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The Z-45 Waterjet

ZX-45 waterjet cutting system
ZX-45-5 waterjet cutting system

Our Z-Series and R-Series waterjets are the highest accuracy waterjets we build.

WARDJet's Z-45 is built to allow you to benefit from a large working capacity, yet take up only a small part of your precious floor space -- the footprint for the gantry is approximately 6' x 7'.

The benefits of owning a Z-45 are many! With a cutting envelope larger than 4' x 5' our waterjet allows for a wide variety of different sizes of materials to be cut with multiple cutting heads. By having an extra foot of space beyond the standard 4', we have created room for a second Z carriage to be parked when not needed, while still allowing the remaining head to have a full 4' of travel. It is also possible to cut 5' wide with one or two heads on the system.

The Z-45 is designed to allow longer sheets to be fed from front to back through the system, making it easy to cut sheets 5' wide by any length. So even though this is a small machine, it has the cutting capability of a 5' x 10' waterjet, or larger, when using our easy indexing capabilities.

The Z-45 comes with all the fantastic features that are standard with any Z-Series machine, including the freedom to choose which type or combination of grating and clamping system you want from our options.

Following are the statistics for a standard Z-45:

Machine Dimensions Footprint 81.88" x 76.71" Gantry Only
Depth of tank 35"
Cutting Envelope X-Y Travel 50" x 60"
Software Advanced CAD/Cam Software Installed on customer's personal computer
Power Requirements Controller: Burny LCD-10 120V, 20 amps, X-Classic & XL 220V 30amps
30hp pump: 460V, 38 amp OR 230V, 76 amp (more info on pump requirements in the pumps section)
Air Requirements Minimum 40 psi for bulk feed hopper
  Minimum 20 psi for mini-hopper
  Minimum 80-90 psi for cutting heads
Water Requirements As a guide, a 30hp intensifier pump requires 1.1 gpm of water for cutting at 40,000 psi and 0-4 gpm for cooling water
Number of Z-Carriages Maximum 2
Mini Hopper One WARDJet Inc. patented mini-hopper per cutting head
Bulk Feed Hopper 1100 lb pressurized standard
Drive Mechanism Ball screw driven in all axes
Tolerances
Linear positional accuracy: +/- 0.003" (over 4' - 5' span)**
(tighter tolerances generally achieved)
Repeatability: ± 0.001" (over 4' - 5' span)**
(tighter tolerances generally achieved)
Speed From 0.01 ipm up to 500 ipm with an X-Series Controller
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