Stripped Back to the Frame
This Watercut 172 LX came out of production in working order, but it was due a thorough service. Rather than patch it up, we took it apart completely and built it back up with reconditioned and new parts.
All the hydraulics were renewed. Motors and bearings were replaced, new cutting nozzles were fitted, and the machine was repainted before it went back together and was tested.
Cutting without a blade
A Watercut cuts with a high-pressure water jet instead of a knife. Nothing solid touches the product, so there is no pressure on it and no blade to blunt or resharpen. The jet follows programmed shapes, straight or complex, and the machine holds more than 500 cutting programs.
Machine details
- Manufacturer: Metronics Technologies, Spain
- Cutting pressure: up to 2800 bar
- Sapphire nozzle: Ø 0.15, 0.17 or 0.20 mm
- Cutting speed: up to 200 mm/s
- Maximum product height: 80 mm
- Machine dimensions: 1742 x 1172 x 1084 mm
- Weight: 750 kg
- Power supply: 400 V – 3 – 50 Hz, 32 A
- Water: softened and filtered, min. 3.5 bar. Compressed air: min. 6 bar
Figures taken from the machine documentation.
