AKS Water-Kut X3

Superior Waterjet Machine with Ultimate Performance The water-kut x3 combines maximum performance with maximum functionality, empowering your operations with the precision, speed, and flexibility you require. Developed with AKS expertise honed for more than a century, this powerful waterjet machine is a reliable and highly accurate tool to assist your cutting needs.

Like all of our machines, the water-kut x3 is highly customizable, featuring a wide range of options to ensure it serves your precise needs. We offer multiple tools, features, configurations, and sizes to meet your exact requirements. However, your organization may not need everything we have to offer. Our team will get to know your challenges and match you with the perfect solution. Ready to discover your ideal waterjet machine? Contact us today.

The water-kut x3 combines maximum performance with maximum functionality, empowering your operations with the precision, speed, and flexibility you require. Developed with AKS expertise honed for more than a century, this powerful waterjet machine is a reliable and highly accurate tool to assist your cutting needs.

Like all of our machines, the water-kut x3 is highly customizable, featuring a wide range of options to ensure it serves your precise needs. We offer multiple tools, features, configurations, and sizes to meet your exact requirements. However, your organization may not need everything we have to offer. Our team will get to know your challenges and match you with the perfect solution. Ready to discover your ideal waterjet machine?

Features Plug-and-Play Installation Hook the unit up to a power supply and it’s ready to cut. No complex installation required. KMT High-Pressure Cutting Head We partner with KMT to bring you the fastest, most efficient and accurate cutting heads on the market. This helps ensure quality cuts, every time. 670-Pound Abrasive Bulk Feeder Hopper Extend cutting times and increase efficiency with this large hopper capacity. The 670-pound hopper allows the cutting process to continue for extended periods without frequent refilling. Adjustable Abrasive Mini-Hopper An adjustable abrasive mini-hopper is a cost-effective way to optimize abrasive flow and enhance cutting quality. It easily collects the abrasive, making it simple to recycle and reuse the material within the waterjet cutting system. Helical Rack and Pinion Drives for Waterjets Features a 5-foot X-axis helical rack and pinion with dual side drive. It also features a 5-foot Y-axis helical rack and pinion. This configuration offers enhanced precision, increased load capacity, and more. Absolute encoders mean you don’t have to home the machine every time you power up. Z-Axis 9.8-Inch Programmable Ball Screw Get precise depth control and multi-level cutting with this Z-axis programmable ball screw. This technology enables precise vertical movement of the torch, which helps to maintain consistent cutting quality and accommodate varying material thicknesses. 3-Sided Open Cantilever Design The 3-sided open cantilever design makes it easy to load and unload large plates. It also gives you an unobstructed view of the cutting process from multiple angles. Bellow Cover Assemblies on X and Y Axes Our bellow cover assemblies protect your machine from contaminants, help minimize downtime, and provide enhanced safety to your operators Open Cantilever Design The system’s open cantilever design allows for enhanced accessibility, material handling, workpiece loading, versatile cutting, and more Automatic Lubrication System The water-kut x3 features an automatic lubrication system to maintain efficiency, reliability, and longevity of the system’s moving parts. Waterjet Independent Work Table With an independent work table, you can experience better material support and fixturing, customizable nesting, reduced jet lag, and more. Hook the unit up to a power supply and it’s ready to cut. No complex installation required. We partner with KMT to bring you the fastest, most efficient and accurate cutting heads on the market. This helps ensure quality cuts, every time. Extend cutting times and increase efficiency with this large hopper capacity. The 670-pound hopper allows the cutting process to continue for extended periods without frequent refilling. An adjustable abrasive mini-hopper is a cost-effective way to optimize abrasive flow and enhance cutting quality. It easily collects the abrasive, making it simple to recycle and reuse the material within the waterjet cutting system.

Features a 5-foot X-axis helical rack and pinion with dual side drive. It also features a 5-foot Y-axis helical rack and pinion. This configuration offers enhanced precision, increased load capacity, and more. Absolute encoders mean you don’t have to home the machine every time you power up.

Get precise depth control and multi-level cutting with this Z-axis programmable ball screw. This technology enables precise vertical movement of the torch, which helps to maintain consistent cutting quality and accommodate varying material thicknesses.

