Waterjet Cutting Applications
Industries and Materials

Waterjet cutting is a versatile cutting process suitable for a wide range of materials and applications. Whether soft, delicate materials or hard, challenging materials, either pure water or abrasive waterjet cutting is used depending on the requirements. The process enables precise, material-friendly and cost-effective machining and is used in numerous industries – from the food industry to high-tech manufacturing.

Which process for which type of application?

Pure waterjet cutting

Pure waterjet cutting is suitable for soft, delicate or hygiene-sensitive materials. The process requires no additives and produces particularly clean and gentle cuts.

Typical applications:

  • Food processing

  • Foams and plastics

  • Paper and cardboard

  • Textiles and films

  • Seals and engineering materials

Abrasive waterjet cutting

Pure waterjet cutting is suitable for soft, delicate or hygiene-sensitive materials. The process requires no additives and produces particularly clean and gentle cuts.

Typical applications:

  • Metalworking

  • Glass and ceramics

  • Natural stone and tiles

  • Composite materials

  • Complex technical components

Focus on industries and applications

Food industry

Pure water jet cutting is the most advanced method for cutting a wide variety of food products. Meat, fish, poultry, frozen foods, cakes and even chocolate bars or pizza, for example, are cut using the power of pure water.

Automotive industry

Waterjet cutting, whether non-abrasive or abrasive, is an ideal solution for the automotive sector. Thanks to its versatility, it is capable of cutting materials such as aluminium, steel and composites, as well as door panels and carpets for vehicle interiors.

Aerospace

Abrasive waterjet cutting is ideally suited to the aerospace industry, as it can cut aluminium, steel, titanium, brass and various composite materials with equal ease to cut aircraft fuselages, rotor blades, and wing and tail section components with precision.

Medical technology

Abrasive waterjet cutting delivers the precision and quality required for life-saving medical implants, instruments and surgical tools. It shapes materials with exceptional accuracy while avoiding heat-related damage or other unwanted side effects.

Glass

Abrasive waterjet cutting is capable of processing various types of glass, such as standard glass, laminated glass, bulletproof glass and Plexiglas®. This enables a wide range of applications to be cut using the power of water combined with an abrasive agent.

Stones and tiles

With abrasive waterjet cutting, you can cut all types of stone and tiles – such as granite, limestone, slate and marble – for flooring, as well as ceramic tiles or sinks for kitchens or bathrooms.

Additional applications

  • Marine and offshore

  • Energy industry

  • Agriculture

Marine and offshore

Energy industry

Agriculture

  • Architecture and interior design

  • General industrial manufacturing

Architecture and interior design

General industrial manufacturing

  • Semiconductor industry

  • Special machinery manufacturing

  • Defense industry

Semiconductor industry

Special machinery manufacturing

Defense industry

Why waterjet cutting is the solution for your application

  • No heat-affected zone

  • High precision and clean cut edges

  • Suitable for 2D and 3D applications

  • Gentle processing of materials

  • High flexibility with regard to geometries

  • Minimal material waste

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Whether you’re working with soft materials, hard materials or complex geometries – together we’ll find the right waterjet cutting solution for your needs.

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Product Manager Waterjet

Mohamed Nour Ben Jaafar

Uhde High Pressure Technologies GmbH
Buschmuehlenstrasse 20
58093 Hagen
Germany

Phone: +49 2331 967 - 168

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Distribution

Kabir Hussain

Uhde High Pressure Technologies GmbH
Buschmuehlenstrasse 20
58093 Hagen
Germany

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Spare parts

Klaudius Kasuch

Uhde High Pressure Technologies GmbH
Buschmuehlenstrasse 20
58093 Hagen
Germany

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Spare parts and service

Johannes Fuchs

Uhde High Pressure Technologies GmbH
Buschmuehlenstrasse 20
58093 Hagen
Germany

Phone:+49 2331 967 - 312

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Senior Sales Engineer - Waterjet Cutting

Heinz Eichhorn

Uhde High Pressure Technologies GmbH
Buschmuehlenstrasse 20
58093 Hagen
Germany

Phone:+49 160 15 73 35 4

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Manager Services & Business Development Americas HPP, WJC, & SCF

Matt Ellinas

thyssenkrupp Uhde USA, LLC
11221 Cutten Rd, Bldg 5
Houston, TX 77066
United States of America

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