Open AccessThermal aspects of ice abrasive water jet technology
Author(s) -
Marko Jerman,
H. Orbanić,
Mihael Junkar,
Andrej Lebar
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
advances in mechanical engineering/advances in mechanical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.318
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1687-8140
pISSN - 1687-8132
DOI - 10.1177/1687814015597619
Subject(s) - abrasive , water jet , jet (fluid) , thermal , mechanical engineering , machining , materials science , environmental science , engineering , aerospace engineering , meteorology , physics , nozzle
During the last few years, different research groups have been developing systems for the transition of abrasive water jet into ice abrasive water jet. The aim of this new technology is to make the technology cleaner from both practical and ecological points of view. Mineral abrasive is replaced with ice grains that melt away after the machining process, leaving the workpiece uncontaminated. Several different approaches to this technology were studied. Thermal aspects of integrating the ice abrasive water jet technology into commercially available machines were considered. The results and analyses of water temperature measurements on the ice abrasive water jet machine are presented in this article