An abrasive jet can cut half-inch thick titanium at the rate of 7 inches per minute.
Yes. If you go to http://www.omax.com (the website of the company that manufactures these machines) and click on "materials cut" under "applications," you can see some wood items they cut in-house on a waterjet cutter.
waterjet cutting (for up to 12" thick)... or machining.
Waterjet technology is most often used to process materials such as steel, aluminum, copper, brass, or other hard types of material that you wouldn't think you could cut. With waterjet, you're able to cut these hard/dense/difficult materials with a cutting stream and CNC machinery.
There are a few sites I would recommend. waterjets.org is a great resource for waterjet cutting. wjta.org is also good. wardjet.com has tons of information and videos about the waterjet cutting machines that they manufacture. Tryhttp://www.wardjet.com/waterjet-university.html
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Waterjet uses up to 60,000 psi pressure to project water streams through the cutting head. With the high pressure of the water, and abrasive particles (garnet) mixed in with the cutting stream, the waterjet is able to cut up to 12" thick materials.
Clean lines and an able cut through a lot of harder surfaces. Plus it can be cheaper depending on time and what your cutting.
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With a waterjet.
It is great for cutting titanium. If you do cut it, it will create dust particles in the air and you have to be careful breathing them in. It is great for metal that is all ready deformed.
I think you're thinking of the Flow waterjet (see the link below), but other waterjet component manufacturers include Accustream, Omax, and KMT.
It depends on how thick of steel you're aiming to cut. But most job shops process steel with either laser cutting (for thin steel) or waterjet cutting (for up to 12" thick)... or machining.