When the cut begins, abrasive material starts coming of the open side of the boot that connects the abrasive feed tube to the solenoid on located on the bottom of the abrasive bin.

Hi @Childepk welcome to the Forum! This can be a tricky one, there are a lot of things that can cause abrasive to not be delivered to the cut. During cutting the waterjet will create suction to carry abrasive through the abrasive hose. If this hose is clogged the suction may not be strong enough t…

I found that I needed to cut an acrylic shim on a laser cutter to increase the distance from the mounting surface to the pinch valve. There’s now a straight drop from the hopper to the slipcover & hose. Since doing this, I’ve had no piles of abrasives under the unit. It also stabilized the mount. I…

You have a picture of that? I’ve been thinking about removing the whole drawer, and moving to an external hopper for the abrasive. Something that only flows downhill to minimize the amount of suction needed.

Sorry, was away from the forum for a couple of weeks. I’ll post a picture tomorrow.

Hi, hows about that picture? Please.

Hi, My abrasive suddenly stops flowing every time the head moves between cuts. When the cut resumes only water comes out…ruining much material. I’ve talked to phone support and have made sure my bed is leveled to the cutting head. I’ve cleaned everything. Water pressure and grit flow rate are fine…

[image] Abrasive spilled out Help & Support We are initiating the machine. While wanting to do the first cut, we couldn’t do it since the abrasive is being spilled out of the machine, dry. Anybody knows why? In the picture you see where is is spilled from [image]

Sorry, I posted pictures in this post.

You are correct that it sounds like these issues are due to backflows. There are a few things we can do to prevent backflows: Make sure the cut bed is level to the travel of the gantry. If it is not, there will be high and low spots on the bed and the nozzle may become obstructed if it hits one o…

Abrasive Feed Issues

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