Performances of Abrasive Water Jet Cutting with Hyper Pressure

Abstract

Abrasive water jet cutting machines operating at hyper pressure were introduced based on the notion that increased pressure means faster cutting. Applying hyper pressure results to faster cutting, lower abrasive consumption, higher productivity and smaller operating cost. Performances of abrasive water jet cutting when applying hyper pressures of 600 MPa is presented in this paper. Index Terms-Abrasive water jet, cutting, hyper pressure.