{"id":1023,"date":"2024-03-04T08:52:27","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T08:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jartech.elblag.pl\/?p=1023"},"modified":"2024-04-09T10:37:33","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T10:37:33","slug":"jak-odpowiednia-konserwacja-wplywa-na-jakosc-ciecia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jartech.elblag.pl\/en\/2024\/03\/04\/jak-odpowiednia-konserwacja-wplywa-na-jakosc-ciecia\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT IS WATERJET?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The term "waterjet" generally refers to the water cutting technology as well as the cutting and cleaning machines themselves that use water under high pressure. This technology was initiated in the West in the 1970s and was then used mainly in industry. However, it was only technological progress in the 1990s that allowed it to be spread among smaller enterprises and later around the world. From the very beginning, waterjet technology has been popular among small enterprises producing individualized projects due to the low cost of operating the machines. Interest in this technology in Poland began mainly thanks to popular science programs broadcast on television (e.g. Discovery Channel).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be more precise, the word waterjet, meaning "jet of water", refers to the method of cutting with water alone. However, due to the limitation of this method to cutting only soft materials (i.e. foam, rubber, paper), technologies were developed in the 1980s abrasive water jet (AWJ)<\/em> and abrasive water suspension jet (AWSJ)<\/em>. Abrasive water jet<\/em> is water cutting with the addition of abrasive, however abrasive water suspension jet<\/em> involves the production of a suspension water-abrasive stream. Both technologies in Poland are called hydro-abrasive or water-abrasive machining. Most often, however, people in the industry use the word "waterjet" to describe the cutting technology with both water only and water with the addition of abrasive. Technology abrasive water jet<\/em> due to its ability to cut very hard materials, it is the most common in the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The drawing below shows the cutting head of the AWJ system and the process of creating the cutting stream inside it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The principle of creating a water-abrasive jet<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: http:\/\/waterjet.org.pl\/podstawy.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As can be seen in the figure above, the process of creating a cutting jet begins with the introduction of water under high pressure (3500-6000 bar) through a small hole in the water nozzle. orifice<\/em>) into the mixing chamber. A very high velocity of water under high pressure creates a vacuum that automatically sucks in the abrasive. garnet<\/em>) into the chamber where they are mixed. The resulting mixture is formed in a mixing nozzle. mixing tube<\/em>) creating a water-abrasive stream. The speed of this stream just behind the nozzle outlet is over 500 m\/s. In this way, water, by accelerating abrasive particles to a very high speed, is able to cut even the hardest materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This process is characterized by the following parameters:<\/p>\n\n\n\n