spacers and blanks for further machining. Suitability depends on the material grade, thickness, geometry and required finish.
Water jets combine water and abrasive garnet to create a high-pressure stream that can cut through various plastic sheets. Similar to laser cutting, a waterjet cutter is guided by CNC instructions based on a component's CAD drawing. However, unlike laser cutting, waterjets create no heat-affected zone damage, making them a beneficial manufacturing method.
Suitability varies for each method and material
All these unfilled plastic sheets are well suited to water jet cutting. If a sheet is excessively thin or flexible extra support may be needed.
These glass fibre-reinforced materials require an abrasive water jet cutting and a trial cut to check their edge for any exposed fibres.
These materials require support to avoid cracking and chipping.
