Wuxi, China — A glass processing factory in Wuxi adopted APW Waterjet’s integrated waterjet glass cutting plus robot arm conveying system. Now its production efficiency goes up 40%, business volume rises by 60%.
Before this project, the glass plant used old-style production methods. It needed lots of workers and consumed high resources. Slow material moving and outdated production steps often caused late delivery. This hurt the factory’s reputation and made it hard to win new orders.
To solve these troubles, the factory chose APW Waterjet for an EPC total solution. The set includes waterjet glass cutting machine and robot arm material transport system.
Before project start, APW submitted detailed project plan and ran equipment test shows. They explained how to combine waterjet cutting and automatic material handling to fit the factory’s existing production needs.
After checking the solution and its working effect, the glass processor picked APW to carry out the whole project.
The finished system uses high-precision waterjet cutting together with robot automatic material transfer. It removes many manual carrying works inside the production line.
The big improvement mainly comes from accurate waterjet cutting.
Better cutting accuracy cuts extra glass waste. The factory can use glass raw materials much better. Meanwhile, automatic transport reduces many workers needed to move glass between different working stations.
Precision cutting plus automatic material handling makes production run more stable. It solves the production bottlenecks that used to delay goods delivery.
After APW finished this EPC project, the factory achieved 40% higher production efficiency.
Automation cuts manual handling work in production. The factory can arrange workers in a better way and build a smoother production flow.
Good results are not only on production efficiency. With stronger processing capacity and on-time delivery, the factory’s business volume increased by 60%. It gets better position in the glass processing market with fierce competition.
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Project Item |
Result |
| Production efficiency | +40% |
| Business volume | +60% |
| Cutting method | High-precision waterjet cutting |
| Material transport | Robot arm automation |
| Project type | EPC integrated solution |
| Industry | Glass processing |
| Location | Wuxi, China |
This Wuxi project tells us waterjet cutter is not just a single production machine.
APW combines waterjet cutting, robot material transport and system integration. It makes a full production solution according to the factory’s real production problems.
This solution fits glass factories that want to change from labor-heavy production to automatic manufacturing. Instead of only changing the old cutting machine, the integrated system can improve many steps of the production line at one time.
APW stands for ALL POWERFUL WATERJET, set up in 1995. The company has focused on waterjet technology for over 30 years.
APW develops and makes all kinds of waterjet products, such as industrial waterjet cutting machines, ultra-high pressure pump units, portable waterjet cutters and custom waterjet solutions.
As a full OBM brand, APW covers R&D, engineering design, production, sales and after-sales service. The company owns more than 60 patents about waterjet products, and takes part in making China national standards for waterjet industry.
APW started overseas business in 2001. It supplies waterjet technology and custom solutions for customers in many industries, including machinery manufacturing, aerospace, shipbuilding, defense and special engineering.
The Wuxi glass project is another typical case of APW’s industrial waterjet service: first understand customer’s production trouble, then design waterjet system based on customer’s real needs.
For glass factories that want higher cutting precision, less material loss and automatic material moving, the integrated waterjet glass cutting and robot transport system is a practical way to raise production efficiency.
