The waterjet’s precision makes it perfect for stone and glass applications like tabletops and countertops. Contact us today with your custom cut projects!
Cutting Granite with a CNC Waterjet
Granite is a popular choice for countertops because it’s naturally beautiful, durable, and resistant to heat and scratches.
As one of the hardest countertop materials available, granite can easily be cut on a CNC waterjet with the addition of abrasives. Because the waterjet is extremely precise, powerful, and leaves a clean cut edge, it allows for intricate designs and exact cutouts for sinks and fixtures.
The high-pressure water (50,000 PSI) mixed with abrasive materials ensures clean, smooth edges for all products without causing thermal damage, preserving the integrity and appearance of the granite for a great finished product for your clients that meets exact specifications.
Cutting Quartz with a CNC Waterjet
Quartz is a mineral composed primarily of silicon dioxide (SiO2), one of the most abundant minerals on Earth. Like granite, quartz is a hard, durable material that comes in many colors, like white, pink, brown, black, and more. This quartz is engineered (called engineered quartz or quartz surfacing) for countertops by combining crushed quartz crystals with resin binders and pigments.
As the most versatile type of stone cutter, the CNC waterjet can handle different thicknesses of quartz slabs, allowing for the fabrication of both thin countertops and thick surfaces. As a precise, heat-free cutting method, the waterjet yields a cut result that is free of cracking and chipping like other cutting methods.
Cutting Marble with a CNC Waterjet
In addition to kitchen and bathroom countertops, marble is used in many applications from flooring to fireplaces.
As a softer material than granite, marble is more susceptible to scratching or etching, so using heatless, Computer Numerical Control (CNC) technology is one of the best ways to maintain its integrity and appearance when processing. The waterjet’s ability to produce smooth edges without generating heat makes it an ideal tool for working with marble, ensuring your customers high-quality results.
Why a Waterjet is Perfect for Countertop Fabrication Applications
Partnering with a waterjet cutting specialist like McKiney Manufacturing is ideal for countertop fabrication applications because of the key advantages that the CNC Waterjet Cutting technology offers.
Fast, Precise Cuts
Waterjet cutting machines like our OMAX waterjet can achieve extremely high precision for your products, with tolerances as close as 0.001 inches. This is a great advantage for countertops, where exact measurements are needed to fit your countertops perfectly into spaces, especially around sinks and edges.
Perfect for Many Different Countertop Materials
Waterjet cutting can handle a variety of materials used in countertops, such as granite, marble, quartz, quartzite, and even engineered stone. This versatility makes our waterjet cutting services a one-stop solution for fabricating many different types of countertops.
Efficient for High-Volume Production
The precision and tight tolerances of waterjet cutting minimize material waste, which is very important when working with expensive materials like natural stone—leading to cost savings for your business.
Reliability & Consistency
Because the waterjet is automated with CNC technology, we are able to guarantee consistent quality across all cuts, so you can maintain high standards in countertop fabrication.
McKiney Manufacturing: Waterjet Cutting Specialists in Western Nebraska serving Colorado, Wyoming, and the Front Range
At McKiney Manufacturing, our waterjet cutting specialists use OMAX abrasive waterjet technology to provide complex cutting of virtually any material. We specialize in high-volume production runs. Our process allows us to utilize nesting programs to maximize production and minimize material waste on behalf of your business.
Specializing in CNC waterjet cutting, CNC laser cutting, CNC tube bending, CNC tube laser cutting and the building of tooling and equipment, McKiney Manufacturing supports a variety of industries, including stone fabricators. Our accumulated expertise, along with our state-of-the-art equipment and highly-trained employees provides our customers with cost-effective, quality manufacturing services.
Whether local to Nebraska, Colorado, the Front Range, or anywhere throughout the United States, we are experienced and ready to take on your project.