The Largest Waterjet Machine in the State of Maine! Waterjet Corporation & Front Street Shipyard

Our SUPREMA DX 1340: five-axis, 3D waterjet cutting machine make a contribution to the development of the New Manufacturing Division of Front Street Shipyard.
“When I saw Waterjet’s Suprema in action, all perplexities vanished: I flew to Michigan as Waterjet invited me to see for myself what could be done
with a 5-axis cutting head technology, supported by 6,000 bar of power.
I immediately understood that we needed that level of technology to work
high thicknesses and to be highly effective over the whole range of materials we have to process”. This is how Craig Picard, lead designer of Front Street Shipyard, an important shipbuilding company in the state of Maine in the USA, comments.
The machine model installed at the shipyard’s manufacturing site is a Suprema DX 1340. This model contains the maximum expression of water
cutting technology that the current market can offer: the cutting head works in space by interpolating 5 axes and, to this potential, a sixth working
axis is added. The machine, in fact, is integrated with a tank where the lathe
cutting of tubular parts is carried out.
The machine’s layout envisages two distinct work areas: the 12x4 metre plane on which large surface pieces of metals and composite materials are cut is integrated by a tank where the cutting and caulking of large and thick pipes is carried out. The cutting head moves from one area to another without interfering with the loading/unloading of the machined piece: this allows the operator to prepare and complete the work on one piece while the machine is working on the other. The high power which supports the machine is added to production optimization: the 6,000 bar pressure of the jet produced by the intensifying pump allows cutting large thicknesses while maintaining unaltered the accuracy and precision of the cut.
Last but not least: the integrated tank for cutting tubular components. Lathe cutting is an extremely complicated application. Waterjet has installed and engineered two movable stainless steel arms on the tank
that support the piece and allow releasing the counter-head and proceeding
with the cut in the peripheral area of the piece as well.
This is the story of a true technological gem that Waterjet has designed, built and engineered around the specific needs of the customer, once again
confirming its ability to provide customized solutions in multiple target
sectors and for the most complex production applications.
Video by Billy Black.
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