The Design and Development of the First Ever Low-Cost Waterjet Cutter
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- Hydro: The First Low Cost Waterjet
Senior Design Project -- University of Pennsylvania (2012)
WAZER -- www.wazercut.com
Adam Libert -- www.AdamLibert.com
(also on vimeo: vimeo.com/7576...)
Objective:
My team of five decided to create the first ever, small-scale, low-cost, and easy-to-use waterjet cutter, finally making this great technology available to hobbyists and small businesses on a budget.
Project Details:
I was the lead mechanical designer on this project and custom designed a fully waterproof and environmentally sealed XY gantry that would be able to withstand the water and abrasive from the waterjet. The waterjet has a cutting work space of 12"x14" and yet the machine is entirely self-contained to a footprint of only 2 feet by 2 feet, meaning that it can be easily rolled through a doorway and fit in the corner of any room. As well, it requires only a typical electrical outlet and shop air supply to run, making it a feasible option for universities, hobbyists, and small businesses with a budget of $5000 or less. The waterjet is low maintenance, requires only minimal training to run, and is able to cut through 1/4" aluminum and 1/8" steel to a tolerance of 0.005".
Results:
This project won the Mechanical Engineering Senior Design competition, and each of us on the team was presented with the Gemmill Award for Outstanding Creativity.
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I love seeing smart kids taking a crack at high-tech engineering problems.
And I like it even better when they succeed.
Best wishes for your future careers, gentlemen!
Having a machine like this, in any machine shop, especially at an isolated location, or on a ship, would be such a blessing! You need a part; so you just look-up the part number on the internet, down-load the CAD file, load up your cutter software, plug the water jet into the USB port, add a piece of metal/plastic stock, and minutes later, you've fabricated a perfect part.
So much better than ordering a part, waiting a week for delivery, and telling the client their valuable machine will be down in the meantime.
Someone is going to make a lot of money selling machines like this...
*I went to a state school and we had the pressure set wrong. On the first test it cut through the floor and carved a 5" tube through the Dean's dog. Bummer.*
I am impressed. Great idea, planning, execution and it works. Good luck in all of your endeavors.
Great Job Adam!
impressive sir!
If only there was no music, so people of Germany could watch your product in action (Damn you GEMA).
This is amazing, like the others, wish there was more info
hello Adam, congratulations for the project, you tell me where you bought nozzle and pump and pipes for high pressure? or the pieces to construct the pump? on the Internet?
if you can also tell me the approximate cost?
thank you very much
Nice Job !!!
I'm really curious as to what actually costs 10.000$ Admittedly I know nothing about the water pumps or waterjet nozzles, but other than those two systems, this thing is a pretty basic CNC machine that can be bought (or made) for under 400$
Do those compressor thingies actually cost 6-7k?
The pump costs a lot more than that.
You can build a higher pressure 30-45,000psi for around $5,000 today.
littlestworkshop No it doesn’t. I will sell you a $30,000psi pump for $2500 if you want.
Glenn Edward Do you have anything to share?
amazing
you guys did a great job with this!
I would like more info on this please. I am a silversmith and i need one of these. I am really interested please get back to me!!
I'm good on the $5,000 cost.... but I'm not going to put up the entire $5,000 on an unknown company. A deposit, yes I can do that and when the machine is available, I'll pay for the remainder. December 2017 is a long time to wait.... plus there are always issues with the first design.... I imagine you will be offering an extended warranty to fix any bugs?
Nice job.
Actually same project in our university and i need to know the type of the water pump.
what is the type of water pump??
ABDULWAHID ARMAN if your still looking search for 2000 bar air over water pump Alibaba or any overseas seller.
Is the plans of this water jet machine available?
How about the situation now?
Is this open source? Are the plans somewhere?
onjoFilms the plans were right there. Any skilled person could build one based upon this video.
The WAZER water jet already in production sells for $4500.00US. Search on Google.
Pretty sure this is the WAZER jet proof of concept.
Now it's $7500
are these hydrostatic test pumps able to give constant flow ? seem to be fluctuating flow..
nice
You need hydraulic pulsation damper, its easy to made it be yourself :)
do you mean something like a snubber restrictor? as its such high pressure 10,000psi most N2 filled ones to around 150psi would not work ??
how thick will it cut steel?
can we get the fully making procedure of this
lol
Wait a minute! Are you serious? Under $10,000 could mean $9,500, which is Not any "First Ever Low-Cost Waterjet Cutter". Come on!
where can I buy the tool? can it be sent to Indonesia?
