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The increasing number of cutting jobs, which have to be done in the field (offshore industry, concrete cutting, dismantling jobs) help the premixed abrasive cutting systems (abrasive suspension jet) to become more and more important. But, up to now, the number of applications in industrial manufacturing is quite small because of the high consumption of water and abrasives. Additionally the influence of different parameters is not sufficiently investigated at the moment. In order to give the ASJ more importance in manufacturing the amounts of water and abrasives have to be lowered to reduce the waste which has to be handled.
In this paper methods will be described to reduce water and abrasive consumption by using optimised parameters. Tests were carried out to describe the important influence of nozzle design. A measuring system was installed to check the abrasive consumption during cutting. The abrasive flow rate was varied at constant cutting parameters to find the optimal abrasive load of the water jet.
The results of the cutting tests on aluminum and steel samples, done in air, will be presented.
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Laurinat, A., Louis, H., Tebbing, G. (1992). Premixed Abrasive Water Jets - The Influence of Important Parameters. In: Lichtarowicz, A. (eds) Jet Cutting Technology. Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 13. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2678-6_38
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