Cutting Costs with Waterjet Robots
An automated waterjet cutting system will help to save you costs while also speeding up productivity on your production line. Waterjet cutting robots use high-pressure water to cut through materials.
Waterjet cutting robots are a great way to cut production costs. These robots easily remove material with precision and can handle impeccable speeds. Using a high-pressure jet of water to cut through soft materials like rubber and food. Sometimes abrasives are added to the waterjet stream to cut harder materials like metal and granite.
Though the method of waterjet cutting has been around since the 1800s when high pressured water was used to erode rock during hydraulic mining, it did not find its way into the industrial world until the 1930s, where it was used for paper cutting. It wasn’t until years later that robotics were introduced to the equation and the pressure was amped up for faster cutting abilities.
Waterjet cutting is used today because it speeds up productivity on the line. Improving throughput cuts production costs for the manufacturer while ramping up revenue. Waste is also reduced due to consistent and precise cutting, extra material is eliminated and less room for error with industrial robots.
Among the forms of robot cutting systems like laser and plasma cutting, robotic waterjet cutting is the fastest and most flexible method of cutting. It is commonly used for most plastics, foam, rubber, leather, composites, stone, tile, metals, food and paper. However, it is not an effective application for cutting glass, diamonds or some ceramics.
Waterjet robots can easily be programmed to adjust to uneven surfaces and thickness, along with odd-shaped products. This form of cutting is used in several industries, including the automotive, mining and aerospace industry.
For more information about cutting with waterjet robotics, contact Robots.com today online or call us at 877-762-6881.
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