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Hi!

I am working on an assignment and were wondering if a waterjet could cut through a massive cylindrical object (approx. 200 mm diameter) consisting of 6063 alloy aluminum. smile

If so, what would be the time aspect? confuse

 



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It is possible, but the hole will be tapered. I think it will take about an hour, but we never cut these thicknesses.

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I'm sorry, bad phrasing from my side..
What i meant by "cut through" was "chop the one cylinder into two cylinders ."
I recon this will take somewhat more time?

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I think it will be possible with a 3D waterjet, but not with a 2D head. If you start at the side, the nozzle cant get close to the surface. If you start in the middle, you will see a nasty starthole.
But, a waterjet takes a long time while a normally sized bandsaw has no problems with this and finishes within minutes. The cost per hour of a 3D machine prbably exceeds the price of a new bandsaw.

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