Publish Time: 2025-07-08 Origin: Site
Recently, YC WATERJET demonstrated its technical prowess by successfully cutting an oversized aluminum block using its max 5-axis waterjet cutting machine. The processed material measured 260mm in width and 100mm in thickness, featuring an 87-degree bevel cut. This high-precision, large-scale cutting task solidifies YC Industry’ s leadership in waterjet technology.
The Challenge: High-Precision Bevel Cutting on 100mm Aluminum
Aluminum’ s lightweight, high-strength, and corrosion-resistant properties make it indispensable in aerospace, automotive, and architectural industries. However, traditional cutting methods often cause deformation or heat-affected zones. Waterjet cutting emerges as an ideal solution.
YC WATERJET’ s 3D max 5-Axis Technology employs a dual-swivel cutting head (A-axis ±45°& C-axis 540° continuous rotation) combined with a gantry structure. By integrating angular compensation with XYZ-axis movement and real-time jet trajectory correction, it eliminates the "tapered cut" effect common in conventional waterjets. This innovation enables single-pass bevel cutting on 100mm-thick aluminum – turning the "impossible" into reality.
5-Axis Waterjet: The Pinnacle of Cold-Cutting Technology
The max 5-axis waterjet cutting machine used by YC WATERJET is a leader in the waterjet cutting field.
--Dynamic Compensation Technology:
While the cutting head moves in the XY plane, it real-time adjusts the jet inclination through a precision servo system, ensuring verticality error of the 260mm ultra-deep cut section remains below ±0.1mm;
--Ultra-High-Pressure Jet System:
Water pressure intensity exceeds 380MPa, coupled with 0.45μm-level filtration accuracy, guaranteeing jet stability;
--Full-Range Adaptability:
In addition to aluminum, it can cut over 300 materials including stainless steel, titanium alloys, composites, ceramics, stone, and glass—particularly excelling at aerospace heat-resistant alloys and other materials difficult to process with traditional techniques.
The five-axis linkage design of YC WATERJET’ s max 5-axis waterjet cutter endows the cutting head with powerful flexibility, allowing it to swivel in any direction and greatly expanding cutting possibilities. By pre-setting bevel model patterns in software, combining real-time trajectory calculations from the CNC computer, and making corrections based on the workpiece material and thickness, the cutting head continuously adjusts its angle during the process. This enables complex 3D cutting—such as bevels, chamfers, and high-precision conical surfaces, arcs, and complex spatial curves. Whether simple 2D cutting or intricate 3D machining, the large 5-axis waterjet cutter handles it effortlessly with extremely high precision and minimal error margins.
YC WATERJET: A Global Icon in Waterjet Technology
As a professional manufacturer focused on R&D, production, and sales of "CNC ultra-high-pressure waterjet cutting machines (commonly known as waterjets)," YC WATERJET has been committed to innovation and development in waterjet technology since its establishment in 1999. Located in Yangshan Town, Huishan District, Wuxi City—by the scenic and conveniently accessible Taihu Lake—the company boasts a prime geographical position. After years of relentless effort, YC WATERJET has not only achieved outstanding success in the domestic market but also expanded its foreign trade business to over 60 countries and regions worldwide, including the United States, Russia, and Saudi Arabia.
Its technical DNA integrates top international expertise from companies like American FLOW and German KMT. Moreover, it independently developed a gantry-integral casting annealing process that eliminates 95% of structural stress, enabling long-term precision stability far exceeding industry standards. From fully enclosed small cutting tables to 12-meter G-series heavy-duty waterjets, YC Industry continually pushes the boundaries of "water" and "technology."
This successful cutting of super-sized aluminum material with the large 5-axis waterjet cutter has allowed YC WATERJET to redefine the sharpness of Chinese intelligent manufacturing with "water as its blade," while also proving its profound expertise and formidable capabilities in waterjet cutting technology. In the future, YC WATERJET will continue to deepen its roots in the waterjet field, persistently exploring innovation and "building high-pressure momentum" to provide global customers with superior, efficient waterjet cutting solutions, promoting the widespread application and development of waterjet cutting technology across more industries.