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Water-jet Cutting System

Part-No. 180712
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Hydro-Jet 3020 - Water-jet Cutting System

Versatile water-jet cutting system for complex cutting tasks


For Abrasive & Pure-Water Cutting

  • State-of-the-art GPlus Cut control
  • Superior cutting quality and high efficiency
  • Automatic vertical scanner with integrated collision guard
  • Bridge with drives on both sides
  • High-pressure system up to 3800 bar
  • Abrasive system with large abrasives container (1000 kg) and controlled metering

Efficient Guide Machine features for maximum cut quality and cost-effective machining

  • Bilaterally driven and guided gantry
  • DC servo motors with zero-backlash gears and precise linear guides on all three axis
  • Water tank and guide machine are set up as stand-alone units
  • Fine tuned drive system with helical gears on X and Y axis ensures high precision and reliability
  • Guideways and drive elements are reliably protected from spray water and contamination
  • Extra rigid stainless steel tank with high load bearing capacity
  • Additional catch grid catches small parts
  • Electronic height-control maintains constant distance between the water-jet nozzle and the part
  • CNC controlled water pressure
  • CNC-controlled abrasive material supply - the abrasive sand is precisely metered and fed without pressure
  • Future-oriented PC control with graphic user interface and easy to use programming functions
  • Optional expansion for 3-D and multiple head applications

Water-jet cutting with a wide range of applications:

  • Mechanical Engineering: Gears, cast-iron parts, steel assemblies, stainless steel, copper, aluminum, titanium, and other metals
  • Aerospace Industry: titanium/aluminum/NiCrCo-based alloys and composite materials for use in aircraft components and aircraft engines
  • Residential and Industrial Construction: mosaics, slabs, tiles, stone aggregate, concrete, plaster boards, insulation materials, mineral fibers
  • Glass Industry: composite glass, safety glass, and Plexiglas
  • Wood Processing Industry: laminated wood boards, veneers, hardwood
  • Automotive and Automotive Supplier Industry: composite material trims, dashboards, plastic linings, tires, collars, rearview mirrors, seals
  • Electric Industry: mica, cellulose, composite resins, printed circuit-boards
  • Food Industry: baked goods, fruit, and frozen food
  • Benefits
  • The cold-cutting process ensures distortion-free cutting of any materials, without thermal stress at the cut edges and without alteration of the material structure.
  • Allows cutting of any contours, and the cut can be restarted at any contour.
  • There is never any direct contact pressure applied on the part. Despite the high kinetic energy, there are no material deformations, and a high cut precision without fraying or burrs is always guaranteed. The part surface is never disturbed.
  • Problem materials like plastic coated sheet metal, aluminum, copper, and stainless steel can be cut hassle-free and with utmost precision.
  • The very small kerf width allows optimum material utilization and seamless nesting. Raw material resources are preserved and material costs are reduced.
  • This clean cutting process is especially environment-friendly, since it generates no cutting or grinding dust, no chips, and no toxic fumes.

ECOTRON 40.37 High-Pressure Pump – the Standard Pump for Hydro-Jet Cutters

  • Maximum power and reliability for pure-water and abrasive cutting operations
  • Maximum operator safety and low maintenance
  • Hydraulic drive with axial-piston pump
  • Infinitely variable pressure control via CNC
  • Oil/water heat-exchanger for oil cooling system, or optional oil/air cooler
  • Pressure booster, complete with high-pressure tubing
  • Pulsation damper with 2.49 liter reservoir
  • Relief valve integrated in the high-pressure circuit
  • The standard pump for the Hydro-Jet series consists of drive hydraulics, pressure booster and pulsation damper plus a proportional valve to control the water pressure via CNC control. The quick-relief valve maintains atmospheric pressure in the pipe system upon completion of the cutting process. A sound proofing enclosure is available as an option to dampen the noise level of the pump.

Specifications - Hydro-Jet 3020 - Water-jet Cutting System

cutting station  
cutting range 118x79 "
travel Z-axis 10 "
table load capacity 123 lbs/ft²
abrasive / pure-water ja / yes
cutting tank is isolated from the guide machine ja / yes
type of drive Zahnstange / gear rack
feed  
feed max. 624 "/min
accuracies  
positioning accuracies (auf 500 mm) ± 0,05 / (across 20") ± 0.002"
repeatabilities (auf 500 mm) ± 0,05 / (across 20") ± 0.002"
high pressure system ECOTRON 40.37  
motor rating main drive 49.6 Hp
flow rate (max.) 1 gal/min
max. operating pressure 58,000 psi
max. continuous operating pressure 55,100 psi
stroke number 35 rpm
gear ratio 1:21,78
oil tank capacity 34.32 gal
environmental temperature for oil/air cooler 10 - 35 °
required air pressure 3.26 lbs/s
environmental temperature for oil/water cooler 10 - 45 °
water infeed 0.5 "
water pressure, with booster pump 15 - 44 psi
waste water connection 3/8 "
high pressure connection, 3/8" and 9/16" HP pipe M30x2
air supply 80 - 102 psi
compressed air connection for tube (OD) 0.24 "
required power connection 125 A
width 71 "
depth 33 "
height 38 "
weight 2,090 lbs
measures and weights  
overall dimensions 172x128x157 "
weight without water 6,490 lbs

Control - Hydro-Jet 3020 - Water-jet Cutting System

GPlus 450 Cut

The GPlus 450Cut features a customized user interface that was specifically designed to meet the special requirements for 2-D cutting


  • Easy, user-oriented operation allows quick creation of programs
  • Geometry imports from DXF and DIN/ISO program files
  • Faulty geometries can be repaired and edited with the integrated DXF Analyzer
  • 50 standard macros simplify the creation of a wide variety of geometries
  • Instant display of all starting cut changes in the drawing with simulation option
  • Optimum material utilization via grid nesting function with critical features like turning, mirroring, and manual sorting
  • Automatic cutter head distance calculation for systems with more than one cutter head
  • Material database with plate management function - for the management of all customer-specific data on machined materials, including cutting technology data, and dimensions
  • Optimum contour approach made possible by a multitude of definable starting cut conditions differentiating between circular and non-circular inside and outside contours
  • Zoom feature - enlarges the part view and all starting cuts
  • User-friendly HMI allow modification of any cutting parameters during cutting, plus easy operation including all required service messages
  • Cutting and marking in one program
  • Option: contour nesting for nesting several part types on one plate - ensures optimum plate utilization and time savings
  • After interruption of a work process, machining may be resumed at the last position
  • Calculation assurance: machining time and material consumption can be quickly determined using the cut simulation
  • Online Help: we provide prompt and proficient online support
  • Industrial PC-based CNC
  • Block processing time: 450 NC blocks per sec
  • 40 GB hard drive storage
  • 2.0 GHz Intel Celeron processor
  • 10/100 MBit Ethernet interface (to load NC programs from a network)
  • USB port for data transfers

Option: Contour nesting Part. No. 180 820 Price € 2,980




Standard equipment - Hydro-Jet 3020 - Water-jet Cutting System

CNC control with TFT monitor, electronic hand-wheel, control panel, GPlus 450 Cut software, grid nesting, high-pressure pump, abrasive cutter head, abrasives tank (2200 lbs), abrasives conveyor system, automatic Z axis with collision guard, settling tank, programming instructions, operator manual

Accessories / Tools - Hydro-Jet 3020 - Water-jet Cutting System