Ed,

I have a water jet but have never done depanelization,  cutting 
fiberglass or composite we have done, it is all about how you stabilize 
the material and how fast you cut.    Take a sample down, or up as the 
case may be, to OMAX Corporation in Kent, WA they may be able to give 
you a test cut demonstration, they will most likely want to sell you a 
machine though.       OMAX corp is the machine I have, model 55100, 
55X100 inch cutting travel.  Weighs in at 5 ton empty + 1800 gal of 
water full.   But they may have a smaller machine set up for demo.    My 
cut speed would be around 170" per minute, 1# abrasive and 1 gal water.

How large are the board panels and how many boards per panel?   Are they 
all linear cuts?   Submersion in water ok?
The machine can cut above water but  it becomes a lot noisier.  Can it 
be automated with a constant feed and the head just zipping back and 
forth?  Are  the boards populated or just etched and drilled, how many 
layers,  can they be stacked?

We manually load and unload our machine, all cutting is CnC, but then we 
are cutting 5x10' panels of stuff, glass, aluminum, steel, granite, you 
get the idea.

pat goodyear
PG&E retired, Creative-cutting.com



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