Water jet cutting capabilities and water jet cutting service
Our continued investment in the latest technology ensures that we remain at the cutting edge of the industry.
Our fabrication department utilises one of the most up-to-date water jet cutting systems in the UK and allows our customers to benefit from the many advantages that water jet cutting provides. We offer water jet cutting as a specialised sub-contract service, or as part of our turnkey fabrication service.
The capability to cut intricate shapes utilising cold cutting techniques that are without thermal influences, heat distortion, edge hardening or heat effected zones of virtually any materials.
Cutting Capacity: 4000mm x 2000mm x 200mm thickness.We can allow for tight nesting and reduced scrap – saving you money through greater material utilization.
The benefits of waterjet profile cutting:
- No heat-affected zone (HAZ), distortion or mechanical stresses
- Quick set up times – express service available
- Automatic engraving option
- No restriction on cutting polished or reflective materials
- Reduces or eliminates secondary cleaning operations
- No tool costs
- Intricate designs are easily created with very high accuracy
- All machining undertaken within a single set up
- Material-saving production due to reduced cutting width and tight nesting
Providing cutting services for many different industrial sectors including:
- Precision engineering
- Shipbuilding
- Automobile and automobile supplies industries
- Aircraft and spacecraft industries
- M.O.D. & defence
- Construction and interior decoration industries amongst others.
Examples of parts cut by waterjet:
Plastic
Wood
Metal
The range of materials that can be cut efficiently by water jet is almost limitless, however the following provides a brief guide to just some of those included:
| Metals | Composites and Plastics | Additional Materials |
|---|---|---|
| Aluminium | Acrylic Carbon Fibre | Armour Plate |
| Bonded Material | Ceramics | Bulletproof Glass |
| Boron | Fibreglass | Cardboard |
| Brass | Foam | Ceramic Tile |
| Bronze | Graphite | Expanded Metal |
| Cast Iron | Kevlar | Glass |
| Cobalt | Linoleum | Granite |
| Copper | Mylar Laminates | Honeycombe |
| Exotic Alloys | Neoprene | Limestone |
| Hard Facing | Nylon | Marble |
| Hastalloy | Printed Circuit Board | Porcelain |
| Inconel | Plexiglass | Quartz |
| Iron | Polycarbonate | Slate |
| Magnesium | Polyethylene | Silicon |
| Nickel Alloys | Polymers | Terrazzo |
| Niobium | PVC | |
| Stainless Steel | Rubber | |
| Steel Alloy | Silicone | |
| Steel Hardened | Teflon | |
| Steel Hot Rolled | Thermoplastics | |
| Steel Mild | Urethane | |
| Steel Tool | Vinyl | |
| Tantalum | ||
| Tin | ||
| Titanium | ||
| Tungsten | ||
| Wrought Iron | ||
| Zinc |
