top of page

Waterjet cutting at the University of Sunderland

  • joannemitchellglas
  • Nov 19, 2014
  • 1 min read

I use a waterjet cutter as part of the process of making my PhD work at the University of Sunderland. A waterjet is similar to a laser cutter, but uses high pressure waterjet and garnet grit to cut through glass or metal. The process involves creating a drawing in AutoCAD or Adobe Illustrator and then programming the machining of the cut. It is a complicated process, but allows you to cut glass with a level of detail and accuracy that was previously impossible!

This is the waterjet console at the University of Sunderland with a drawing of some test pieces ready to cut:

And an image of some of my cut glass on the cutting bed:

 
 
 

Comments


Featured Posts
Recent Posts
Archive
Search By Tags
Follow Us
  • Facebook Basic Square
  • Twitter Basic Square
  • Google+ Basic Square
bottom of page