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3D Waterjet

3D Waterjet

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Three dimensional cutting for tubes (by lasers) and by plasma cutting for structural steel is fairly common now. See http://www.structural-steel-plasma-cutting.com as example.

But does anyone know if there is such a thing as 3D waterJet cutting ? I have an application with intricate features to be cut on an oval tube and have to try to avoid localized heating that may effect the shape.

RE: 3D Waterjet

I haven't seen anything in a waterjet like a Python-type machine, but I know robots using waterjet heads for making 3D cuts is quite common.

TygerDawg
Blue Technik LLC
Virtuoso Robotics Engineering
www.bluetechnik.com

RE: 3D Waterjet

I've had tubes cut with waterjet before.  We had to rig up some fixtures and make a tube insert so the jet didn't cut all of the way through the other side.  Admittedly the patterns that I needed were very simple.

Dan

www.eltronresearch.com
Dan's Blog

RE: 3D Waterjet

A good tube laser shop will be able to cut width detail less than 1/2 material thickness.  

It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all.

RE: 3D Waterjet

I have seen a six axis waterjet but there was no tube chuck. company wass Superior Alloy  Technology located in montreal quebec. web site supalloy.com i believe

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