Cast your mind back to when you were in school – what did the CDT, or design suite (or shed perhaps) have in stock? We think back to some pretty rudimentary metalwork machinery, equipment that might be OK for making a fork or a crowbar, but probably not so hot for making parts for an… Read More
Water Jet Cutting and Advances in Medical Care
Of all the practical uses for water jet cutting, few can match the importance of using this technology in the field of medical care. We wrote a few years back of how water jet cutting was increasingly being embraced by the medical profession and we are delighted that this trend has continued. The technology is… Read More
How water jet cutting stopped fixing Sydney’s sewers from being a pipe dream
In Sydney, they had a problem with their sewers, a problem that needed sorting and soon. Don’t worry, this isn’t the blurb from a straight-to-DVD horror about a super crocodile living below the city streets. Instead, it is somewhat more mundane but just as problematic. Well, almost. Sydney had a huge problem with blocked drains,… Read More
Water Jet Cutting in Ukraine
As the appalling Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, we were minded to go off on a tangent and delve into water jet cutting in the country. From a very human perspective, we wondered about people just like us, who work in the same industry and now find themselves in the midst of a conflict. Hopefully,… Read More
Why Pressure Isn’t Everything
Modern water jet cutting machines run at dedicated centres can produce around 90,000 PSI, this a sizeable increase in pressure from even a decade ago. You might assume that the trend will continue and in time to come, pressure will go into six digits, past 100,000 PSI and beyond. This may be the case, certainly… Read More
