Water Jet FAQ's > How do AWJ compare with conventional milling? > How do Abrasive Jets compare with conventional milling?

Setup and fixturing are much faster and when you are done, the clean-up is faster. This means that while the mill may cut faster, you will be making more parts and more money on the abrasive jet.

On many Abrasive Water Jet Systems, programming is much easier and quicker.

There is no tool changing.

Wear on tool is often less, especially in harder and gummier materials.

There is only one tool to "qualify".

You can get more parts out of the same material.