Applicability Assessment of the Resource-Saving Method for Recovering Garnet Sand Abrasivity

Abstract

Hydroabrasive treatment technology is widely used for cutting semi-finished products, products, cleaning contaminated surfaces, etc. The main disadvantage of the technology is the high cost of cutting. The abrasivity recovery and recycling used abrasives for cutting process is subject matter of foreign researchers, however, no one deals with this problem in Russia due to its low tonnage. The possibility of recovering garnet sand waste after hydraulic cutting is evaluated and a semi-industrial installation for recovering garnet sand waste is presented in this paper.