Catcher tank assembly of waterjet cutting system

A waterjet cutting system, comprising:

• a cutting head movably coupled to a multi-axis machine and operable to process a workpiece via a cutting operation;
• a catcher tank configured to hold a volume of water for absorbing the energy of a jet generated by the cutting head of the waterj et cutting system during the cutting operation, the catcher tank including a plurality of tank sections, each tank section comprising opposing sidewalls and a floor extending therebetween that define one of opposing sides of a u-shaped mating interface that extends a full width of the catcher tank between adjacent tank sections, each u-shaped mating interface being provided with a respective sealing device in sealing contact with the adjacent tank sections, a number of the u-shaped mating interfaces of the catcher tank and a number of the sealing devices each being exactly one less than the number of tank sections, and the tank sections being detachably coupled together in a side-by-side manner to collectively define an internal tank cavity, and the floors of the tank sections collectively defining a tank floor, wherein each of the floors of the tank sections includes an inner surface that faces the internal tank cavity and the respective sealing device is positioned within the internal tank cavity such that the respective sealing device contacts the inner surfaces of the floors of both adjacent tank sections;
• a workpiece platform that forms an upper work surface of the catcher tank upon which to support the workpiece to be processed during the cutting operation;
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• a workpiece support system detachably coupled to the tank floor, the workpiece support system including a plurality of workpiece support modules that are arranged in an array beneath the workpiece platform and that cooperatively support the workpiece platform.

A catcher tank assembly for a waterj et cutting machine, the catcher tank assembly comprising:

• a catcher tank including a plurality of tank sections, each tank section comprising opposing sidewalls and a floor extending therebetween that define one of opposing sides of a u-shaped mating interface that extends a full width of the catcher tank between adjacent tank sections, each u-shaped mating interface being provided with a respective sealing device in sealing contact with the adjacent tank sections, a number of the u-shaped mating interfaces of the catcher tank and a number of the sealing devices each being exactly one less than the number of tank sections, and the tank sections being detachably coupled together in a side-by-side manner to collectively define an internal tank cavity to hold a volume of water for absorbing energy of a jet generated by the waterjet cutting machine during a cutting operation, and the floors of the tank sections collectively defining a tank floor, wherein the respective sealing device is positioned within the internal tank cavity;
• a workpiece platform that forms an upper work surface of the catcher tank upon which to support a workpiece to be processed during the cutting operation;
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• a workpiece support system detachably coupled to the tank floor, the workpiece support system including a plurality of workpiece support modules that are arranged in an array beneath the workpiece platform and that cooperatively support the workpiece platform,
• wherein the workpiece support system further includes a plurality of adjustment devices for selectively leveling the workpiece support modules to level the workpiece platform supported thereon.