About Waterjet
Waterjet cutting is an amazing technology. By utilizing some of Earth’s most common resources, water and stone, we are able to cut almost any material in thicknesses up to 8” (200mm). Modern developments in waterjet cutting technology, software, and the machines that drive them has made waterjet cutting the fastest growing machine tool industry on Earth. This is largely due to the fact that waterjet is by far the most versatile cutting process, and with the latest developments has now become very economical. Add to this its simplicity, reliability, and environmental credentials, it’s no wonder waterjet is rapidly becoming the cutting process of choice throughout most industries.

Benefits of Waterjet
Versatile – Waterjet is capable of cutting “any” material including; Stainless Steel, Aluminum, Glass, Marble, Plastic, Rubber, Cork and Wood, just to name a few.
Powerful – Capable of cutting up to 200mm (8”) thick titanium or at least 6” thick stainless steel.
Accurate – Finished parts to 0.05mm (.002”) tolerances.
No Heat Affected Zone – Resulting in less warping of components, increased cutter life on secondary operations and no grinding for weld preparation.
Flexible – Any two-dimensional shape can be cut by a simple program done on the machine CAD system or from any DXF file either networked, downloaded through the inbuilt modem, or from a USB disk or CD.
Clean – Waterjet produces no smoke or toxic gases because there is no burning process.
Fast – Rapid set up times, no tooling & reduced need for secondary operations due to its accuracy and quality of the cut edge.

GLASS
Glass cutting is an ideal application for waterjet. Without any tooling or set up changes you can go from cutting the most delicate lead light glass, through to the strongest 100mm (4”) thick laminated bullet resistant glass. The very fine cutting stream (approx. 1mm or 0.040”) enables cutting of almost any shape, no matter how fine or intricate, with almost no load from the cutting process being applied to the glass. As long as you can handle it, waterjet can cut it.

STONE
Waterjet Cutting of all natural and man-made stones is simple, fast and highly effective. The very small stream size (approximately 0.040” or 1mm) allows for intricate patterns, while the extremely high pressure (up to 60,000 psi) ensures thick materials (up to 6” thick) can be cut. Softec™ Software enables you to go from design to finished part in minutes with very little training and experience.

GASKETS
The versatility of Waterjet Cutting makes it ideal for the manufacture of gaskets. Capable of cutting anything from hardened spring steels, to non-ferrous materials such as brass and copper to delicate graphite composites and softer materials like rubber and paper. It is ideal for low volume, “one-offs” and prototypes.

METALS
Waterjets are extremely powerful, capable of cutting up to 150mm (6”) thick stainless steel. Waterjets don’t care how hard the material is, and whether it’s ferrous or non-ferrous, makes no difference to a waterjet. The very small kerf (approx. 1mm or 0.040”) allows it to produce tight corners, with very high tolerances. Waterjet is a “Cold Cutting” process that produces no heat affected areas or burnt edges. These factors mean that there is little or no secondary operation required for most applications.

FOAM & RUBBER
Waterjet Cutting is ideal for many foam, rubber, plastic, insulation and woven materials. With an extremely fine cutting stream (down to 0.004” or 0.1mm) very tight nesting and therefore good material yields can be obtained. The high cutting speeds of waterjet (up to 60m/min or 2500”/ min) also means that it is extremely fast, especially when combined with automated loading/unloading equipment.

60 Degree Beveling Capability
The PAC 60™ is capable of producing parts with a true angle up to ± 60 deg with continuous rotation. That means regardless of the geometry of the part to be cut, the PAC 60™ will produce it without having to reposition the cutting head, saving time and producing higher quality parts.

Constant Stand Off
The PAC 60™ incorporates Precision Terrain Mapping on the surface of the material to be cut. This information is then used to maintain an exact stand off distance between the nozzle and the work piece, resulting in more accurate parts than any other 5 axis head on the market. Other 5 axis heads set their stand off only at the piercing point and then assume the work piece is completely flat along the cut path, which is almost never the case. As material flatness varies and stand off changes, so does the geometry of the part being cut. So a constant, accurate stand off is critical when angle cutting, and the greater the angle, the more critical it becomes.

Reduced Taper
The PAC 60™ operating software incorporates the True Cut® algorithms data base, developed to determine the predicted taper at a given surface finish. This taper is then compensated for dynamically when cutting the part, anywhere from 0 to 60 degrees, giving you “Precision Angle Control” of any part that can be produced on an X-Y abrasive waterjet cutting machine.

Direct Drive Technology
By incorporating patented Direct Drive DC Servo Motor Technology for the 4th & 5th axis, the PAC 60™ is capable of positioning accuracy to ± 0.1 degrees with rapid acceleration and positioning speeds. Making the PAC 60™ the fastest, most accurate 5 axis waterjet cutting head available in abrasive waterjet cutting.

Tech-Sense™ Capability
The PAC 60™ is also available with the patented “Tech- Sense™” to ensure your cutting head is working efficiently. When Tech-Sense™ is used in conjunction with Softec® Mobile Phone Communication, you can receive and reply to text messages from wherever you want. This unique feature makes “Lights Out” operation a reality, something very useful on a Waterjet cutting machine where run times can be hours or days.