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Water Jet Cutting

Quality Fabrication and Design, has been manufacturing snack food equipment since1987. Part of our wide range of equipment manufacturing is our shops flexibility to do custom water jet cutting. Currently occupying a manufacturing facility comprising of more than 86,225 square feet, Quality Fabrication & Design is fully equipped with a CNC water jet cutting machine that has added additional flexibility and capacity to cut any shapes and thickness of steel on a cutting bed size of 5' X 10'.

Our water jet operators study blueprints, sketches, engineering drawings, and our clients specifications to determine the dimensions and tolerance allowances of the finished product parts. Control details and set up requirements are calculated to regulate water jet cutting factors such as speed, depth and angle of cut. Machine control data is entered into the computer controller to direct the fabrication of the metallic and nonmetallic product parts. Accurate tolerance and no heat distortions while cutting assures no additional surface finishing is required in the manufacture of a quality product for out clients.

Whatever is your industrial need, water jet is an accurate, flexible, and efficient cutting system. You owe it to yourself to give us the opportunity to work with your engineering staff, your project manager, or yourself on your next project. There is no project too small or too big that we wouldn't like to assist you with!!

Please don't hesitate to pick up the phone and call Alex Pier
at 972-304-3266, Ext, 402, or e-mail me if you prefer
alexpier@quality-fabrication.com.

...and remember..."Quality, it's just not a name, it's the way we do things"

The process of water jet cutting is simple. Water is pressurized to 55,000 psi by hydraulic intensification, and then forced through a small orifice in the cutting head. Inside a mixing tube, abrasive is mixed with the high pressure water, creating an abrasive water jet stream that exits the nozzle at about 1.5 times the speed of sound. Through a combination of micro erosion and a shear yielding of the material a narrow section of material is removed all the way through the thickness.

What are the Advantages of Water Jet Cutting?

It is cost effective in several ways:

No additional surface finish is required
Maintain accurate tolerance while cutting
Since heat is not applied, no heat distortion is present
No structure changes regardless of material thickness
The final finish is clean and smooth around the cutting edge

Whatever your industrial need, water jet is an accurate, flexible, and efficient cutting system. We specialize on:

Aluminum
Carbon Steel sheet metal and plate
Inconel
Plastics
Rubber
Stainless Steel sheet metal and plate
UHMW and Teflon Sheets

Quality Fabrication and Design, LP uses a jet of water so powerful it cuts cleanly and precisely through material in a single pass without heat, shredding or crushing. We use a combination of water and garnet to cut through materials considered “un-machineable” by standard cutting techniques. Because we cut with a narrow kerf, parts can be tightly nested, maximizing material usage.

Our water jet cutting provides extremely accurate cuts, with a high degree of repeatability, over a wide range of materials and shapes. We can cut complex shapes, detailed corners and near-net parts with linear accuracy of ± 0.005 inch.

Because our water jet cuts at room temperature, there is no heat-affected zone, thermal stress, hardening or annealing to your material. Since there is no tool-to-part contact, mechanical stress, shredding, crushing and other surface damage is eliminated.

Our water jet cutting can provide you with numerous machining and cutting processes all in one operation. This can reduce or eliminate secondary operations for you, saving you both time and money. Our water jet performs: cutting, blanking, slitting, sawing, punching, profile milling, drilling and gear cutting.