Waterjet Cutting

Yes. As a waterjet cutting service, Total Manufacturing provides custom waterjet cutting services cut to your drawing or CAD file specifications, whether the job is a single prototype or a longer production run. Our waterjet services offer a cost-effective, competitively priced option for complex profiles, and can also profile blanks ahead of CNC machining or fabrication.

Total Manufacturing's waterjet cutting services can cut virtually any material, including aluminum, carbon steel, stainless steel, and heat-resistant alloys like titanium and Inconel. Because the process isn't limited by material hardness, materials including soft plastics through tough superalloys can be cut with the same waterjet cutting services.

Yes. Waterjet-cut parts can move directly into CNC machining, bending, welding, or other fabrication processes in the same facility. Cutting a blank closer to its final profile before machining reduces the amount of material that needs to be removed later, which is useful for large plates, weldments, or parts cut from thick stock before milling or turning.

No. Waterjet is a cold-cutting process, so it doesn't introduce the heat-affected zone associated with thermal cutting methods like laser cutting or plasma cutting. This preserves the material's original properties at the cut edge.

Waterjet cutting, also called water jet cutting, is well suited for 2D profiles, blanks, and near-net shapes that move into machining, bending, welding, or other fabrication operations. The process cuts material to prepare it closer to final geometry before secondary operations. Total Manufacturing operates two waterjet cutters for this purpose.