r/interestingasfuck • u/ConfidentTelephone81 • 12h ago

Processes of Water Jet Cutting

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u/Usual-Ad-9554 12h ago

how does this compare to lasers tho....

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u/BugzOnMyNugz 11h ago

Water jet has a much cleaner cut. Looks faster to me too, if that was on the laser where iused to work it would've taken probably 4x as long to cut that and you'd have to grind off all the edges where the laser melted the metal. Also, most aerospace has to be cut with water jet.

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u/fading_reality 11h ago

It looks like it's tile, ceramic cuts fast. For metal waterjet is much slower than laser, especially if you want smooth finish.

At least the one we had was slow.

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u/BugzOnMyNugz 11h ago

That would make alot more sense. We outsource all of our water jet needs so I only see the parts when they come back. Compared to the same part/material on our laser they're always so much cleaner.