The water is pressurized by a pump and garnet is added into a chamber right ... While the team are the first to admit that water jet cutting technology is a niche product, they do have a clear ...

Waterjet cutting is a proven method for creating intricate ... water and sand-like abrasive particles made from crushed garnet to cut through materials like steel, titanium, aluminum, glass ...

Hardness: Waterjet cutters need to balance cutting speed and component wear. A soft abrasive extends nozzle life, but slows cutting. A hard abrasive cuts faster, but also erodes your nozzle faster too ...

Water and garnet are shot out of the nozzle (cutting head) at nearly four times the speed of sound. Despite its power, waterjet machining is a cold-cutting process, so there’s no heat-affected ...

Cutting at 90,000psi maximizes productivity, capacity, and profitability and decreases the overall abrasive garnet usage up to 50%. The KMT Waterjet Streamline PRO series 90,000psi pump, reduces ...

and its waterjet operating hours have reduced from 60 to 65 hours per week to 40 to 50 hours per week, saving on labor and overhead. We've been seeing, across the board, a 35% improvement in cutting ...

With offices in Canada, the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East, Opta is one of the leading global suppliers of garnet used in the abrasive cleaning and ultrahigh-pressure waterjet cutting industries.

The Geists are setting up their water jet cutting shop with the assistance ... from watermelon to metal — using pulverized garnet stone mixed with water shot at 87,000 pounds per square inch.

The company sells garnet abrasive to the waterjet cutting and protective coating industries for over 35 years. It is the only global garnet supplier to own the complete supply chain from source ...