Cold cutting
Cutting work in industrial plants demands an extremely high level of safety. In its industrial service division, the Buchen Group employs the Water Abrasive Suspension Cutting technique (WASC) on its customers' premises, fulfilling the highest plant construction requirements for precision, speed and environmentally friendly operation. Versatile application methods permit cost-saving solutions.
The WASC technique is particularly suitable for cutting pipelines, tank openings, apparatus, reactors and large tanks, especially in areas exposed to the danger of explosion. Even the hardest materials, including those with double walls, or sandwich elements can be cut without difficulty and without heat input.
Benefits of the WASC technique at a glance:
- Suitable for cutting materials ranging from soft to steel-hard thanks to low cutting and reaction forces
- Vibration-free cutting
- Material savings through narrow cut width
- No health hazard from dust emissions or exhaust gases
- No material changes due to thermal stress
- No jamming of the tool in the cut
- Broaching of unmarked material
- Internal and external cutting of pipelines
- Cutting of concrete up to approx. 500 mm and steel up to approx. 400 mm
- Federal Agency for Research and Testing (BAM) certificate for cutting in areas subject to extreme explosion hazard (Ex Zone 0)
- Unnecessary health risks can be avoided by the process's use of remote control technology
- Only water and abrasives are used for cutting
