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What Factors into The Price of A Water Jet Cutting System?
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f you’re in the market for a new or used water jet cutting system, then we don’t have to tell you how expensive these machines are. Water jet cutting systems are complex machines with high powered pumps, automated cutting heads, lots of moving parts, and optional add-ons – all of which contribute to the expensive nature of the machines. However, the costs of any one system can vary greatly when compared to another. Depending on a variety of factors ranging all the way from pump type and pressure to what kind of table and cutting head system, the cost differences between any two systems can be tens of thousands of dollars. What specific factors impact the price the most? How is the cost of your system calculated? In this post, we’ll explore the factors that have the greatest impact on the cost of any one system.
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30 IMD JULY 2020
Pumps and Horsepower
What kind of a pump you need all depends on your product and/ or application. However, the various attributes of the pump required can have a large impact on the price of the pump and thus the overall system. Generally speaking, the more horsepower you need the pump in your system to have, the higher the cost. The type of cutting system you’re using (and the various parts of the system) impact what horsepower rating pump you’ll need. To calculate the amount of horsepower you need. Contact your distributor, supplier, and/or manufacturer. This tends to be a complicated issue, so we feel it’s best to talk it out with a professional.
Cutting Head and Axis Again, like most cutting system attributes that factor into the total
