Required for initial WAZER set-up! This procedure will ensure that both the low-pressure and the high-pressure water lines have no air in them and are fully primed with water, setting up your machine to have an error free and flawless cut.
This guide will walk you through the process for preparing the WAZER for long term storage. This is crucial to do in winter if the machine will be subjected to freezing temperatures.
If WAZER was shut down or turned off before completing a cut, the system is still under high pressure. To release the high pressure perform a Nozzle Purge.
WAZER’s Cut Bed is intended to be a consumable, which means it will need to be flipped or replaced every so often.
Having a level Cut Bed is critical. The height of the Nozzle needs to be consistent at every point on the Cut Bed. If it isn’t, this can result in Partial Cutting, a Cut failure, or damage to WAZER.
The first-defense for your low-pressure system. The Drain Filter needs constant cleaning. If clogged, the low-pressure system will be starved. Improper cleaning may bring more harm than good.
To collect Used Abrasive, run the Tank Cleaning Cycle from the Setup & Maintenance menu of the Control Panel. This procedure will help prevent any clogs in the Filtration System. It is good practice to after every cut
When WAZER isn’t cutting and it’s NOT an Abrasive Clog.
The High-Pressure Hoses need to be checked for wear every 20–50 hours. If you do not properly identify wear in the High-Pressure O-Rings, they can become damaged and lead to a severe leak.
An abrasive clog is a blockage at some point in the abrasive stream. The most common area that this occurs in is the abrasive hose.
The end of the Abrasive Hose accumulates silt over time and can result in the clogging of the line, which can ruin your Cut.
This is a quick way to find out if your Abrasive Hopper is clogged and if your Abrasive Valve is operating smoothly.
In addition to the Dry Abrasive Hose, another area that an abrasive blockage can occur is in the Abrasive Hopper and/or mechanism at the bottom.
The Filtration System that keeps WAZER clean will occasionally become clogged or jammed with abrasive or air bubbles.
Sometimes the tank drain can get clogged with abrasive and requires siphon method draining, or you may just want to drain your tank in a hurry.
When one of the Venturi gets clogged, a serious mound of abrasive can form on top, and in some instances this can pack the pick-up filters to a point where Clearing the Filtration System can no longer clear the clog.
WAZER was designed to allow for easy updating, configuring and adjusting. Firmware updates may include new features, bug fixes, and stability enhancements.
The WAZER Control Box contains a fast acting fuse for protection. You may need to inspect or replace this fuse.
Please contact WAZER for information on this procedure.
This procedure will guide you through setting up your WAM account and how to avoid common problems
It is important that the Abrasive Hose End is fully inserted into the Cutting Head. The WAZER sucks up a carefully metered amount of abrasive from the Abrasive Hopper. So, if there is any air leak, the abrasive rate will reduce and the cut performance will be degraded
All the water going into the system is filtered at the water inlet of the pump. Over time, this can accumulate debris and sediment commonly found in most water mains. If you have particularly old plumbing, you may need to clean your filter more often.
SVG is the vector image type for scale-able designs, and here is how to export that into WAM.
This guide teaches you how to adjust and reset the abrasive flow rate to maintain best cutting quality.
What to do when your valve won’t open. Sometimes after a severe clog abrasive will find its way into the inner workings of the pinch valve. To fix this requires the disassembly and cleaning of the pinch valve.
If the Wazer is jittering or having issues homing, the limit switches flags within the gantry bellows are likely not triggering the switches. This guide will show you how to properly adjust the flags to ensure contact with the limiter switches.
If the tank over fills with abrasive or it has been a long time since the last full tank clean the rear baffle can become clogged with abrasive. This will mess with the water leveling features of the WAZER and can be baffling to debug. (sorry)
If there is a lot of abrasive in the tank or the Wazer has been sitting for a long time this mode will loosen up the compacted abrasive by the abrasive pickups and the rear baffle
The pump box Air filter needs to be cleaned roughly every 300 hours. If the Wazer is located in a particularly dusty area it should be checked and cleaned more often. A clean air filter allows the the pump box to run far cooler, prolonging the life of all the components inside
If the Wazer has been sitting for more than a few days, the heavy abrasive in the bottom of the tank can compact. The compacted abrasive is very difficult for the abrasive system to pick up and if it happens to cover the pickups then the system will not function. This guide will help you get your machine ready to cut again.
