On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Dave <e...@dc9.tzo.com> wrote: > Interesting discussion but the economics of this discussion are escaping > me .... > > I work with a manufacturer that runs a large waterjet system 1-2 shifts > per day at least 5 days per week. > > Their biggest costs related to the waterjet are water and electricity. > The amount of water they use and the sewage charges they pay to dispose > of it are significant. > Electicity costs are at least $1000 per month.
,,, I thought the water would be filtered and mostly reused. ... Interesting. ... So the water is single use only? > > It isn't difficult to pay $50,000 for a decent water jet pump.... I > believe the waterjet system that they have (gantry, conveyor, pump, > water handling system, and controls installed ) was about $250K when it > was new 10 years ago. > > Waterjet swivel joints are expensive, but they are incidental to the > cost of operating the machine. > > Sheetcam is very inexpensive compared to anything related to waterjet > cutting. It does cost more than EMC2 but not that much. ;-) > > Dave [snip] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
