Application of water jet in glass cutting industry

The use of glass products in various industries is increasing. On the one hand, it promotes the development of the glass industry, and on the other hand, it also puts forward more diverse needs for the glass industry. The addition of waterjet cutting technology provides a quick and convenient solution for the diversity of glass products.
1. For flat glass, waterjet cutting can process any geometry you want. Whether it is glass technology or drilling waterjet cutting can be handy. Its main features are: diverse, accurate and beautiful, the incision does not touch porcelain, and the incision is frosted;
2. No heat is generated during cutting, arc marks will not be caused at the cutting seam, environmental protection, no need to re-process and easy to re-process;
3. Cutting and punching of any curve can be performed, no mold is needed, flexible and convenient, the workpiece does not need special clamping, and the operation is simple and convenient;
Fourth, the cutting seam is only 1㎜, the cut surface is smooth, smooth, without bursting, the cutting range is wide, and the thickness of the glass can reach 100㎜.
Now the glass panels of many home appliances need to be cut with water jets, lamps; craft glass; bathroom products, etc .; architectural decoration glass; furniture glass; automotive glass; mirror glass, etc.

Due to the limitation of the fragile nature of glass, if the mechanical cutting method is used, there will be a problem of a large amount of wasted materials, the production of finished products is improved, and the work efficiency is reduced. There are also high-cost cutting methods, such as laser, plasma and other thermal cutting methods, which are less used. If it is a manual cutting method, the efficiency is low, and it is mainly because it is very difficult to cut the curve, and the cutting of complex graphics is also inoperable. The use of water cutting, a high-tech cutting method, after understanding the factors that affect waterjet cutting, and its reasonable use, summarizes the following advantages in practice:
1. For flat glass, any geometric figure can be processed; the cutting size is accurate and beautiful, and there is no burr at the cut;
2. No heat is generated during the cutting process, it will not pollute the environment, and there is no harm to the operator's health. The cutting seam will not cause scratches, environmental protection, no need for further processing or easy secondary processing;
3. It can also perform cutting and punching of any curve, and it does not require a mold at all, and the workpiece does not require special clamping at all. The operation is simple and convenient, saving time and effort.
4. The cutting seam is only 1mm, the cutting surface is smooth, smooth, without bursting, the cutting range is wide, and the thickness of the cutting glass can reach 100mm;

Since water cutting is a non-contact type cutting, it will not cause glass breakage at all; especially for the cutting of laminated glass (that is, a layer of plastic between two layers of glass), and if a traditional diamond cutter is used Processing method Because the upper and lower glass slits are really difficult to align, the interlayer of glass is difficult to cut, the adhesive layer stretches and shrinks, and other reasons, it is difficult to apply in the processing of this material, and the high-pressure water jet cutting machine cut three After the different materials of the layer, it will be found that there is no deviation in the cutting surface, and the material properties will not be affected at all. In glass cutting, it is necessary to pay attention to the brittleness of the glass. The workpiece must be carefully supported to avoid bending stress in the glass due to the unevenness of the support surface. Its function is similar to a stress concentration point around the cutting point.
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