Over time a tiny amount of abrasive can make its way into the z-axis adjustment block and make it difficult and rough to set the z height of the Nozzle. The following guide will walk you through dissembling and cleaning the assembly.
The nozzle assembly is wear component and needs to be replaced after around 300 hours of cutting. The following guide details the replacement procedure.
WAZER, as with any water-involving equipment, needs to be protected from freezing temperature. Water expands when freezing, thus when water is left in WAZER it will destroy tubing, valves, and fixtures when it freezes.
This feature lets you start the cut from any point within a cut file, thereby allowing a restart from the position the cut failed.
You can increase or decrease the speed of a cut to compensate for changes during real-time cutting.
This feature is part of the Cut Workflow screen and allows you to view the selected file cut parameters.
This feature in the Cut Menu allows you to move the cut to a new location on the cut bed.
This cut feature shows the actual elapsed Cut Time for a given file.
This NEW option under the setup and maintenance menu shows the total cut time on the machine.
On rare occasion it is possible to clog the nozzle with compacted abrasive. Fortunately it is a quick procedure to clear the nozzle.
We discovered a batch of our Low Pressure Filter Kits went out with an insufficient amount of Teflon tape on the Low Pressure Gauge threads. This leads to a slow drip that certainly less than ideal. Luckily the fix is quite quick and if you are experiencing the problem WAZER support can send you a roll of Teflon tape to carry out the following procedure.
Limit switch malfunction manifests in homing failure and filed cut. This instruction teaches you on how to quickly identify the faulty limit switch
The filter cannister is a mechanical system. It has multiple threaded interface and seals, thus sometimes you may find leaking to deal with, or maintenance needs to be performed.
This guide will teach you how to replace the worn or damage abrasive hose
You will need to replace the WAZER’s Orifice after 300+hr of run time, when the performance of your WAZER starts to decline, or if the orifice is damaged.
WAM currently accepts 2 file types for importing drawings. DXF is one of the two and is commonly associated with more technical software. Despite this many drawing type software can also export to this format. We have included walkthrough for four commonly used programs; two technical, and two drawing.
If the Wazer Displays a “Close Door” error despite the door being closed, the door window magnet likely needs to be adjusted.
There are many reasons you may want or need to fully clean out your tank. Fully cleaning out the tank gives you a chance to get your abrasive collection working at peak performance, saving you from having to clean out the tank as often.
The Pump Box oil needs to be changed after the first 50 hours of use, and then every 300 hours after that.
The following instructions will walk you through how to determine the cutting parameters for either a new material and/or thickness and enter that material and thickness into your personal database on Wam.
Keeping the gantry lubricated is important to ensure that it is able to move freely along the guide rods. An unlubricated gantry may bind up and cause issues with movement.
How to prime the dry abrasive system before your first cut!
Required for all WAZER set-up! This procedure will guide you to install the filter canister that will protect your WAZER from impurities in the water supply.
This is the first-defense for your low-pressure system. Magnets in the Magnetic Drain Filter traps iron particles in the tank water and prevent them from entering the Low Pressure Pumps. They need constant cleaning. If clogged, the low-pressure system will be starved. Improper cleaning may bring more harm than good.
[WARNING] WAZER tracks the number of hours it has been running.
Please check the “Total Cut Time“ in the maintenance menu regularly. If you do not abide by the regular maintenance procedures and schedule, the warranty and support for your WAZER will be void.
Before servicing WAZER:
Turn off or close the On/Off Valve or water supply to the machine.
Purge the high-pressure system by properly ending/completing a cut or performing a Nozzle Purge.
Turn off WAZER and disconnect AC power from WAZER and the Pump Box.
Never remove the cover of the Pump Box while it is plugged in.
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