Process for working of work-pieces by means of cutting fluid-jet

A process for handling lying working material to be cut comprising:

• laying working material on a support;
• cutting the lying material with a stream discharged from a controlled cutting head;
• by said step of cutting the lying material, forming a cut gap between a workpiece portion of the lying material and a remaining portion of the lying material;
• disposing a plurality of fixing and spacing inserts in the cut gap at spaced intervals;
• and,
• restraining the workpiece portion of the lying material and the remaining portion of the lying material against relative tilting and bending by said fixing and spacing inserts.

A cutting machine for processing lying workpiece material, comprising:

• a high-pressure water jet stream nozzle configured to cut lying material;
• an applicator configured to provide material of fixing and spacing inserts to a cut gap in the lying material:
• said applicator including a container configured to contain the material of fixing and spacing inserts;
• said applicator also including a second nozzle configured to deposit the material of fixing and spacing inserts in a cut gap in the lying material, said second nozzle being in fluid communication with said container;
• a valve configured to controllably dispense melted material of the fixing and spacing inserts from said second nozzle;
• and,
• a control system operatively connected to the cutting machine, said control system configured to direct said cutting machine to:
• cut lying workpiece material with a high-pressure water jet stream exiting from said water jet stream nozzle;
• and,
• apply a plurality of the fixing and spacing inserts from said second nozzle to the cut gap in the lying workpiece material.

A cutting machine for processing lying workpiece material, comprising:

• a high-pressure water jet stream nozzle configured to cut lying material;
• an applicator configured to provide material for fixing and spacing inserts to a cut gap in the lying material;
• said applicator including a guiding tube configured to guide elongate material stock of fixing and spacing inserts to the cut gap in the lying material;
• said applicator including a cutter configured to cut fixing and spacing inserts from the elongate material stock;
• and,
• a control system operatively connected to the cutting machine, said control system configured to direct said cutting machine to:
• cut lying workpiece material with a high-pressure water jet stream exiting from said water jet stream nozzle;
• and,
• apply a plurality of fixing and spacing inserts to the cut gap in the lying workpiece material by activating said cutter to cut the fixing and spacing inserts from the elongate material stock guided by said guiding tube.