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Water jet Cutting Solutions

Water knows no limitations to what it can cut. In nature, it cuts through enormous canyons and continuously alters the earth’s surface. When pressurized and discharged at high velocities—with or without the addition of an abrasive—water’s natural power is amplified for clean, quick, and precise cutting. Water jet cutters are as adept at cutting granite as they are at cutting metals and softer materials such as paper and food without causing water to be absorbed. The versatility of this technology has made it a production requirement in a number of industries. Since the technology was first developed in the 1950s, it has been applied to everything from ceramic cutting to cutting foam, rubber, composites, and glass. Water jet cutting systems’ precision accuracy has been used for cutting marble designs, fabricating custom automotive parts, slicing frozen pizzas before packaging, and even creating parts for aircraft fuselages. And manufacturers are still discovering new applications for the technology all the time—water jets for glass cutting today; who knows what tomorrow? To learn more about this remarkable process and the many diverse industries that have adopted water cutting, please see the information provided below.

Introduction

The true measure of the power of water jet cutting is that water jets can virtually cut any material. After all, the Grand Canyon, which primarily consists of limestone, sandstone, and shale minerals were all eroded over 15 million years ago by water!

Today, thousands of KMT Waterjet pumps and cutting heads are integrated with motion control systems around the world that cut materials for the following industries including: Marine, Medical, Electronics, Aerospace, Automotive, Signs, Architecture, Art, Glass, Commercial, Military, Recreational, Tooling, Manufacturing, Paper, Computer Circuits, Food, Lumber, Plastics, Residential Housing, Stone, Tile and Marble, Rubber and many more industries.

Whether you're granite cutting or cutting food, water jet offer one of the fastest and most accurate ways to get the job done. Our clients have used water jets for ceramic cutting to create beautiful custom counters and vanities. They have also used water jet technology for cutting marble and stone for beautiful architectural applications.

Even glass cutting traditionally very difficult, has benefitted from the waterjet technology.

Waterjet cutting can fashion arcs, circles, and circles sometimes using 6 axis cutting, are being water jet cut at width’s from .010 inches kerf to create intricate designs that make incredible patterns for a one-of-a-kind look.

 Advanced Profiles uses KMT to water jet cut plastic & copper components

KMT Water jet Features and Benefits

• Faster cutting with speeds up to Mach 4 or 90,000psi water pressure using the Next Generation in metal fabrication, KMT Streamline™ Pro UHP Pump.
• The LARGEST International network of motion control waterjet table system OEM integrators, including X-Y, X-Y-Z, or up to 6 Axis, offering you flexibility of choices. You decide what you need. 
• Omni-directional cutting. Minimal tolerances. No wasteful raw materials.
• Single or multiple cutting heads, do not have to be changed out during manufacturing avoiding aggravating delays. No guessing, no need to change bits. No tool sharpening.
• NO Heat Affected Zone (HAZ) which is ideal for titanium and more.
• Cuts complex shapes without melting.
• Tolerances (at ±0.003")
• Can pierce material directly without the need for a pre-drilled starter hole.
• High or low speed surface pressure flexibility for thick or sensitive materials.
• Safe for the Environment; no toxic fumes or dust and garnet is disposable.
• Thick or Thin, Waterjet cutting is the most flexible process in manufacturing.
• KMT pumps and cutting heads are made in the USA.

KMT Waterjet Detailed Information

KMT Waterjet System UHP pumps and cutting heads are preferred by more global manufacturers in the fabrication industry. The advantages are many including the industry exclusive Hard Seal End Cap. With fewer parts, you can be assured of longer life of consumable parts which means less downtime and quicker rebuilds.

KMT Waterjet offers the most pump options to choose from ranging from 15HP for simple cutting projects to 200HP for multiple cutting heads and from 20,000psi to the Industry first Streamline™ Pro 90,000psi using 60hp and 125hp for multiple cutting head capabilities.

Everyday Water Jet Uses

Water jet cutting is Ideal for Job Shop owners, Stone and Tile Work, Automotive manufacturing, Aerospace and Defense, Architectural applications, and nontraditional cutting.

KMT Waterjet UHP Pumps and cutting heads are ideal for manufacturing parts made of: