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Steel Waterjet Cutting

Who can cut my plate or laminate cold, without a heat affected zone?

What it is

Cutting with a high pressure abrasive-laden water stream, producing no heat affected zone.

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Companies that perform this process on customer material.

  • Clifton Steel Reported
    Maple Heights, OH · Converter Distributor

    Cutting is a named service. The method is not specified, so this should be confirmed. Armor plate at high hardness is usually cut by waterjet or plasma rather than sawn.

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  • Berthoud, CO · Service provider

    Abrasive waterjet on three large-format systems. Waterjet is a cold process, so there is no heat affected zone and no temper change at the cut edge. Table size, maximum thickness and certifications are NOT published, and no AS9100 is claimed. Confirm before treating this as a qualified aerospace source. Carbon steel is named explicitly.

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