This odorless dust free and relatively heat free process can also cut something as thin as five thousandths of an inch.
Water cutting stainless steel.
Stainless plates thru 8 thick can be dynamic waterjet cut.
Penn stainless currently has 6 dynamic waterjet tables in order to reduce lead time.
To cut or drill stainless steel without wearing down your drill bits or blade you ll need three things.
You ll want to keep your drill bit or blade cool spraying water from your squeeze bottle on the bit and maintain a slow cutting speed.
In fact it is by far the best option.
A variable speed drill or saw a squeeze bottle and water.
Water jet cutting is suitable for the cutting of stainless steel.
One of the most heralded benefits of abrasive waterjets is that it is a cold cutting process meaning there are no heat affected zones.
Actually it s not the water alone.
Penn stainless offers stainless steel dynamic waterjet cutting in order to process complex part geometry.
For thin sheet materials up to about 18 gauge in thickness the lower the gauge the thicker the metal the best ordinary shop tool is electric shears.
This allows for a part that was cut on a waterjet to be welded immediately.
Stainless steel a water jet can cut a sandwich of different materials up to four inches thick.
Cutting steel with water cff stainless steels houses one of the largest commercial dynamic water jet cutters aptly named flowzilla flowzilla s cutting surface is a massive 80 inches by 288 inches and processes stainless steel plates up to 6 inches in thickness contact cff today for more about water jet cutting.
Another advantage of laser cutting is that it s able to cut through a wide variety of materials.
So let s get down to business.
The tiny jet stream permits the first cut to also be the final finished surface.
Although laser cutting is often seen as complimentary to waterjet with many shops using both technologies the latter does have some distinct advantages over the former.
With abrasive waterjet cutting stainless steel is quick easy and removes the need for many secondary processes.
The best tool for cutting stainless steel will vary depending on the material you re cutting.
If you want to laser cut steel or another metal on a very small scale laser cutting is a great way to do it.
Water jet cutting can cut through at least 25 centimetres of virtually any material this including metals stainless steel amongst them.