If customers don’t know whether to equip water jetting with sand or pure water jetting when buying a water jetting machine, they can take a look at our article. Under the circumstances, it is suitable to use sanding water cutting machine:
The factors that determine the type of pure waterjet and abrasive waterjet machines can basically be divided into three categories:
1. The type of material to be cut (metal, alloy, composite, stone, glass, or softer materials such as foam rubber)
2. The thickness of the material to be cut
3. Whether the final product that wants to cut the material needs a smoother plane with higher precision or just cut it off
Generally, pure waterjet cutting heads are very suitable for cutting some relatively soft materials, such as: foam, rubber and plastic, and some relatively thin metals. In addition, with the rapid development of the automobile manufacturing industry, many interior and exterior trims of automobiles will use pure water cutting heads with robot water cutting workstations, which can realize the cutting of complex shapes.
Abrasive waterjet cutting heads are more suitable for harder materials, such as stone, glass, ceramics, metal alloys, etc. Using water and a special abrasive garnet can cut very hard materials.
To sum up, you can choose pure waterjet cutting head or abrasive waterjet cutting head according to the material thickness and cutting requirements you need. In addition, abrasive waterjet cutting requires additional abrasive garnet, which is also a cost that needs to be considered.