Experimental Study on the Surface Roughness of 1060 Aluminum Alloy Cut by Abrasive Water Jet

2019 ◽  
Vol 950 ◽  
pp. 32-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qi Wen Xu ◽  
Chi Heng Qiang ◽  
Chu Wen Guo
Keyword(s):  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Aluminum Alloy ◽  
Surface Quality ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
Traverse Speed ◽  
Water Jet ◽  
Abrasive Water Jet ◽  
Work Pressure ◽  
Cutting Surface

Through the experiment of cutting 1060 Aluminum Alloy by Abrasive Water Jet (AWJ), the surface roughness of material which is cut by AWJ is controlled by the cutting work pressure, cutting stand-off distance, cutting traverse speed and the abrasive diameter which used in AWJ. Measuring the cutting surface roughness of 1060 Aluminum Alloy by stereomicroscope and surfagauge, among the factor which can affect the surface roughness, the cutting traverse speed play a dominant role to control the surface roughness in the process of cutting. As the result of the surface roughness of 1060 Aluminum Alloy at different cutting depth is different, which can be separated in two different zones (Smooth area and Rough zone). As the result of experiment, the abrasive diameter has little effect to change the surface roughness between two different zones. The surface quality of rough zone can be improved when change the diameter of abrasive: with the diameter of abrasive increase, the surface quality of rough zone become better. A higher cutting pressure can improve the surface quality of the cutting surface of 1060 Aluminum Alloy. While increase the cutting traverse speed in the process of cutting can decrease the surface quality of 1060 Aluminum Alloy cutting surface. In a certain range, increase the cutting stand-off distance of AWJ can decrease the surface roughness of the cutting surface, and the roughness of cutting surface will change little when the stand-off distance increases to a certain extent.

scholarly journals A New Strategy for Improving the Surface Quality of Ti6Al4V Machined by Abrasive Water Jet: Reverse Cutting with Variable Standoff Distances

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Xiong ◽  
Liang Wan ◽  
Yi'nan Qian ◽  
Shuo Sun ◽  
Deng Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Quality ◽  
Traverse Speed ◽  
Water Jet ◽  
Abrasive Water Jet ◽  
Machined Surface ◽  
Aerospace Vehicles ◽  
Kerf Taper ◽  
New Strategy ◽  
Titanium Alloy Ti6al4v

Abstract Titanium alloys are widely used in important structures of aerospace vehicles, but the low thermal conductivity and high chemical activity make them difficult to process. As an untraditional machining technology, abrasive water jet (AWJ) has been proven to be an effective method for this kind of material. Aimed at further improving the cutting performance, reverse cutting with variable standoff distance (SOD) strategy was put forward, and experiments of titanium alloy Ti6Al4V machined by AWJ were conducted. The influence of SOD with different reverse cutting types on the kerf quality was studied to obtain the optimal SOD combinations. Ra, Sa and kerf taper were used to evaluate the quality of the machined surface. Moreover, the results of reverse cutting at the same speed and efficiency and single cutting at the constant SOD were compared and analyzed. It was found that the proposed strategy results in higher kerf quality in the aspect of surface roughness, compared to the single cutting. To be more specific, for the reverse trimming cutting, the improvements of Ra and Sa can reach up to 62.8% and 73.1% respectively under the condition of the SOD of the second cutting is 8mm. Furthermore, the kerf taper can be reduced 26.1% when the SOD of the second cutting is 2mm. With respect to the reverse deepening cutting, even the traverse speed of reverse cutting is set as twice as that of a single cutting, the kerf quality is still better. Additionally, when the SOD of the second cutting is 4mm, the improvements of Ra and Sa can reach up to 51.7% and 14.9%, respectively, and the kerf taper is reduced by 20.2%. This study provides a new method for improving the machined surface quality of hard materials, especially for Ti6Al4V.

scholarly journals The influence of changing the parameters of water-abrasive cutting on the quality of cutting composite cross-section structures

Mechanik ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 91 (7) ◽  
pp. 476-478
Author(s):  
Elżbieta Doluk ◽  
Józef Kuczmaszewski ◽  
Paweł Pieśko
Keyword(s):  
Aluminum Alloy ◽  
Surface Quality ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Water Mass ◽  
Abrasive Water Jet ◽  
Flow Rates ◽  
Composite Layers ◽  
Mass Flow Rates ◽  
Abrasive Cutting

Presented are results of the surface quality sandwich composites (aluminum alloy EN AW-2024 and CFRP) by using an abrasive water-jet. The experiments were conducted with different speed of cutting, pressure of the abrasive water, mass flow rates, entry side of the stream and quantity of composite layers. The analysis has been studied based on received bevel angle values.

Investigation of the Effects of Technological Parameters on Surface Roughness in Extrusion Bars of Aluminum Alloy

2019 ◽  
Vol 889 ◽  
pp. 155-160
Author(s):  
Trong Mai Nguyen ◽  
Đuc Quy Tran ◽  
Van Nghe Pham ◽  
Van Canh Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Aluminum Alloy ◽  
Surface Quality ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Extrusion Process ◽  
Optimal Parameters ◽  
Technological Parameters

In this research work, the result of the effects of technological parameters on surface roughness in extrusion bars of aluminum alloy were pesented. The results of this study may be used for choosing optimal parameters of extrusion process so that surface quality of extruded bar was improved.

