Dating back to the 1930s, waterjet were initially used as industrial cutting equipment, but only for soft materials such as paper.as researchers around the world looked for new ways to cut systems efficiently, waterjet technology developed in the postwar era.

In 1960, Dr. Norman Charles Franz pioneered the development of industrial waterjet cutting technology, creating the first industrial water knife to cut wood, the first waterjet used in industry, and has been running successfully for many years.

In 1979, Dr. Mohamed Hashish worked in a fluid research laboratory and began to study ways to increase the cutting energy of waterjet to cut metals and other hard materials. Dr Hashish is widely regarded as the father of the polished water knife. He invented a method of sanding a regular water sprayer. He uses garnets, a material often used on sandpaper, as a polishing material. With this method, the waterjet (which contains sand) can cut almost any material.

In 1983, the world’s first commercial sanding waterjet cutting system was introduced and used to cut automotive glass. The first users of the technology were the aerospace industry, who found the waterjet to be the ideal tool for cutting stainless steel, titanium and high-strength lightweight composites and carbon fiber composites used in military aircraft (now used in civil aircraft).

Since then, abrasive waterjets have been used in many other industries, such as processing plants, stone, ceramic tiles, glass, jet engines, construction, nuclear industry, shipyards, and more.