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4.2 Characteristics and dimensions of workable
materials
The Primus machine with pure water jet cutting can work the following materials:
• foam rubber, insulating and non-conductive materials
• stratified rubber
• reinforced rubber
• sealing materials
• textile materials (felt/carpet)
• materials for footwear
• leather, natural and artificial hide
• chalk, paper and corrugated cardboard
• wood and thin plywood (puzzles)
• compound materials loaded with glass/kevlar™/carbon
• plastic materials in sheets, polystyrene
• ABS, PVC
• moulded circuits
• foodstuffs
By adding abrasive powder to the water jet (optional abrasive cutting head), the following
materials can also be worked:
• stony materials (marble, granite, natural stones, ceramic, glazed stoneware, etc.)
• simple glass, laminated glass, bullet-proof glass and special glass
• industrial ceramics
• titanium and special alloys
• steel, stainless steel
• metal sheet
• aluminium
• copper, brass, lead, bronze, silver, gold
• special materials (particularly thick compounds, honeycomb structures, magnetic lattens,
lining, graphite, carbon fibre, gaskets, fibreglass, rock wool, thick plywood, resins)
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