Michigan's Largest Water Jet Cutting Service Center
  Superior Waterjet Services, Inc.
50631 E. Russell Schmidt Blvd, Chesterfield, Michigan 48051-2454
Phone: (586) 948-3250 • Fax: (586) 948-3254
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Superior Waterjet Services offers Low and High volume capability, without expensive tool change-over enabling us to provide what you need when you need it!

With our advanced technology we can take your manufacturing project from concept, though prototype, and on to full production in as little as two weeks or less.  Low volume capability without expensive tool change-over enable us to provide what you need when you need it, on a Just-In-Time basis.

 
 

A water jet cutter is a tool capable of machining metal or other materials using a jet of water at high velocity and pressure, or a mixture of water and an abrasive substance. The process is essentially the same as water erosion found in nature but accelerated and concentrated by orders of magnitude. It is often used during fabrication or manufacture of parts for machinery and other devices. It has found applications in a diverse number of industries from mining to aerospace where it is used for operations such as cutting, shaping, carving, and reaming.

The Water Jet Cutting process is controlled using a stream of pressurized water passing through a tiny hole. It is one of the fastest, safest and cleanest methods of fabrication. Accuracy and productivity are key benefits of the technology, not to mention the reduced cost for low and high volume runs.

The most important benefit of waterjet cutting is its ability to cut material without interfering with the material's inherent structure as there is no "heat affected zone" or HAZ. This allows metals to be cut without harming or changing their intrinsic properties.

 

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The cutter is commonly connected to a high-pressure water pump (a local water main does not supply sufficient pressure) where the water is then ejected out of the nozzle, cutting through the material by bombarding it with the stream of high-speed water. Additives in the form of suspended grit or other abrasives, such as garnet and aluminum oxide, can assist in this process. Because the nature of the cutting stream can be easily modified, water jets can be used to cut materials as diverse as fish sticks and titanium. There are few materials that can't be effectively water cut; one of these is tempered glass which shatters when cut, regardless of the cutting technology used.

Today the water jet is unparalleled in many aspects of cutting and has changed the way many products are manufactured. Many types of waterjet cutting machines exist today, including plain water jets, abrasive water jets, percussive water jets, cavitation jets and hybrid jets.

 
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