Porcelain tile cut to size we cut a thin slice off porcelain tile

Porcelain tile cut to size, we had a very thin slice cut off this porcelain tile.
Our customer ordered some porcelain tiles which were 597mm x 597mm but the final layout needed the tiles to be 594mm x 594mm so we were asked to waterjet cut 3mm off the end of these porcelain tiles. We designed a method and a jig for datum stops, programed the machine and had the 3mm waterjet cut off the ends.

The resulting offcut measured only 1.8mm wide but stayed in one piece as can be seen in the pictures below.
Waterjet cutting is a perfect way to cleanly cut “most” porcelain tiles and with waterjet cutting, virtually and shape can waterjet cut.

shown here is a close-up of the off-cut / cut edge, it still has some droplets of water on it from the cut but you can see the nice crisp, clean-cut edge produced by the waterjet cutting process