Advantages And Disadvantages of Waterjet Cutting And Cnc Machining

While we are helping customers to customize aluminum parts, some customers will ask us try waterjet cutting so as to reduce the cost, next I will introduce the advantages and disadvantages of waterjet cutting and cnc machining in this article

Waterjet Cutting.

Advantages

It is a machine that utilizes a high-pressure water stream to cut. It can carve workpieces arbitrarily under the control of a computer and is little affected by the texture of the material. Because of its low cost, easy to operate and high quality of cut products, water cutting will become the mainstream cutting method in terms of industrial cutting technology.

1. CNC molding a variety of complex patterns; 

2. belongs to the cold cutting, not product thermal deformation or thermal effects.

3 can process a variety of high hardness materials, such as: glass, ceramics, stainless steel, etc.; 4. is a number of composite materials, fragile porcelain materials, the only means of complex processing.

5. Smooth incision, no slag, do not need secondary processing.

6. Can once complete the drilling, cutting, molding work;.

Disadvantages:

1.Slow cutting speed: compared to laser cutting, waterjet cutting speed is slower.

2.Water consumption: requires a large amount of water and the waste water needs to be treated

CNC machining centers

Advantages:

1.Can perform a variety of machining operations such as milling, drilling, tapping, etc. 

2.High precision: CNC machining centers are equipped with advanced numerical control systems that allow for high precision machining. 

3.High degree of automation: the machining process is automated, reducing human error. 

4.High adaptability: parts of various shapes and sizes can be machined.

Disadvantages:

1.High cost: CNC machining centers have high acquisition and maintenance costs. 

2.Complex programming: requires specialized programming knowledge and skills.

3.Material limitations: special tools and process parameters may be required for some special materials

But this does not mean that the water current laser cutting should be cheaper than cnc processing, depending on the structure of the product, some products are very complex, but cnc machining is cheaper!