5-Axis Waterjet
Cutting Services
Abrasive waterjet cutting at up to 90,000 PSI, with no heat-affected zone, no material distortion, and tolerances tight enough for flight hardware. Based in DFW, serving customers across the United States and beyond.
What is waterjet cutting?
Waterjet cutting drives a stream of water and abrasive garnet through a small orifice at extreme pressure, eroding through material rather than burning it. Because nothing is melted, there is no heat-affected zone, so material properties, hardness, and grain structure come out the far side of the cut unchanged.
Our waterjet cell is built around production, not one-offs. A header system of ultra-high-pressure pumps carries enough spare capacity that a scheduled or unscheduled maintenance event does not stop the line, which is what makes true JIT delivery possible for customers running uninterrupted schedules.
Work ranges from straightforward 2-D profiles nested for maximum material yield, through complex 3-D geometry cut on 5-axis machines with custom fixturing built to hold and protect high-value parts during the cut. Two of the systems also handle coatings removal and precision hole drilling on aerospace and industrial gas turbine components.
Every job is inspected against our AS9100D and ISO 9001 quality system before it ships.
Waterjet Capabilities
- Dual cutting heads on two systems
- Multiple machines to absorb large production runs or compress delivery schedules
- Quick setup for prototype runs
- Larger work envelopes than most facilities
- Custom fixturing and jigging for non-traditional projects
- Very small parts through very large parts requiring multiple programs
- Coatings removal and precision hole drilling
Where waterjet beats every other process.
Waterjet cuts a wider range of materials, faster and more precisely, than the alternatives, and it is the only sensible answer in four situations.
Reflective Materials
Laser beams can bounce off highly reflective metals like aluminum and copper and damage the machine. A water and abrasive stream sidesteps the problem entirely.
Soft Materials
Rubber, foam, and gasket stock tear or melt under traditional methods. Waterjet cuts them cleanly with minimal mechanical force and no secondary finishing.
Thick Materials
Waterjet cuts material several inches thick with a narrow kerf, so material loss stays low even on expensive plate and billet.
Complex Geometry
CNC control follows highly detailed paths at tight tolerances, and 5-axis motion opens up geometry that flat cutting simply cannot reach.
Why use a 90,000 PSI waterjet system?
Maximum Industries is one of the only shops in the United States offering these services on a 125 HP, 90,000 PSI 5-axis waterjet system. The pressure is not a spec-sheet number. It changes the economics of the job.
Faster Cutting
Higher pressure drives cutting speeds up sharply, which means more throughput per shift and opens the no-heat process to jobs that could not previously justify it on schedule.
Lower Abrasive Cost
Roughly two-thirds of waterjet operating cost is abrasive. At 90,000 PSI it takes less abrasive per linear inch of cut, saving on the front end buying it and the back end disposing of it.
Tighter Tolerances
Jet quality improves with pressure, producing a cleaner edge and tighter tolerances than lower-pressure systems deliver on the same material.
Cutting for the programs that cannot compromise.
Aerospace & Defense
Oil & Gas
Medical
Automotive
Industrial
Have a part that needs cutting cold?
Send the models, drawings, and specs. We will review the application, recommend the right pressure and setup, and quote it.