Flow 5-Axis Waterjet

[jlboycebu]

I wonder how high would it reach if the nozzle is pointed upwards in open air.

[NinjaTTT]

How much pressure is on that nozzle?

[captainLAGER]

Is the abrasive fluid reusable?

[thisisobvious]

I have one of these in my garage.

[superasg3]

How much for this machine???

[cash4gold1]

Imagine that in your supersoaker. You could take a babies head off.

[nathan82206]

This is real Chinese water torture.

[hazzard77]

Chuck Norris' shower demonstration.

[bestamerica]

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how can this water cutting the hardern metal,,,

impossible,,,

no way

[wccti]

@bestamerica it's not jsut water, it's water mixed with garnet particles. The particles do the cutting.

[bestamerica]

wccti,

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really thank explain

[deaftodd]

What are the advantage of using the waterjet? Keep the work piece cool?

[emilen2]

Water torture?

[joeldude76]

where they make the flow logo looks like occs back fender of the flow bike

[krap101]

How is depth controlled, or is it only meant to make cuts straight through?

[krap101]

@krap101 Oh, is it by duration?

[c250783]

60,000 psi of pure genius. Operated one for cutting ceramic and tile. Amazing machine

[toprepublic]

can i build a waterjet using the flow waterjet ?

[RoboTekno]

SICK! XD

[bwhawley1]

I'd be happy just to figure out how to program the chamfers!

[albertorad77]

ABSOLUTELY IMPRESSING!!! :-O

[allesinmetaal]

waw...sooo easy and yet so powerful! we use it a lot in our company, it never stops amazing (yo: our subcontractor does it for us, we don't have this kind of equipement

[pcieng]

haha. that will be fun to fix everyday

[focus0306]

80,000+ PSI and faster then mach 3

[DubUrbano]

Ok.... Now we got water cuting metal...... How does it work? how much pressure and what is the water flow speed???....

[rimanophin]

there is an abrasive medium mixed with the water like red garnet

[silentonall]

What do you mean? Please clarify.

[rimanophin]

The Water has an abrasive mixed in right before it exits the the nozzle (usually red garnet) the abrasive is doing the work of cutting. Water jets can cut plastics, rubber and other things w/o abrasive. But to cut metals with any speed and accuracy you need the abrasive.

[Axel2989]

shouldn't wash your car with it

[damion223]

@Axel2989 yeah think of what it would do if u washed ur hands with it OUCH!!!

[SuperPromad]

@damion223 can i know the michine cost in india , please suggest electricity requirments, manpower requirments.

[ultrakool]

@Axel2989 or use it as a water pick

[doublem2008]

i wonder how does the equipment withstand such pressure!?

[JediOfTheEarth]

What kind of robot are you using??

[CosmicGrooves]

It's a Johnny 5.

[pmgodfrey]

- @CosmicGrooves -

No disassemble!

[walter0bz]

now THATS what i call a water pistol

[TrexJiGsaW]

my dads the MAN when it comes to machining. I wish I can be good as him one day.

[DannyBoy443]

@TrexJiGsaW so is mine. He's been going at it for like over 20 years now. It's been cool to see him work and create parts for various things like cars planes even some military stuff.

[Casowsky]

Like me with a full bladder lol

[Kinglevel]

hmm.. what cam program to use when programing that half pipe with texts on it? :)

[tokaytasgranit]

bende flow istiyorum ama para para para ''''

[sciencoking]

i do NOT want this to be pointed at me o.O

[ccmtor]

I like how the HP line runs through the cutter arm rather than wrap around it like KMT does.

[guitarcl]

just started a job at work cold cutting nihard wear liners for a mill. only using 2000 bar(28000psi)& common grade garnet we have a old hopper that does not work so just hold a tube in the garnet to feed the venturi nozzle the jet is .9 sappire the pump is a old hammelmann 150 17 ltr min the jig is made up of scaff clamps poles mounted on a heavy cast dolly running on concrete floor a 3 axis lance holder. . the cut is 150mm x 600mm it just does the job LOL I NEED THIS

[Spearchuckers]

So, THATS how Frost bolt does 10k damage.

[OldtimerMercedesBenz]

Lol CNC battle in WoW

[damonH24]

lol

[FrigginSmift]

The part at 3:03 is incredible and not something i thought could come from a water jet. But how come we never got to see what was cut out from the granite?

[djteac]

Thats exactly whats in my mind.

