Water jet cutting, already the favoured technology used for cutting parts in many industries, is set to see extraordinary growth over the next decade. That is the finding from Research Nester, which has analysed the global market and worked to predict future usage based on changing industry demands. The research suggests a rate of 5%… Read More

Water jet cutting is known to cut metal, plastic, stone and pretty much any other material you care to name but there is one other thing it is amazing at cutting too. Waste. By using water jet cutting, less of a resource is needlessly thrown away, this of huge benefit to the bottom line but… Read More

In the 1950s, a water jet cutting system was developed that could reach a pressure – measured in psi – of 100,000psi. Modern machines do not typically reach this figure – so what happened? Why was the 1950s version so powerful and why is less power needed now?

Is it possible to see everything there is to see with regards to water jet cutting? There will always be new uses for the technology to be found, new items to cut. In recent years, water jet cutting has been used ever more for electronics, utilised by talented artists and moved into food production. It… Read More

If you go to see the doctor, dentist or surgeon you may not wish to see a water jet cutting machine. For all the accuracy, and the fact it is inert, we are probably not yet at a stage where people want 80,000 PSI water jet cutting to lance a boil or cut off a… Read More