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STICKY:
Pump psi
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What is the highest psi a pump can run at?
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JWaterhouse
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10144
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Damage to Back up sleeve
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Massive heat generated into the water. The HP Cylinder seal on the incoming side was out of position. Would this be a source of heat generated? The appearance of the HP cylinder seemed like a burn mark, however I would like to make sure there are no other sources that heat would generate into the water...
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CSL
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7287
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Abrasive stream problems
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With a new mixing chamber, orifice, and mixing tube installed. I have an amazing water only stream but when the abrasive is introduced the stream is more or less a cone as opposed to a stream. any suggestiong or similar probles that have been solved. Help would be very much appreciated.
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TRMWJ10
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8739
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SAFETY PLC?
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Does anyone know how to shut the safety plc off for a Flow waterjet. I am trying to cut a piece of foam with a 45 degree angle using water only. The part is only 14" square, if have tried to move the material to the middle of the table but still get the same msg. I was told that I can shut the Safety PLC off in the Fl...
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racer87
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4392
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Hyplex 55k Pump Error
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Greetings, I run Flow machine with a 55k Hyplex pump. Started up my machine this morning, homed the axes and all, and then my motor just started not allowing me to move and having error messages come up. Automatic temperature sensor calibration warning servo system ready shut down amplifier faul...
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Delmarvarubber
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4854
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Hyplex 55k Pump Error
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Greetings, I run Flow machine with a 55k Hyplex pump. Started up my machine this morning, homed the axes and all, and then my motor just started not allowing me to move and having error messages come up. Automatic temperature sensor calibration warning servo system ready shut down amplifier faul...
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Delmarvarubber
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4519
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Mixing Chamber Damage
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These pics are of the mixing chamber and the nut that holds in the mixing tube on our Flow machine. Is this anything that any of you have come across. These parts are about 2 months old.
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sbro302
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4852
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Cougar II Pump
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We spun a bearing on the crank and need to get replacements. Flow doesn't provide help with the pump drive portion and this is 10+ years old. The bearing has the identification of 01-10 B-1 & 18037A. Any help would be appreciated. We are looking at potentially a new crank, three sets of bearing...
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Sean
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4860
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need help catching pieces
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Hello Everybody, I am fairly new to waterjet, or even machine operation and programming, been doing it for about a year and a half. Kinda just been learning as i go. We have been making team logos, namely logos for Our local state Universities. And the logos are fairly small and we are having issues wit...
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Austin
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5559
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Small Holes
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just purchased a flow mach 3 60 k with dynamic. iam looking to cut .040 holes in 7ga. stainless 304 wondering what size orfice and mixing tube would be best? using 80 hpa garnet. thanks
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sunfish
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6661
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Cutting Lexan sheet material
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Does anyone have insight on cutting clear lexan sheet material? I am cutting .03 thick clear lexan. If I cut it water only the cut edge is rough, if I use garnet, edge quality is great but, I get a haze on the top surface. Anyone have experiance with this? thanks dan
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DanMcN
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6955
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Changing resin filter
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I am new to the water jet. This machine has been abused and I am trying to get a regular pm schedule going and can't seem to find anything on how often to change resin filter I have a Mitsubishi MWX4-612 it has a tds meter but lights don't work does anyone know what ppm on meter should I change the filter I also...
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Jeramie
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4676
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Issues with things dropping in the tank
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Hello everybody! First time on this site, and rather new to everything waterjet or even machine operation. Been at it about a year and a half at a granite shop. Question being, who else out there has been making logos? For example, we have been making Iowa Hawkeye and Iowa state designed logos. If any...
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Austin
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5722
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Omax USB module losing communication
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Usually right after startup and I start running.... Machine loses communication w/ the pc... I usually reboot and re-seat and it fixes it. Huge pain, and sometimes scraps material. What causes this?
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industrialrobotix
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4439
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Draining 500lb Hopper
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OK so, we just got a finer abrasive to start using in our waterjet. However, we just toped off he hopper last week with what we have. How would I go about draining this hopper so I could fill it up with the awesome goodness that is 120 HPX? Thank you in advance. -Dedpool3
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Dedpool3
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4716
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having problems with cut at inside corners of letters
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having problems with cut at inside corners of letters, speed slows and notches corner...any help?
