Waterjet
High-Quality Waterjet Cutting Services
Producing Clean Cuts With Exceptional Precision and Flexibility
The CAMM Metals team leverages waterjets in several different ways:
We use them to cut all of our flat sheet metal and plates to feed the fabrication work we handle.
We use these machines to process thick plates and pre-cut shapes and blanks for our CNC machining centers.
We offer waterjet cutting as a service to customers without this capability. We can use our material, or customers can drop ship their own material. Generally, their parts will be cut and ready in three days.
The Benefits of Our Waterjet Cutting Services
No Heat Affected Zone
Waterjet Cutting is a cold process. This service eliminates the need to purchase custom tooling, reducing unnecessary costs for our customers.
Reduced Setup Times
Our team uses the same setup to cut thin sheet metal as we do to cut 6” plates, saving our time valuable time.
Material Variety
Waterjets are capable of cutting a wide variety of materials. We regularly cut:
Steel
Stainless steel
Aluminum
Hastelloy
Brass
Copper
Plastics
Composites
Laminated materials such as carbon fiber
Titanium
Inconel
Waspaloy
The Differences Between Waterjet Cutting and Laser Cutting Services
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Waterjet and laser cutting methods both offer exceptional precision. However, laser cutting provides a slight edge here, with the ability to achieve even tighter tolerances than waterjet services.
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Waterjet cutting is a highly flexible tool. Our ability to cut a wide range of materials, including laminated materials and composites, gives waterjet cutting a slight edge over laser cutting.
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Waterjet has one very significant advantage over laser cutting. Waterjet cutting is a cold process that does not apply heat to the material during the cutting process. As a result, no heat-affected zone is created during waterjet methods. This is particularly important to our customers in the aerospace industry, as our waterjet cutting services do not alter the physical state of the material being cut or cause the material to warp from the heat.
Choosing the Right Method
Whether you choose waterjet or laser cutting services for your products should depend entirely on the end application. There’s no catch-all better solution in this instance, as they both offer excellent results and clean cuts.
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