Waterjet One Dimensional Cutting

Slitting with a continuous waterjet stream is often used in one-dimensional waterjet cutting systems. The frame of the system is usually quite simple; waterjet cutting speeds are high and the system is almost always pure water jet cutting only (no abrasives). The most important considerations are speed of waterjet cutting, reliability and minimal moisture residue (which is very low due to the high speeds and small waterjet stream).

With one-dimensional water jetting, very small orifice streams are used (as small as .007") and the material moves very quickly beneath the cutting head (in some cases, the head is moving very quickly). For those reasons, water retention on the material is very low and many waterjet cutting heads can be used at the same time.

Applications

This type of waterjet cutter can be used with paper, plastic, gypsum boards, cake, frozen pizza, foam, leather, fabric, insulation, produce and almost any soft material.