Water Bridge Machine | 5-Axis SawJet

Two Cutting Technologies. One Production Platform.

BRIDGE SAW

Fast straight cutting. The blade takes the long cuts — rips, rails and square edges — at a speed the waterjet is not there to match.

WATERJET

Internal cut-outs, curves, profiles and complex shapes. The jet starts inside the material, so the sink opening, the tap holes and the curved front edge are cut without a lead-in hole.

Most shops run this as two operations on two machines, and the cost is the second setup: the slab moves, the datum is re-established, and the tolerance stack grows. Putting both heads on one gantry removes the move.

Designed for Stone Fabrication

• Quartz

• Granite

• Marble

• Sintered Stone

• Countertops

• Sink Cut-Outs

• Bevel / Miter

• Decorative Patterns

Water Bridge SawJet in Operation

Prefer the full picture? This 60-second walkthrough follows the complete production sequence — CAD/CAM programming, the bridge saw taking the straight cuts and mitres, the waterjet head drilling and cutting closed shapes, and the vacuum lifters moving finished pieces off the table.

The clip below shows the platform running both processes on the same slab. The blade saw takes the straight cuts — wet cutting with the diamond blade and its laser guide line showing the path — and the waterjet head handles the geometry a blade cannot follow: curves, closed cut-outs and tight corners. By the end of the sequence the slab carries a curved arc, intersecting straight cuts and the outline of a lettered shape, all produced on one table without the part being repositioned.

What to look for:

• The blade saw making the long straight cuts, with coolant on the cut and a laser line marking the path

• The waterjet head cutting curves and closed shapes in the same slab

• The finished parts: a curved arc, intersecting lines and a lettered outline, cut in a single setup

Configured as a Process, Not a Specification List

The SawJet platform can carry AC 5-axis cutting, camera assistance, a flip platform and milling or drilling. Rather than listing those as features, the production sequence runs as follows:

1. Load — the slab is placed and the datum is established.

2. Straight cuts — the bridge saw takes the long straight work.

3. Internal work — the waterjet cuts sink openings, tap holes and curves.

4. Angled work — 5-axis movement produces bevels and mitres.

5. Secondary operations — milling, drilling and edge work.

6. Unload — the finished piece leaves the table.

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