When it comes to the production of turbo engines and the processing of lightweight materials or composites that are difficult to machine conventionally means, the technology of multi-axis water jet cutting provides a number of advantages: it allows an easier access to the component’s target areas and involves a cold process cutting operation while at the same time reducing production costs.
The Fraunhofer IPT integrates water jets efficiently into existing process chains. In order to improve the quality of the machining process and to permit the sustainable use of abrasive solids, the Fraunhofer IPT is conducting research into component-specific and material-specific process design patterns for the use of water jet machining in a wide range of applications.