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Introduction:-: Notes On Water Jet Machining

Water jet machining uses high pressure water jets to cut materials through erosion. The water is forced through a diamond nozzle at pressures between 1500-4000 MPa, converting its kinetic energy into stress that exceeds the material's shear strength, causing rupture. It has advantages like preventing heat damage, automatically cleaning parts, and machining soft materials conventional tools can't handle. However, it is limited to softer materials and initial costs are high. Common applications include cutting non-metallic sheets, rubber, wood, ceramics, and circuit boards.

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Introduction:-: Notes On Water Jet Machining

Water jet machining uses high pressure water jets to cut materials through erosion. The water is forced through a diamond nozzle at pressures between 1500-4000 MPa, converting its kinetic energy into stress that exceeds the material's shear strength, causing rupture. It has advantages like preventing heat damage, automatically cleaning parts, and machining soft materials conventional tools can't handle. However, it is limited to softer materials and initial costs are high. Common applications include cutting non-metallic sheets, rubber, wood, ceramics, and circuit boards.

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NOTES ON WATER JET MACHINING

Introduction :-
Water jets alone (without abrasives) can be used for cutting. Thin jets of high
pressure and high velocity have been used to cut materials such wood, coal,
textiles, rocks, concrete, asbestos.
The mechanism of material removal rate is by erosion. When high pressure
water jet emerges of a nozzle, it attains a large kinetic energy.
High velocity jet strikes the work piece, its kinetic energy is converted into
pressure energy including high stresses in the work material.
When the induced stress exceeds the ultimate shear stress of the material,
rupture takes place.

Characteristics of Water Jet Machining (WJM):


The pressures normally used in WJM are 1500 to 4000 MPa.
Nozzle is made by sintered diamond and exit nozzle is about 0.05
to 0.35 mm.
No moving parts in the system, so less operating and maintenance
costs and safe process.
No thermal damage to work and intricate shapes can be cut.
The process is convenient for cutting soft and rubber like materials
because teeth will get clogged in conventional methods.
Advantages of Water Jet Machining (WJM):
1. Water jet machining is a relatively fast process.
2. It prevents the formation of heat affected zones on the workpiece.
3. It automatically cleans the surface of the workpiece.
4. WJM has excellent precision. Tolerances of the order of 0.005 can be
obtained.
5. It does not produce any hazardous gas.
6. It is eco-friendly.

Disadvantages of Water Jet Machining:


1. Only soft materials can be machined.
2. Very thick materials cannot be easily machined.
3. Initial investment is high.

Applications of Water Jet Machining:


1. Water jet machining is used to cut thin non-metallic sheets.
2. It is used to cut rubber, wood, ceramics and many other soft materials.
3. It is used for machining circuit boards.
4. It is used in food industry.

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