Waterjet, explained.
Buying a cutting machine is a serious decision, and the marketing around it rarely tells you the whole story. These guides do. Plain English, no hype — how abrasive waterjet cutting actually works, how it stacks up against laser and plasma, what it cuts and how thick, and what really drives speed and cost on the floor.
Five guides, no sales call.
How abrasive waterjet cutting works
Intensifier, orifice, garnet and focusing tube — the full path of the jet, and why cold cutting leaves no heat-affected zone.
Read →ComparisonWaterjet vs. laser, plasma & EDM
An honest side-by-side across materials, thickness, edge quality, heat and finishing. Where each process wins — and where it doesn't.
Read →MaterialsWhat a waterjet cuts — and how thick
Stone, porcelain, ceramic, glass, aluminum and steel, with real maximum thicknesses in mm and inches, tied to the right machine family.
Read →EconomicsCutting speed & cost, explained
What sets the pace of a cut, and a worked, indicative example of the revenue a single stone sink cutout can carry.
Read →Inside the machineThe technology Rich builds in-house
Our self-developed IP68 cutting head and intensifier — engineered and machined at our own base since 2008.
Read →Skip the brochure. Spec a real machine.
Tell the configurator what you cut and it returns the right Rich waterjet — built around an IP68 cutting head and intensifier we've engineered in-house since 2008.