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bullmeat
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4804
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Rubber cutting
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Hello guys, I need help, how fast approximately can I cut black technical rubber SBR ShA 65 thickness 25mm. I dont have any experience with this material, please can anyone make some estimate for me? Thanks a lot. our pump have 2500 PSI
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barbaronan
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need help catching pieces
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Hello Everybody, I am fairly new to waterjet, or even machine operation and programming, been doing it for about a year and a half. Kinda just been learning as i go. We have been making team logos, namely logos for Our local state Universities. And the logos are fairly small and we are having issues wit...
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Austin
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4886
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Issues with things dropping in the tank
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Hello everybody! First time on this site, and rather new to everything waterjet or even machine operation. Been at it about a year and a half at a granite shop. Question being, who else out there has been making logos? For example, we have been making Iowa Hawkeye and Iowa state designed logos. If any...
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Austin
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4677
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Issues with things dropping in the tank
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Hello everybody! First time on this site, and rather new to everything waterjet or even machine operation. Been at it about a year and a half at a granite shop. Question being, who else out there has been making logos? For example, we have been making Iowa Hawkeye and Iowa state designed logos. If any...
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Austin
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4679
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2003 ifb 50 hp "howling belt"
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Morning Gentlemen, about a year ago i had to replace the crank case on the machine due to it locking up from lack of oil (my second shift guy was changing the oil on the machine and didn't finish and also didn't tell me and was my off day to check the oil level. sweet right?) i changed it out and eve...
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Robo
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5129
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BEST WAY TO ALIGN A FIXTURE
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Hi, so pretty much ive only been operating a waterjet for 6months and i understand the concept and operate the machine really well. But here at my job the engineering department and other operators cant figure out how to cut a really expensive part accurately and consistantly with very little tolera...
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jonnie2007
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5036
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KMT vs. Accustream cutting heads
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I have been using Accustream's Dialine cutting heads. I have been thinking about switching to a KMT Autoline cutting head. Is there really that much of a difference (besides KMT being 3 times as expensive) between the two? Does anyone have any stories for or against either one?
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Waterjet Will
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4817
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Cutting speeds with stone?
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I'm attempting to reach a price point on some tile designs and i'm wondering if my machine is running slow or if it is what it is. My machine is a 60k stonecrafter. I'm cutting 0.375" marble and lime stone. My cutting speed is @ 60% (turquoise) that is throttled to 70%. The design is a hexagon within a...
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NATHANDUQUETTE
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4977
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Lead In & Lead Out traces on piece
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Hi All, I am new to waterjet cutting but have had 7 years experience with CNC work centers. I have just been put on to a new 5 Axis waterjet and all is going pretty well except I cannot seem to cut a shape from a sheet of glass without the shape cut away showing traces of the lead in and lead out. I have tried diff...
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Daniel-dk
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Lead In & Lead Out traces on piece
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Hi All, I am new to waterjet cutting but have had 7 years experience with CNC work centers. I have just been put on to a new 5 Axis waterjet and all is going pretty well except I cannot seem to cut a shape from a sheet of glass without the shape cut away showing traces of the lead in and lead out. I have tried diff...
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Daniel-dk
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4788
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understanding how the head works
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Hey everybody im new to waterjets I recently joind a new company and its my first time on one. When its running good no problems but its not. Im trying to understand the functions that go on inside the cutter assembly in front. I know its normally a closed system but once the air and water come on how does it...
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Malc31
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5961
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hyplex 55k problems
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Had an operator hit the E stop button now the pump won't come up to pressure. Done a service on check valves and dynamic seal. Still no joy. Replaced pcv poppet and seat with a used one and also changed pcv kit. Run ok for about a day and now dropping pressure. Run pressure calibration and now cutting head f...
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Grahamjet
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Cutting refratory brick
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Im going to be cutting refractory brick, just wondering if anyone has any tips .
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bmf
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5162
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Cutting Alum.
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I have noticed after cutting a lot of Alum. .500 thick that it release what I believe to be a gas into the water. It clears the water up tremendously and also bubbles from the bottom for long periods of time. Does anyone have any input on this? Thanks for your help!
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jgsfishn
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5443
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