The 3-sided open cantilever design makes it easy to load and unload large plates. It also gives you an unobstructed view of the cutting process from multiple angles. Our bellow cover assemblies protect your machine from contaminants, help minimize downtime, and provide enhanced safety to your operators The system’s open cantilever design allows for enhanced accessibility, material handling, workpiece loading, versatile cutting, and more The water-kut x3 features an automatic lubrication system to maintain efficiency, reliability, and longevity of the system’s moving parts. With an independent work table, you can experience better material support and fixturing, customizable nesting, reduced jet lag, and more. With multiple table sizes available, you can customize the water-kut x3 to fit your operation. Sizes available: 4’x5’, 6’x12’, 6’x20’, 6’x24’, 8’x12’, 8’x14’, 8’x20’. The bladder is a separate assembly that’s integrated with the garnet removal system. It allows you to control the height of the water, allowing you to submerge the part for quiet cutting.

Accessories

Stand-Alone Chiller A stand-alone chiller regulates and maintains temperature of the water, ensuring optimal cutting performance and protects the machine from overheating.

Collision Sensor The collision sensor ring can detect most crashes of the nozzle, which protects both your equipment and the workpiece. The collision sensor is pneumatically engaged and can be easily reset. (Requires the purchase of an automatic touch probe).

Automatic Touch Probe Easily maintain optimal distance between the nozzle and cutting material with an automatic touch probe. It can be programmed at certain distance intervals, then adjusted during the cutting process. This allows you to compensate if the workpiece warped or not flat.

Wired Handheld Remote Pendant This machine-tool quality wire remote pendant allows easy jogging of the head in all three axes via a rotary dial for tactile feedback.

Laser Pointer Improve plate alignment and enhance cutting accuracy with a laser pointer add-on. This technology helps operators avoid misalignment or improper positioning of the material, reducing the chances of cutting errors.

Closed Loop Water Recycling System (CLS) Minimize water consumption and waste with our closed-loop water recycling system. You’ll reduce your impact on the environment and save money on water bills and wastewater treatment expenses.

Garnet Removal System (GRS) The GRS automatically and continuously removes the spent abrasive from the main catcher tank without downtime. The GRS’ internal sweeper package pumps the abrasive out of the tank into a settlement tank liner bag, which can easily be removed to a waste dumpster

Taper Control System (TCS) The TCS allows you to achieve high-accuracy parts by angling and rotating the waterjet taper away from the part straight edge. The result is a final part that’s produced faster and with straighter walls, regardless of the thickness or composition of the material being cut. A stand-alone chiller regulates and maintains temperature of the water, ensuring optimal cutting performance and protects the machine from overheating.

The collision sensor ring can detect most crashes of the nozzle, which protects both your equipment and the workpiece. The collision sensor is pneumatically engaged and can be easily reset. (Requires the purchase of an automatic touch probe).

Easily maintain optimal distance between the nozzle and cutting material with an automatic touch probe. It can be programmed at certain distance intervals, then adjusted during the cutting process. This allows you to compensate if the workpiece warped or not flat. This machine-tool quality wire remote pendant allows easy jogging of the head in all three axes via a rotary dial for tactile feedback.

Improve plate alignment and enhance cutting accuracy with a laser pointer add-on. This technology helps operators avoid misalignment or improper positioning of the material, reducing the chances of cutting errors.

Minimize water consumption and waste with our closed-loop water recycling system. You’ll reduce your impact on the environment and save money on water bills and wastewater treatment expenses.

The GRS automatically and continuously removes the spent abrasive from the main catcher tank without downtime. The GRS’ internal sweeper package pumps the abrasive out of the tank into a settlement tank liner bag, which can easily be removed to a waste dumpster The TCS allows you to achieve high-accuracy parts by angling and rotating the waterjet taper away from the part straight edge. The result is a final part that’s produced faster and with straighter walls, regardless of the thickness or composition of the material being cut. Enabled with Mitsubishi CNC technology, the water-kut x3 provides high productivity and easy operability.

Metamation’s software allows easy CAD import and design, toolpath generation, nesting optimization, and more.

The water-kut x3 features 10-day onsite installation and training by a certified AKS technician. The AKS new machine warranty covers parts and labor for two years. See terms for more information.

Participation in our Elite Edge Program offers cost savings on Hypertherm consumables and AKS service.

Our customer service team covers all your service and cutting support needs. Must purchase Hypertherm consumables from AKS Cutting Systems to be eligible.