Aerospace & Automotive Industries

Component Cutting Techniques

Aerospace and Automotive Industries worldwide require the manufacture of materials in a wide variety of shapes, sizes and density. High production speeds and an advanced level of durability, along with control and accuracy are required.

Composite Cutting Tools

A number of accepted cutting processes are available in the industry:

Water Jet Cutting
Plasma Cutting
CO2 Laser Cutting
Flame Cutting
EDM or Wire Cutting
Knife Cutting or Sawing

The Right Engineering Solution

Which one of these processes is right for a certain business or industry is dependant on a number of factors:

How much capital you are willing to invest in machinery.
How high running and maintenance costs will be.
Whether employees will have to be trained to use the new machinery.
What kind of material you will be cutting primarily, and to what thickness.
The cutting speed that is required.
The required accuracy and tolerance of the tool.
Whether secondary finishing will be a problem.
Whether an automated or manual process is required
Whether there will be any environmental issues with waste and pollution.
How much space is available to house such machinery.

After considering such factors, more and more businesses are discovering the advantages of waterjet cutting. Combining low production costs with versatility, the water jet technique is now becoming the leading process in both the aerospace and automotive industries.