An innovative dynamic waterjet system with active tolerance control produces more accurate parts at significantly higher cutting speeds than parts cut with a conventional waterjet.
Since the introduction of Dynamic Waterjet Flow was able to further strengthen its world market leader position in waterjet cutting. Tremendous cost advantages and cut part quality improvements are not the only reasons for this successful business development. The high flexibility and the easy handling add to the reasons why customers decide in favour of Flow systems.
The innovative Dynamic Waterjet system with Active tolerance Control produces more accurate parts at significantly higher cutting speeds than parts cut with a conventional waterjet.
Dynamic Waterjet utilizes a newly-developed advanced motion system that incorporates unique mathematical cutting models, which control a small, articulated wrist that is attached to the waterjet cutting head.
This wrist allows the cutting head to tilt in any direction, compensating for the stream lag and taper experienced with conventional waterjet cutting machines.
Stream lag and taper are a natural, but undesirable, result of cutting with a beam-type cutter such as a waterjet.
The faster parts are cut, the greater the stream lag.
Stream lag causes part geometry errors.
In addition, as cut speed is increased through a given material, the waterjet beam produces ever-increasing taper.
Conventional waterjets must slow down in order to reduce or eliminate finished-part tolerance errors caused by stream lag and taper.
Now, with Dynamic Waterjet, these limitations are overcome.
Summary of Dynamic Waterjet advantages.
Significantly improves cut part geometry and tolerances (+/-0.05mm under optimal conditions possible).
Cuts parts 25-300 % faster than conventional flat stock waterjet cutting machines.
Virtually eliminates taper.
Reduces cost per part by up to 75%.
True part stocking ability with consistent tolerance layer to layer.
Cuts a variety of materials, such as metal, stone, glass, and composites.
Easy to use and easy to program.
Dynamic Waterjet is available for both of our machine types, the Waterjet machining center (WMC2) and the Integrated Flying Bridge (IFB2).
* About Flow - with more than 30 years of experience and more than 9,000 installations Flow is the world market leader in the development, design, and sales of ultrahigh-pressure pumps and complete waterjet and abrasivejet cutting systems for processing a wide variety of materials.
Flow Europe is a subsidiary of Flow International Corporation, USA, and the European Headquarters for all products relating to ultrahigh-pressure waterjet cutting technology.
Flow Europe has subsidiaries in France, Italy, Spain, and UK.