Lets cut alittle more of that old horse Flow, intensifier or direct drive questions.

Milland said:

Factor in rebuild parts kits and pump life between refresh for the various options. That will influence running costs, which should be a major factor in water jet purchase.

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plutoniumsalmon said:

Hello we are trying to. Its hard to get an answer from anyone who does not have a horse in the race. Omax says their pump rebuild is 15 minutes while an intensifier is 4 hours. Hypertherm says pretty much the opposite. Flow is offering both and is kind of non committal to any answer.

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Street said:

Most likely they know running costs add up and don't want to advertise any price differences to other makers or say this part should last x hours.
In case it does not and you seek a warranty for it.
I have found with the techniwaterjet parts lasts varying times, the place i worked at logged everything in a book so they could keep track of things,

Seals for it took less than 2hours to replace both sides, but it was rare to do this, any lapping or grinding of seats took longer ( inlet seat ) outlet was replaceable.
Most of the time the OEM just replaced parts not repaired them like we did.

Charge out rate for cutting was at $3 aud a minute setup was charged at a different rate.

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Milland said:

Get names of existing customers and ask them. The guys running the machines should be the ones with the best answers as to running costs.

As long as they're not competitors of yours...

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