ABSTRACT
The development of waterjets, as a tool for the cutting of geotechnical applications, had been progressing at a readily slow rate, when an entirely different venue was opened up for the commercial use of high pressure jet technology. This application, for industrial cutting, has since grown to dominate the very high pressure use of waterjets. With the subsequent addition of abrasive particles, it has become a method of choice for the cutting of expensive metals and glass. And because of the low reaction force which it imparts to the holding fixture, it has become a method easily adapted for use with robotic equipment.
