Composites

Composite waterjet cutting with TamCut

TamCut enables accurate and flexible waterjet cutting of composite materials with a compact industrial machine. Cut flat composite parts, holes, openings and detailed 2D shapes without heat damage, mechanical blade wear or material-specific cutting tools.

Overview

Overview

Flexible cutting for composite materials

TamCut is suitable for many composite cutting applications where flexibility, clean shapes and low mechanical cutting forces are important. Waterjet cutting is especially useful when parts require holes, internal contours, cut-outs or non-standard flat geometries that are difficult or costly to produce with conventional cutting tools.

Because waterjet cutting is a cold cutting process, the material is not exposed to high cutting temperatures. This makes TamCut useful for many fibre-reinforced and layered materials where heat can damage resin systems, fibres, coatings or surface quality.

VIDEOs

Watch TamCut cutting composites

Material cutting videos

Info

See how TamCut cuts carbon fibre sheet material with waterjet technology. The process makes it possible to produce flat shapes, holes and cut-outs without heat damage or mechanical blade wear.

Who uses Tamcut

Who uses TamCut for composite cutting?

Composite manufacturers

Composite manufacturers can use TamCut for prototypes, test parts, short runs and special flat shapes in fibre-reinforced materials.

R&D and laboratories

TamCut is well suited for research, development and material testing environments where different composite structures, sample shapes and test specimens need to be produced flexibly.

Product development teams

Product development teams can move faster from drawing to physical part when testing new composite components, layups or design changes.

Machine shops

Machine shops can use TamCut as a flexible cutting tool for mixed-material work, especially when composite parts are difficult to cut cleanly with traditional tools.

Education and technical training

Schools, universities and technical training centres can use TamCut to demonstrate waterjet cutting, composite processing and digital manufacturing workflows.

Production support

Production teams can use TamCut for small batches, support parts, test pieces and customer-specific composite components.

Applications

Typical composite applications

Carbon fibre parts

Cut flat carbon fibre parts, prototypes, test pieces and special shapes without heat damage from the cutting process.

Glass fibre parts

Cut glass fibre and fibre-reinforced sheet materials for prototypes, samples and small batches.

Test specimens

Produce material samples and test specimens for research, quality control and development work.

Holes and cut-outs

Cut holes, slots, openings and internal contours directly from a drawing without special cutting tools.

Complex flat shapes

TamCut can cut detailed flat shapes, internal contours and irregular 2D geometries without changing tools.

Small production batches

TamCut supports low-volume composite cutting where flexibility and changing geometries are more important than high-volume automation.

Honest fit

Best fit for TamCut composite cutting

TamCut is a strong fit when you need flexible in-house cutting for different flat composite parts and sample geometries. If you are unsure, send us your drawing and material. We will help evaluate whether TamCut is the right fit.

Best suited for

TamCut is a strong fit

TamCut is a strong fit when you need flexible in-house cutting for many different materials and flat part geometries.

When another method may be better

Consider another process

TamCut is not intended to replace every composite cutting method. In some cases, another process may be more suitable.

Why it works

Why waterjet cutting works well for composites

Seven properties of the process explain why one machine can handle steel, glass, rubber and carbon fiber alike.

No heat damage

Waterjet cutting is a cold cutting process. Composite materials are not exposed to high cutting temperatures, which helps avoid thermal damage to fibres, resin systems or surface layers.

No mechanical blade wear

The cutting is done by a waterjet rather than a saw blade, knife or router. This avoids mechanical blade wear and reduces the need for material-specific cutting tools.

Suitable for holes and internal contours

Waterjet cutting makes it possible to cut holes, slots, openings and internal shapes directly from a drawing without dedicated tooling.

Low mechanical cutting force

Waterjet cutting applies relatively low mechanical force to the material, which can be useful for many flat composite parts when the process is validated for the application.

Flexible production without dedicated tooling

The same machine can cut different composite geometries directly from a drawing, making TamCut well suited for prototypes, single parts and small batches.

Good fit for material testing and R&D

TamCut helps produce test specimens, sample geometries and prototype parts quickly when materials or designs change.

Important note on composite suitability

Composite materials vary significantly depending on fibre type, resin system, thickness, layup, reinforcement, surface finish and required edge quality. Some layered or sensitive materials may require test cutting to confirm edge quality, delamination behaviour and suitability. For demanding, expensive or unfamiliar composite materials, we recommend a test cut before production.