Water Cutting Steel Plate

You can cut mild steel up to about 3 8 in.

Water cutting steel plate.

Penn stainless currently has 5 dynamic waterjet tables in order to reduce lead time. An oxyfuel torch can cut a plate sitting on slats that are above water but the water tends to over cool the bottom of the plate preventing the dross from falling off easily. Hot metal chips will fly. If the water level is too close to the plate the cutting oxygen jet can stir the water and cause it to splash up which can cause poor cut quality.

Unlike flame cutting which creates heat affected zones waterjet cutting does not appreciably heat the material being cut. We custom design cutting tools for special projects. It may not be an obvious choice but fitted with the right blade a circular saw is a great metal cutting tool. Using the angle grinder and slicer wheel.

In our test it cut through rebar like a hot knife through butter. Cut metal with your circular saw. A waterjet is a tool used in machine shops to cut metal parts with a very high pressure stream of water. Once again the primary advantage waterjet has over this competing cutting technology is its ability to cut more than just iron and steel.

Stainless plates thru 8 thick can be dynamic waterjet cut. As amazing as it sounds if you get water flowing fast enough it can actually cut metal. Thick using a ferrous metal cutting blade. We cut pipe plate billets rods bar stock slabs and multi layer laminates.

Our stainless steel grades are well suited for dynamic waterjet cutting. The term abrasive jet refers specifically to the use of a mixture of water and abrasive to cut hard materials such as metal or granite while the terms pure waterjet and water only cutting refer to waterjet cutting without the use of added abrasives often used for softer materials such as wood or rubber. Safe cut can customize a cutting system for your exact. This is done by using only a high pressured jet of water or a mixture of water and an abrasive material.

One cutting method uses an angle grinder and an abrasive cutoff or slicer wheel to cut through even the thickest steel plate with minimal effort. Water cutting steel products steel plate water jet cutting services laser profile cutting services for steel water jet cutting is an industrial process that allows the user to cut a variety of different materials including steel.