WARDJet Waterjet University™

What is the WARDJet Waterjet University™?

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The WARDJet Waterjet University™ is the place to find answers for all of your waterjet cutting questions. Our mission is to provide friendly, easy to understand information to educate you in all aspects of high-pressure waterjet cutting. Subject matter includes pump design, gantry design, waterjet applications, waterjet in comparison with other cutting technologies, waterjet software & controls, and the exploration of business opportunities in the waterjet field. If you have specific topics or questions that you would like to see covered here, please feel free to email us with your suggestions.

An Introduction to Waterjet Cutting

0-1 Introduction to Waterjet Cutting
0-2 Benefits of Waterjet Cutting
0-3 Tolerances
0-4 Thickness And Kerf
0-5 Taper And Edge Finish
0-6 No Heat Affected Zone (HAZ)
0-7 Nesting And Common Line Cutting
0-8 Cutting Speeds
0-9 Waterjet in Any Industry

Chapter 1 - Waterjet Cutting Characteristics

1-1 Overview
1-2 Factors affecting precision & quality of the waterjet at the cutting head
1-3 Creation of the abrasive waterjet stream
1-4 Effect of speed upon kerf angle
1-5 Drag of waterjet stream and cut quality
1-6 Effect of nozzle height
1-7 Effect of speed on inside corners
1-8 Lead-in and Lead-out types
1-9 Waterjet stream's effect on accuracy


Chapter 2 - Waterjet Relationship Parameters

2-1 Overview
2-2 Desired edge quality
2-3 Pump specifications
2-4 Orifice selection - The scientific way
2-5 Orifice selection - The easy way
2-6 General pump selection guidelines
2-7 Abrasive nozzle selection
2-8 Abrasive amount and cutting speeds
2-9 Speed and efficiency of nozzle combinations
2-10 Cutting speed calculators
2-11 Machinability Index
2-12 Summary


Chapter 3 - How it Works

3-1 Overview
3-2 High Pressure Waterjet Cutting
3-3 Types of Waterjet Pumps
3-4 Parts of the Intensifier Pump
3-5 On-Off Valve
3-6 Abrasive Feeding System
3-7 Summary

Chapter 4 - Water Quality

4-1 Overview
4-2 Water Specifications
4-3 Water Treatment Guidelines
4-4 Suspended Solids
4-5 Water Supply
4-6 Heat exchanger - For Water Cooled Pumps
4-7 Oil-Air Cooler
4-8 Chiller
4-9 Water Circuit Options
4-10 Recommendation for Water Treatment




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