Toughened glass machinery

      CNC waterjet glass cutting is a cold-cutting process that eliminates slag deformation and dross waste-unfortunate effects found in plasma and laser cutting process. Moreover APW waterjet enable you to cut a variety of applications with ease. Whatever the shape, dimension or material, our easy-to-use software makes the job easy.

     Glass has a tendency to crack, so it is very important that the initial holes are produced with a reduced pressure of 7,200 PSI/500 bar to 11,600 PSI/800 bar. Subsequently, the pressure must be increased to a cutting speed that is cost-effective. For glass, ceramics and other brittle materials, you must gradually increase and reduce the cutting pressure by means of proportional pressure control of the intensifier pump, otherwise the material would be destroyed.

Benefits for glass cutting with waterjet

• Allows for complex and fine profiles that cannot be achieved with other methods at reasonable costs
• Glass does not crack during processing
• Suitable for the cutting of various glass types
• Cuts glass panels up to 20 cm in thickness
• No need to change tool when changing from thin glass to thick glass
• No or reduced need for reworking of the cut edge
• No wastage of material, narrow cutting gap
• Efficient method to produce holes in glass
• No need for resharpening the tool 

(Not suitable for the processing of hot glass)