Waterjet cutting was originally conceived as a mining tool in the mid-1800’s, in a process known as hydraulic mining. In the 1930’s, a paper company in the USA produced a cutting machine that was used to cut paper with a narrow jet of water. By the 1950’s, water jet machines had been developed that could Read more »
Lasers have become one of the most useful tools in metal cutting. The most recent technological development in laser cutting is the fiber laser. Unlike the classical CO2 laser, a fiber laser generates the laser beam within a special optical fiber. This provides unique capabilities, and certain advantages, over the CO2 laser: Since the light Read more »