"The water jet process provides many unique advantages and capabilities compared to other methods of cutting. The process uses water at 60,000 psi to remove material without heat. This cold cutting process uses a supersonic stream of water to "grind" away the small grains of material. A very fine abrasive can be added to the water stream to increase the power of the process many times (called abrasive jet as opposed to water jet)."

• Cuts virtually any material (plastics/composites/steels/copper/brass/aluminium/glass/ceramic/stone and exotics such as titanium and inconel)
• Cuts thin material and thick (aluminium to 250mm/stainless steel to 100mm)
• No heat affected zone
• No mechanical stresses
• Extremely detailed geometry - no limits on complexity of design
• Stack material to cut many thin parts at once
• General tolerance +/- 0.2mm
• Ability to nest parts reducing material waste (part separation down to 1mm)
• Edge finishes are clean, burr - free and without oxidation or distortion - eliminating many secondary finishing operations
• Cut out requirement for secondary drilling/slotting operations
• No tooling costs
• Suitable for small or large production runs
• Computer control means easy and very low cost design modifications
• The process is environmentally 'clean' producing no hazardous substances or noxious fumes