Cutting Archives | OneMonroe https://monroeengineering.com/blog/category/cutting/ Blog Wed, 04 Dec 2024 15:58:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 How Does Water Jet Cutting Work? https://monroeengineering.com/blog/how-does-water-jet-cutting-work/ Fri, 29 Oct 2021 08:22:04 +0000 https://monroeengineering.com/blog/?p=12941 Cutting is synonymous with the manufacturing industry. To convert raw materials and workpieces into finished products, manufacturing companies must typically cut them. Cutting is simply defined as physically separating or opening a solid object. There are several different types of … Read More

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]]> The Benefits of Shearing: What You Should Know https://monroeengineering.com/blog/the-benefits-of-shearing-what-you-should-know/ Thu, 08 Jul 2021 06:54:34 +0000 https://monroeengineering.com/blog/?p=9628 There are different processes available for cutting metal. Some manufacturing companies use torch cutting, whereas others use plasma cutting. Torch and plasma cutting both revolve around heat to slide through metal. Another cutting process, however, is shearing. Shearing supports many … Read More

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]]> Water Jet vs Laser Cutting: What’s the Difference? https://monroeengineering.com/blog/water-jet-vs-laser-cutting-whats-the-difference/ Fri, 22 Jan 2021 09:53:03 +0000 https://monroeengineering.com/blog/?p=8885 Cutting is a common manufacturing process. To convert materials into finished products, manufacturing companies must cut them. Cutting allows manufacturing companies to change the size and shape of materials so that they are aligned for their production applications. There are … Read More

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]]> 5 Benefits of Water Jet Cutting https://monroeengineering.com/blog/5-benefits-of-water-jet-cutting/ Fri, 11 Dec 2020 09:54:10 +0000 https://monroeengineering.com/blog/?p=8653 Water jet has become a popular alternative to traditional cutting processes. It doesn’t require the use of cutting shears, nor does it use heat. Rather, water jet cutting uses a concentrated stream of high-pressure water to slice through workpieces with … Read More

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]]> 5 Advantages of Laser Cutting in Manufacturing https://monroeengineering.com/blog/5-advantages-of-laser-cutting-in-manufacturing/ Wed, 02 Dec 2020 08:57:01 +0000 https://monroeengineering.com/blog/?p=8608 Cutting is a common process performed in the manufacturing industry. Materials, as well as preassembled workpieces, often require cutting. While some manufacturing companies use cutting shears, others use newer and more advanced methods, such as laser cutting. Laser cutting lives … Read More

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]]> What Is an Alligator Shear? https://monroeengineering.com/blog/what-is-an-alligator-shear/ Thu, 02 Jul 2020 09:50:32 +0000 https://monroeengineering.com/blog/?p=7591 Shearing machines are used by manufacturing companies to cut sheet metal, as well as other materials and workpieces, with a straight blade. The sheet metal is secured below the cutting blade, after which the cutting blade drops down to cut … Read More

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]]> CO2 vs Nd Laser Cutting: What’s the Difference? https://monroeengineering.com/blog/co2-vs-nd-laser-cutting-whats-the-difference/ Fri, 08 May 2020 09:28:12 +0000 https://monroeengineering.com/blog/?p=7362 Not all cutting processes involve the use of a physical cutting tool. While lathes and milling machines do, in fact, use a physical cutting tool, laser machines do not. Laser cutting is a cutting process in which a machine projects … Read More

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]]> Plasma vs Laser Cutting: What’s the Difference? https://monroeengineering.com/blog/plasma-vs-laser-cutting-whats-the-difference/ Tue, 17 Dec 2019 11:55:42 +0000 https://monroeengineering.com/blog/?p=6766 The terms “plasma cutting” and “laser cutting” are often used interchangeably when referring to the use of hot, high-powered light to cut through workpieces. While similar, though, they aren’t necessarily the same. Plasma cutting and laser cutting use entirely different … Read More

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]]> 5 Fun Facts About Laser Cutting https://monroeengineering.com/blog/5-fun-facts-about-laser-cutting/ Mon, 02 Dec 2019 13:54:48 +0000 https://monroeengineering.com/blog/?p=6700 The way in which manufacturing companies manipulate raw materials into finished products is changing. Rather than cutting workpieces with a sharp tool bit, some companies now use lasers. Known as laser cutting, it involves the use of a high-powered laser … Read More

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