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#1 Posted : 20 June 2007 08:56:00(UTC)
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Posted By Bob Youel

Anybody come across portable cutting equipment for flags / kerbs etc where the cutting process is by the use of a water jet not a disc type cutting wheel and the equipment can be used on a site

I have; but outside of the UK and in manufacturing in the UK

Would cut down HAVS & dust problems
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#2 Posted : 20 June 2007 09:43:00(UTC)
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Posted By Mitch
Contact Flow UK, they supply this type of equipment.
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#3 Posted : 20 June 2007 09:51:00(UTC)
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Posted By AlB
My experience of water jet cutting is that they operate at extreme pressures and can easily cut through steel at some pressures. I know that they are used in manufacturing but these are large units.

I'd be interested to see some demonstrations of ones being used on site.

AlB
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#4 Posted : 20 June 2007 10:12:00(UTC)
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Posted By garyh
I have seen ultra high pressure water cutting used on a 5000 m3 steel tank. We used it because we did not want to do hot work on a live plant.

It is expensive; surely a cost benefit analysis would rule it out in this case?
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#5 Posted : 21 June 2007 08:32:00(UTC)
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Posted By Bob Youel

Thanks to all that responded

After talking to manufacturers they do not see why portable less costly equipment cannot be produced and such equipment would be very beneficial to the construction industry
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#6 Posted : 21 June 2007 09:02:00(UTC)
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Posted By AlB
Hey Bob.

If you pursue this, can you keep us in check with developments? I'd like to see where this leads to.

Thanks,

AlB
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