Water jet cuts superalloy

The University of Nottingham water jet is used to cut a nickel superalloy component which will later be used as a jet engine part. More at http://www.test-tube.org.uk/

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Science & Technology

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• water
• jet

[ElveeKaye]

Hard to believe water can cut through solid metal like that. I always thought they used lasers for cutting things like that to such precision.

[mullymyster]

It would cut through you like a hot nife through butter

[criticaboutvids]

@LBPCraftsman Still water. :)

[LBPCraftsman]

@criticaboutvids Yes, but over a couple million years.

[TheTambourineOMan]

Let's see NeverWet stop this!

[criticaboutvids]

What everyone doesn't realize, is that water is what cut the grand canyon also.

[BoredChemist]

When they use water jets isn't there sand in the water to cut the metal

[djehuty13]

The noise it makes is pretty epic! :)

[knifemakejake]

what part of what jet engine?

[allu771]

@ElveeKaye Water cuts, laser burns and melts. That is the main thing.

[uberzj]

@ElveeKaye

We use water jet for all of our metal/wood/plastic cutting at my college. Lasers are better in some situations, but ours isn't delivered yet.

[MrFatdubyman]

nah it doesn't take that much energy to do that maybe just two or three fission reactors