That part is so amazing, i always thought it can only be done with a CNC mill.

And the granite, it probably was something naughty ;)

[conyagus]

BEAUTIFUL FLOW

[estations]

may i know what kind of the cutting fluid in use? is there possible to control depth cutting or only for cut-through process?

thx

[naranjawusel]

cutting fluid is high-pressured water (pressure goes up to 6000 bar).

i guess you can control depth by using pure water or adding abrasives and vary pressure

[avi8tor4fn]

All the cutting shown uses an added abrasive called garnet. There is no controlled depth cutting with waterjet. Only used for through cutting.

[viestartss]

Depth can be controlled by adjusting both water pressure and movement speed. not very high precision of depth, but i have achieved +/- 1-2 mm with my waterjet machine

[ydna2]

wow....most WJ don't even have 3 axes. Interpolation of 5 axes makes this machine something to be wreckoned with...

[danway60]

So this is quite powerfull then lol

[wbmanufacturing]

really cool

[ChrisPCrunchy]

This is a mad scientists wet dream.

I wonder if they realise that their cutter has sprung a leak?

[joeyalbergo]

I wonder what happened to the 6.5" peice of Granite - they didn't show the post?!

[baramunchies]

i should buy one, great for last minute birthday gifts.

[tommee10533]

Yeah, the one i'm rebuilding uses garnet dust.

[lithiumdeuteride]

I'm surprised it doesn't use aluminum oxide, which is harder and probably cheaper.

[avi8tor4fn]

Harder, not cheaper, and causes cancer when it gets in the lungs. For this reason, garnet is used. Also, aluminum oxide, and silicon carbide will wear out the carbide nozzle in minutes. They are used for special jobs but requires venting.

[shane900403]

is abrrasive jet, not water jet... water jet are thickness limited.

[skogpekka]

Waterjets are pure engineering porn. Period.

[silentonall]

I operate and engineer drawings on an OMAX waterjet machine. So far I discovered that it can't cut burlap material. May sound funny but I once had a customer who wanted burlap cut into specific shapes yet the burlap material was way too volatile using this method. Other than that, wood, ryertex, marble, steel, stainless, aluminum, acrylic, plastics, meat(yep really!! :), cement, titanium, gold, brass, copper, nitrided steel....and the list goes on and on...OMAX can handle.

[zsnaj]

What kind of pressure is the water under before its released?

[LeGeore]

too bad flow bought omax.

omax is THE best wj machines ever made imho.

typicly 45k to 60k psi (ours run at 48000psi)

tips aka mixxing tube aka nozzle

normally last 80-100hrs

I have cut 15inch 17-7 stainless. wasnt pretty

for sure but can be done. with 55k@125hp, .022 diamond jewel and a .050 nozzle

Cutting Technology Inc

[peperstreet]

very great . amazing

[littlebenoit16]

do you have to replace the tips often?

[al1500321]

how many psi or gpm is the machine running at?

[tuckntiremaz]

on average 60,000 psi.

[atomgonuclear]

nothin your regular 5 axis mill with the right tooling couldnt do in probably half the time..... however being able to cut granite that thick and fast is nice

[milwaukee69]

Actually the advantage is that you can nest parts out of entire sheets - something a machining center can't do. But you're right - as long as the parts are pre-cut.

[AndoCommando3]

amazing....

[sammikhan112]

You have to thank Norway for that tecnology ;)

[bougabouga]

i know what im getting for my next water gun war

[NSResponder]

I know what I want for Christmas.

-jcr

[ashes48]

love to have one of these but I dont have the money to get started yet.

[enytned1]

Awesome video. Great work!

[serge933]

Incredible how presurrized water can cut throgh steel like that, Love the new 5-axis, Saw it first on American Choppers hehe, They built a theme bike for Flow Jet

[tdcadguy]

You might not know this, but there is abrasive media in the water. It's not just straight water.

Amazing procees for sure!

[serge933]

Oh yea I knew that, but still, something thats not solid cutting through metal and espeically that 6 inch slab of granite is incredible.

[tdcadguy]

Yes, it truly is amazing. Sometimes I forget to look at things in a more realistic manner. I get used to seeing stuff like this and forget just how amazing it *really* is.

Another amazing machine is a wire EDM. It uses a brass wire that is only .01" and is capable of cutting through hardened steel. Seems impossible (even after knowing the process) but it happens every day, and to a very high level of precision.