What are the advantages of waterjet cutting comparing with milling?
If you are through-cutting the periphery and holes, rather than blind holes, pockets, and threads, the abrasive waterjet is typically much faster, easier to program and cheaper than milling. This is largely due to the fact that we cut a part with one pass, and we do not have to reduce all the metal to chip form. In addition, the scrap is usually more valuable in solid form than chip form. What are the advantages of waterjet cutting comparing with plasma? Obviously, plasma is a hot process. It adds a great deal of heat to the product, leaving a heat-affected zone. The surface finish of the abrasive waterjet is generally better. It leaves no dross on the backside of the part, reducing secondary operation. Abrasive waterjets have no thickness limitation , and can be much more closely nested. What tolerances can we expect from waterjet cutting? Over 80% of the world’s abasivejet users cut parts to ±0.003-in. or looser accuracy. However, there is a percentage of users who cut parts to toler
