Cutting with high-pressure waterjet is a useful alternative to the conventional thermal cutting process. With the addition of abrasive materials into the waterjet a wide range of metal and non-metal materials can be cut with excellent precision of the contour, such as mild and stainless steels, titanium, aluminium, stones, glass, ceramics, filled and unfilled plastics and compounds.

Attached to an ESAB cutting machine best cutting results can be achieved. To meet the requirements of this cutting process, ESAB has developed continuous path controlled guide machines which enable full use of the potential offered by waterjets. Servo drive units run the abrasive cutting machines in a speed of 2.5-25,000 mm/min. For pure waterjet cutting up to 50,000 mm/min.