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Waterjet Cutting Applications | Fiber Cement Board Cutting

Jan. 10, 2023

The Power of Water

Waterjet cutting is by far the most flexible cutting option when it comes to materials and applications such as smart phone glass manufacturing, motorcycle helmets, fiber cement board cladding (FCB) for homes and commercial buildings, decorative floor inlays, and much more!

The Power of the KMT OEM Machine Network

KMT Waterjet Systems has a network of reliable, highly trained professional OEM's (Original Equipment Manufacturers) who specialize in water jet machine technology. These OEMs will design and manufacture the waterjet cutting table system that works best for your cutting application, and will team up to insure that you and your employees are trained with all the tools and support you need for success and higher profits. 

Among the many choices and options include: abrasive machine cutting, pure water only cutting, entry level, small and large format, taper control, bevel head, cantilever, gantry or bridge style tables, CNC software, 2-axis to 6-axis, robotic systems, food conveyors, cake cutters, combination waterjet/plasma, waterjet/SawJet, and much more.

FIBER CEMENT BOARD (FCB)  Posted Jan. 10, 2023

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Fiber cement panels are used for a wide variety of applications. They enjoy great popularity as a fire-resistant construction material for building facades. In addition, fiber cement panels are also available for roofing and decorative, intricately cut interior partitions. Accordingly, production plants for fiber cement panels can be found all over the world. The production lines usually run in multi-shift operation, which are expected to run as smoothly as possible and without any unplanned interruptions.
 
Part of the production line is a cutting station, which cuts the panels to the desired size. Typically these are circular saws that separate the still moist (green) material. Multiple issues associated with blade cutting  can be eliminated to a large extent by using KMT's waterjet cutting technology, which increases production reliability, better finished product quality, and significantly reduces maintenance related downtimes.

 

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FIBER CEMENT BOARD BLADE CUT BUCKLING MATERIAL 

  • LABOR INTENSIVE | Blade performance must be monitored and replaced often

  • INCREASED DOWN TIME | Production line must stop for trimming board length

  • HAZARDOUS WORK ENVIRONMENT | Rotary blade cutting creates excessive dust in the air

  • LIMITED CUTTING APPLICATION | Blades only cut linear with limited material thicknesses

  • POOR PRODUCT QUALITY | Rotating blades cause material to "buckle" and leave unfinished, ragged edges

 


  

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  • SUBSTANTIAL COST SAVINGS | No tooling, blade sharpening or changing blades--no production line down time

  • BETTER PRODUCT QUALITY | Uniform surface and cleaner, sharper edge quality--no material distortion

  • HIGHER EFFICIENCY | Bridge mounted cutting heads slit material instead of moving material under blades

  • GREATER FLEXIBILITY | Cuts all standard & custom thicknesses and can create intricate decorative designs

  • ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY | Clean water cutting with no dust expelled into the air

  • INCREASED PRODUCTION | Waterjet cuts faster with multiple head slitting and cross-cutting capabilities

  • FAST INTEGRATION | Easy retrofit to existing blade cutting production lines

 


  


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KMT WATERJET NEO 50-SL VI-PUMPS-CUTTING HEAD-TUBING 

  • One 50 HP pump running at 45,000psi/3200 bar

  • Five pure water cutting heads including piping and installation materials

  • Cutting head orifices can either be 0.17mm/0.007” or 0.15mm/0.006” in size depending on thickness of board

  • For a single line, the number of cutting heads running concurrently is 3x

 


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