Highest precision cutting on virtually any material.

Can be combined with plasma or oxy fuel on the same part.

Most versatile process.

 

Water Jet cutting uses an ultra-high pressure stream of water to carry an abrasive grit.  The abrasive does the cutting through a mechanical sawing action, leaving a smooth, precision cut surface. 

Water jet is a very precise cutting process, allowing fine contours to be cut, and producing high tolerance parts.  However, it is a very slow, expensive process when compared to plasma on most metals. 

That is why ESAB offers the patented combination of waterjet and plasma on the same machine.  This option allows you to take advantage of the accuracy of water jet where you need precision, and also benefit from the speed and low cost of plasma where high precision isn’t necessary.  The effect is to produce the parts you need for substantially lower cost, in substantially less time.

ESAB has harnessed the power of water in the HYDROCUT^TM Waterjet System, the first family of waterjet cutting machines to combine the versatility of waterjet cutting with ESAB's advanced gantry and control technology for exceptionally efficient and accurate cutting. ESAB also owns the patent on thermal and non-thermal process on the same gantry so it is easy to combine waterjet, conventional plasma and/or Precision plasma, oxyfuel and stone routing on the same machine. ESAB's history in Abrasive Waterjet Gantries dates back to 1983.

Advantages of our water jet cutters:

• Precise motion control and accurate cutting due to ESAB's rugged box beam gantry design and AC brushless drive motors.
• Greater flexibility and easy access with a choice of low-rail, mid-rail pedestal or high-rail gantry designs.
• Reduced maintenance due to a new lip seal design with air purge that better protects the ball screws on the high rail. This permits unlimited spacing of independent carriages.
• Flexible process and motion control with ESAB's easy-to-use Vision CNC control and software.
• Height control specifically designed for waterjet cutting automates the process on all materials.
• Greater versatility with the option to add multiple heads, plasma cutting, plasma or ink marking, milling, drilling, etching, template tracing, with custom widths up to 40' and custom lengths up to 80'.