Waterjet Cutting Services

Waterjets quickly cut metal and plastic parts from sheet materials using a high-pressure stream of water and abrasive. This is accomplished with the help of a high pressure pump.Elimold offers a cost-effective waterjet cutting solution whether you need a single part, batch of prototypes, or a production order. Elimold cuts materials of different shape, size, and thickness, while saving time and providing excellent finish.

Custom Waterjet Cutting Service Factory

Since Elimold was founded, precision waterjet cutting has been at the core of our business. We continually invest in waterjet technology to ensure we always have the best waterjet technology available. Our factory currently has nine independent waterjet cutting systems, allowing us to handle production needs from single prototypes to large projects lasting several months.
In addition, our experienced CAD design team can import most drawings. If you are not sure what you want, let our design team help you create cutting designs and nest your project for optimal material usage. We also help customers with design and layout to ensure proper installation.
Our services can help complete everything from the smallest cutting jobs to high-volume production applications. We know that your project schedule is very important, so if needed, we are willing to work around the clock to meet your fast timeline. Elimold’s full-service manufacturing facility combines waterjets and routers with a fabrication shop, allowing us to transform your ideas/designs into complete projects with attention to detail and service every step of the way.
We are able to handle a variety of applications, including but not limited to tanks, adapters, high-temperature furnace components, and building components, serving a wide range of industries from equipment manufacturers to the military and construction industries. Our products always meet high industry standards and our delivery times are among the best in the industry.

Our Capabilities

Our waterjet cutting equipment provides our operation with unbridled versatility. We can cut materials up to 12 inches or as thin as 0.001 inches. Our waterjet cutters work within an envelope between 0.06 inches to 160 inches in width, and 0.06 to 320 inches in length. Waterjet cutting offers superior edge finishes ranging from 1-5 while maintaining tolerances within +/- 0.005 inches.
To cut hard materials, we can use abrasive waterjet cutters on pieces as big as 120 inches by 300 inches. Our abrasive cutters can handle materials up to 10 inches thick.

Custom Metal Fabrication with Waterjet Cutting at Elimold

While waterjet cutting may be the best method for your component, Elimold recognizes that your project’s needs are specific. That’s why our team is happy to review your project’s design and determine the best method — whether it’s waterjet cutting or laser cutting, or another metal forming service that we offer.

We offer a variety of testing and inspection procedures (e.g., surface and dimensional, ultrasonic testing, visual inspection, etc.) to ensure the quality and integrity of your metal component. We also offer value-added services, such as bending, boring, centerless grinding, double disc, grinding, drilling, forming, heat treating, rolling, stamping, and trepanning, to help you produce a fully finished part.

To find out how our waterjet cutting or laser cutting services can help with your next project, contact us today, or request a quote online.

Waterjet Cutting Materials

Elimold offers a wide range of waterjet cutting materials in various thicknesses for you to choose from. What materials do you need custom cutting?

Steel Hard Rolled
Steel Mild
Steel Tool
Tantalum
Tin
Titanium
Tungsten
Wrought Iron
Zinc
Armor Plate

Hastalloy
Hardened Steel
Hot Rolled Steel
Inconel
Magnesium
Mild Steel
Nickel Alloys
Stainless Steel
Steel Alloy
Steel Hardened

Alloy Steel
Aluminum
Armor Plate
Brass
Boron
Bronze
Cast Iron
Cobalt
Copper
Exotic Alloys

Surface Finishing

Choose Elimold for a full range of services to meet all of your project needs, from prototype to full assembly, we have you covered. We have over 15 finishing options, an extensive hardware catalog, and more!

Cutting Methods

Custom laser cutting, waterjet cuttingand CNC routing. We’ll cut your partswith the method best suited for yourmaterial.

Bending & Forming

Add dimension to your projects with ourprecision CNC bending services

Countersinking &Tapping

Quickly and easily add threading to yourparts, or allow hardware to sit flush.

Hardware Insertion

Select from our catalog of PEM press-fithardware to add nuts, studs, andstandoffs.

Anodizing

We offer Class ll anodizing services toadd durability and character to your lasercut parts.

Plating

Increase rust prevention, wear resistance,and strength with zinc and nickel plating.

Powder Coating

Give your laser cut parts a bold, long.lasting finish and protective layer in oneof 7 colors.

Tumbling

Reduce the surface blemishes andhandling scratches found in rawmaterials.

Design tips for waterjet cutting

Tolerances:+/-0.005″ on most parts. By running slower feedrates, certain parts the tolerance can be +/-0.002″.
Minimum hole size of 0.090″ diameter.
Square inside corner geometry will cut to a 0.020″ radius.
Larger inside or outside radius corner will cut slightly faster (less cost).
Maximum material thickness is 6″.
Maximum sheet size that can be cut is 6′ x 12′.

Application Advantages of Waterjet Cutting

Waterjet Cutting is cheaper than other processes.
Make all sorts of shapes with only one tool.
Cut wide range of thickness’ to reasonable tolerance up to 3” (76mm) thick
Up to 6” (152mm) or thicker where tolerance not important, or in soft materials.
No Heat Generated / No heat affected zones – this is cold cutting!
No mechanical stresses
Cut virtually any shape
Fast Setup means fast turnaround of your finished product!
Only one tool to qualify / No tool changes required.
Fast turn-around on the machine. Make a part, then 2 minutes later be making a completely different part from a completely different material.
Leaves a satin smooth finish, thus reducing secondary operations.
Clean cutting process without gasses or oils.
Makes its own start holes.
Narrow kerf removes only a small amount of material.
Your “scrap” metal is easier to recycle or re-use (no oily chips!)
You can trade off tolerance vs. speed from feature to feature on your part.
Are very safe. (No, they don’t explode, thanks to the nearly incompressible property of water.)
Draw the part / cut the part. It is that easy!
No “scaley” edges, which makes it easier to make a high quality weld
Machine composite materials, or materials where dissimilar materials are glued together
Machine stacks of thin parts all at once.

What is water jet cutting?

Waterjet or water jet cutting, is a manufacturing process that’s best described as a controlled, accelerated erosion process. A waterjet is an industrial cutting machine used to make flat-cut parts out of relatively thin, flexible/semi-rigid materials using a nozzle to focus high-pressure water through a very small hole and into a high-pressure stream or jet.

Unlike more traditional die cutting methods, a waterjet has no spinning metal rotors or die blades so a waterjet won’t change the physical structure of the material being cut. A waterjet can make parts with fine details and complicated shapes and unlike laser and plasma, waterjet cutting doesn’t produce any harmful waste or byproducts like noxious fumes or gases that could harm operators or the environment.

Limitations of Waterjet

For all of its advantages, a waterjet service also comes with some disadvantages that should be considered when deciding if it is the best operation for a part. Depending on the thickness of the material, it may be more cost effective to have the parts produced on a laser or plasma cutter. When lead time is important other potential operations, such as laser cutting fabrication, may result in faster production times. For thick parts, the kerf will widen as the jet slows down as it travels through the part. This causes less accurate feature tolerances when cutting thick material. Other operations such as CNC milling or EDM machining can hold very tight tolerances and maintain perpendicularity on vertical surfaces of a part.