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2021
Journal Article
Titel
Influence of Abrasive Properties on Erosion in Waterjet Machining
Abstract
In the recent decades abrasive waterjet (AWJ) machining has been successfully established as a highly flexible, non-conventional production technique with significant productivity advantages for hard-to-machine materials. However, the remaining challenging issue with this technology is how to control the influencing factors affecting the erosion process. For AWJ machining, the abrasive grit interaction is considered to be the most important factor during the erosion process. To attain a more profound understanding of the AWJ erosion process, the physical phenomena of grit interaction on the machining result need to be investigated. Therefore, diverse abrasive grit of individual shape and mechanical properties were used in the course of the experiments with subsequent visual analyses of the machining results supplemented by residual stress measurements. This study has identified essential process mechanisms required for the modeling of AWJ machining operations.