Can any body till me the procedure to test waterjet systems
Thanks
Hi, Im planning to build a water jet abrasive based cutter for my final year project. I need some help from you guys. Can you please give me some details of your machine so that i can refer for the project?
howd urs turn out
Why does it pulse?
I need cad mode
can you explain the pump you used?
If I am not mistaken, the pump used has to be something like this: www.sunrun.com.tw/pdf/mm-85-86SPAQHH-SPE200RI.pdf and working demo: ruclips.net/video/hx_xqwi9Tz8/видео.html something so we can have an idea ... Congratulations Adam for his great work!!!
how do you know this is the pump used?
He used an air driven pump, also mentioned in his video.
Anyone know if Adam or anyone else is in production with a small jet like this?
+Ron ,We use our own technology at Micro Waterjet for high precision contract cutting. Tolerances up to 10 microns. Feel free to look us up if you have an application that does not fit conventional cutting.
We’re developing a couple of variety’s of waterjets in small tables for larger cutting at pressures of 30,000 to 60,000 psi. 30,000psi machine will cost approx $10,000 delivered. Probably summer 2019 you will see them popping up everywhere.
please tell the cost.
Can u provide me with the cad model
what a step forward! you guys gonna make this design opensource?
D25779
Price?
Great project! (but annoying music...)
That song (St Lucia - September) is actually awesome, but they only played the intro. Here's where the vocals kick in: ruclips.net/video/tBlreotoFKg/видео.html
Great Job!
(I don't care your Ugly Shoes at 2:12 LOL)
Can i get the cad model file
Too bad someone completely blows them away. There is now a desktop that provides the same cutting area for half the price.
this will never be cost effective because the garnet cost will kill you. at 10000 psi you will use approx. 6x the garnet that a 60000 psi waterjet would use for the same cut.
this would be the same as buying the cheapest inkjet thinking you would save money but then spend a fortune on ink.
aha interesting. can't this garnet be collected and reused? Are there other alternatives then using garnet from expensive companies? can't this garnet or something similar be made at home?
But you can increase cutting speed also 6x? And you can make cut in thicker steel that a lower psi will still not handle? And with some engineering and software and system optimisation you can reduce pressure and garnet usage to the optimum you need depending on your material and time or money you have to spend... its just determining the maximum performance it can do, not everything below and how those would do...
Are you going to manufacture and sell these?
10k PSI FOR $10 000 or 100K psi for $100 000. To be honest I would not buy it.
And the 10k version still works, so why buy a more expensive machine if you don't need the extra pressure? And to be fair, increasing the output pressure is a simple matter of decreasing the output piston size or increasing the input side air cylinder.
hi
are you planing to sell it commercially?
i want specification on nozzle set . i want to buy the nozzle set. can you send me address of nozzles
Make it yourself thanks to inplix page. I think it's the best way to learn how to build it in the cheapest way.
price in india
Looks like a dead project
i'm from the future and no.. it's not dead :D but it costs 8000 :D
If you see the price of diamante hole, nozzel and other small parts you undrestand the price .10000€ don't pay the oil pump of my waterjet...
The nozzle/orifice, mixing tube and the hardware for them is couple of hundred (well, 85 for the mixing tube and 15 for the saphire orifice).
The technology has advanced far to date.
worst music
$28,000 will get you a brand new state of the art CNC waterjet machine from the best on the market. While this project is cool, the abilities of the machine are not. For $28000 you can cut 6 inch thick steel. Accurately. Low cost for this machine? A $20 jigsaw could do the same work with ease.
Definitely cool though. Still has no use in industry. Got my brand new waterjet 2 weeks ago. $127,000 USD. I wont be losing any business to this toy. Unless customers want to pay 20 times what I currently charge them.
I am not impressed. People hear 10 thousand psi and are amazed. That is a lot of pressure. Machines today run ten times that pressure. 20 years ago this would of been impressive.
$28,000 will get you a cnc machine that will cut at 35000 psi. 4 x 4 cutting table. Built by the best in the business. I don't mention names cause I am not a sales rep.
Guys are trying to sell this machine. Not worth it. It is a joke of a machine.
Go buy the machine that a guy built with a pressure washer for $500. It is useless too but at least you save $9000.
Joke of a machine!
Richard Chubey $30,000 will got you a 90,000psi 8x12 waterjet depending where you shop.the technology has advanced to date that making a 45-60,000psi version of this can be built and sold for $10,000 using a 4x4 table. Our company is already working on it. Unfortunately you will lose business to it. If you own any CNC machinery you should never be dependent on others feeding you work or you won’t least very long in these days being a job shop. The days of job shops are dwindling. Be an inventor and sell your own products rather than services that’s where the money is at!