When it comes to waterjet cutting machine, you may not be able to imagine what kind of tool it is, but when you see the word “knife”, you will definitely associate the cutting thing, yes, waterjet cutting machine is a kind of Equipment for cutting some industrial materials. Next, Goode will show you how to choose a CNC waterjet cutting machine.
1. Power requirements
The guiding principle is to take advantage of it, and if you buy a 200-power, hp milling machine, choose the right tool and processing parameters so that it can achieve 80% of the power usage of the machine tool, as the workpiece and fixture allow. Special attention should be paid to the power/speed meter in the machine tool manual, and the tool that can achieve a good cut should be selected according to the average power range of the machine tool power.
2. Number of cutting edges
The principle is, the more the merrier. Buying a knife that costs twice as much as a cutting knife doesn’t mean paying twice as much. Over the past decade, advanced designs have driven the cutting of slotting knives, and the number of cutting blades has doubled in cutting knives and some milling knives. It is not uncommon to replace milling cutters with only 4 cutting blades with advanced milling cutters containing 16 cutting blades. The increase in the number of reasonable cutting blades also directly affects the feed and productivity of the operator’s table.
3, Choose an integrated tool or a modular tool.
Small format knives are more suitable for integrated design, while large format knives are more suitable for modular design. For large-scale knives, when the knives fail, customers usually want to get new knives only by replacing small parts at low prices. Especially for grooving and boring tools.
4. Choose a single knife or a multi-purpose knife
Compound tools are generally better suited for smaller workpieces. For example, multi-purpose tools can be combined with drilling, turning, internal hole processing, threading and chamfering. Of course, the more complex the workpiece, the more suitable it is for multi-purpose tools. The machine tool can only bring you benefits when cutting, not when closed.
