Waterjet

Fabrum Solutions has the most powerful waterjet cutting machine, and the only five axis machine, in New Zealand.  Waterjet cutting offers a new range of available options for redesigning products and processes and takes advantage of the powerful clean cut and accuracy of our machine.

Our state of the art waterjet cutting work is based on service and quality.  The versatility of the machine allows us the flexibility to meet your delivery requirements.  We offer a fast turnaround that is generally no more than a couple of days, and even the same day for smaller jobs.

Our machine is the most powerful in New Zealand.  Its 50HP high pressure pump allows us to cut thicker material with a more accurate cut than our competitors.  It also allows us to develop a higher processing speed to give more economical part-production.

The high accuracy (tool path +/- 0.1mm per metre) and economy of the system means that it is a competitive process for those products that are currently milled, lasercut or cut using press tools.

We are the leading supplier of profiled aluminium plate in the South Island. We stock a range of Aluminium, Stainless, and Steel, as well as Titanium, Copper, and Brass, from which we supply complex profiles or simple rectangles. Our waterjet cutting system uses pressures of up to 60,000 psi, and a cutting “beam” diameter as small as 0.5mm to provide a detailed and accurate cut.
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Waterjet cutting can be used to cut highly complex shapes and to cut simple shapes with a repeatable, high precision.

We have the ability to provide neater cuts for fitting tiles around corners or objects, or to create personalised mosaics, from simple inserts in the centre of a tile to more complex patterns.

All types of porcelain, marble and granite can be cut with no chipping.   The cut surface is ideal for polishing or gluing.

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Waterjet cutting cuts any material without burning or melting it.  There are no noxious gases and the process is fast, neat and versatile. 

This makes it possible to profile plastics that otherwise would have to be cut using a more expensive, traditional process.  The close nesting ability also has the potential to save material costs.

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Waterjet cutting of rubber with our 0.1mm cutting head allows for the economic production of gaskets from thick or thin material.  Our systems provide very small to very large gaskets with tight engineering tolerances, straight from a computer drawing.  Or we can take a pattern and reverse engineer it.  The close nesting ability also has the potential to save material cost.

We can cut gaskets for industrial, automotive (excluding head gaskets), or marine applications - all manufactured to order.

We can cut gaskets from:
•    Natural rubber insertion
•    Neoprene insertion
•    Natural black rubber
•    Neoprene
•    Black nitrile
•    E.P.D.M
•    White S.B.R.    
•    Bridge pad 620170 shore
•    Butynol roofing
•    Hard rubber
•    Silicone
•    Black viton
•    Diaphram rubber

Gaskets can be produced from samples, drawings or templates. The data is then recorded for future orders and the identical gasket can be repeated to the same specifications time after time

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Waterjet cutting can provide detailed shapes with no distortion, from a variety of foams, with our 0.1mm cutting head allowing close nesting of parts. 

This allows us to provide great looking and economical foam shapes for packaging, display cases etc.

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Waterjet cutting is the premier system for the cutting of composite materials, considered superior to handheld or CNC routers.  It will not fracture the cut edge and leaves a clean surface, with no ‘hairy’ fibres showing.

Our two dimensional cutting table is ideally suited for:
•    precision profiling of parts from flat sheet
•    ‘drilling’ holes in flanges or similar parts
•    precise trimming of parts with a plane edge
•    cutting of cured carbon fibre and Kevlar

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Dyslexia Foundation, Christchurch
We cut stainless, detailed letters for Dyslexia Foundation
House in Christchurch, in conjunction with Weta Workshops.

Printing press (classical design)
We produced the frame work for this printing press.

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Our waterjet cutting machine can cut a wide range of materials including wood, glues, MDF and perforated materials.

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