Depth of Penetration and Surface Roughness Analysis of Al6061 cut by Abrasive Water Jet

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 5412-5417
Author(s):  
Prabhu Swamy N R Et al.
Keyword(s):  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Surface Finish ◽  
Traverse Speed ◽  
Water Jet ◽  
Abrasive Water Jet ◽  
Average Surface Roughness ◽  
Depth Of Penetration ◽  
Average Surface ◽  
Water Jet Cutting ◽  
Model Equations

In this study, model equations to predict average surface roughness value of abrasive water jet cut aluminium 6061 alloy are developed. Model equations are developed considering water jet pressure, abrasive flow rate and traverse speed of the jet. Model equations help in knowing average surface roughness value on the cutting and deformation wear regions. 27 abrasive water jet cutting experiments are conducted on trapezoidal shaped aluminium 6061 block. Depth of penetration values are found for all experimental cutting conditions. Average surface roughness values are found by non-contact surface roughness tester. Surface roughness testing is carried out along the length of depth of penetration.  Low and high average surface roughness values are noticed on the cutting and deformation wear regions respectively.  Smooth surface finish and rough surface finish with striations are observed on the cutting and deformation wear regions respectively.   

Parametric investigation on surface roughness and hole quality of Ti metal hybrid fibers cored laminate (MFL) during abrasive water jet drilling

2021 ◽  
pp. 095440622110469
Author(s):  
Munusamy Rajesh ◽  
Rajkumar Kaliyamoorthy ◽  
Ramraji Kirubakaran
Keyword(s):  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Water Pressure ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Traverse Speed ◽  
Water Jet ◽  
Drilling Process ◽  
Abrasive Water Jet ◽  
Hybrid Fibers ◽  
Sem Images ◽  
Delamination Factor

High-strength environment-friendly metal-fiber laminates (MFLs) are increasingly used for primary structures for various engineering applications. The surface roughness variation and delamination factor of a titanium (Ti) metal-cored basalt/flax fiber laminate were investigated during abrasive water jet drilling (AWJD). The present AWJD investigation is to establish the correlation of four important process independent variables of WJP—water jet pressure, TS—traverse speed, QMFR—abrasive mass flow rate, and SOD—stand-off distance to the delamination factor (Fd-top) and surface roughness (Ra) of drilled hole. Central composite design (CCD) of L29 orthogonal array was used to perform the experimental observations. The statistical approach (ANOVA) was employed to determine the contribution of individual AWJD parameters to drilling operation. It is identified from experimental results that the water jet pressure is the most predominant process parameter and its contribution on Fd-top and Ra were 74.28% and 72.48%, respectively. Increasing the water pressure from low (160 MPa) to its higher range (320 MPa) showed that the surface roughness and delamination factor were reduced irrespective of other drilling parameters. Increased water pressure provides enough kinetic energy for abrasive particles to facilitate a higher penetration potential during the drilling process. Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) images show the machining-induced damages like ploughing marks, uncut fibers, ridges, craters, matrix smearing, and delamination on an abrasive water jet drilled surface of prepared MFL.

Experiments on Dicing Monocrystalline Silicon Wafer Using Micro Abrasive Water Jet

2011 ◽  
Vol 287-290 ◽  
pp. 2863-2868 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Yong Lei ◽  
Dai Jun Jiang ◽  
Ke Fu Liu ◽  
Pu Hua Tang
Keyword(s):  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Surface Quality ◽  
Silicon Wafer ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Feed Rate ◽  
Water Jet ◽  
Monocrystalline Silicon ◽  
Abrasive Water Jet ◽  
Feed System ◽  
Moving Jet

The experiments on dicing monocrystalline silicon wafer using micro abrasive water jet turning were performed. A specifically designed water jet machine tool with four axes was developed and a specially designed cutting head has developed, in which the inside diameter of orifice and focusing tube is f125 mm and f500 mm respectively, while the silicon carbide solid abrasives with average diameter of 25-100 mm was used. In order to control the flow rate of micro abrasives precisely, an abrasive feed system with auger mechanism driven by DC motor reducer was used. The diameters of monocrystalline silicon bars are around 50 mm. Two basic turning methods, i.e. turning with stationary jet and turning with moving jet were applied. The preliminary experimental results such as kerf width, wafer thickness, surface quality etc. were analyzed. It was found that micro abrasive water jet can be used to precisely turn brittle materials like monocrystalline silicon. The turned wafer with thickness of 1 mm above could be achieved. A thinner wafer less than 1 mm is difficult to obtain during experiments because of cracking or chipping. Experiments demonstrate that the wafer surface has macro stripping characteristics similar to linear cutting. It was observed that there is less waviness and smooth surface on the turned wafer when with moving jet. And it depends greatly on the water jet pressure, feed rate of the jet, rotation speed of silicon bar, abrasive particle size as well as flow rate of abrasive. The detailed analysis indicates that the surface roughness of turned wafer with moving jet is around Ra 1.5-5.6 μm, while that of turned wafer with stationary jet is around Ra6.3 μm, when other conditions are same. The results show that surface quality turning with moving jet is obviously better than that of stationary jet. Smaller surface roughness of turned wafer could be obtained when finer abrasive is used. The experiment shows also that the wafer is typically tapered with either the stationary jet or moving jet. There is a concave on the turned surface when feed rate of the jet is too low or dwell time is too long. This is attributed to the jet rebound from one face to the other. Therefore there is an optimizing rotational speed during turning. This study indicates that dicing mono crystalline silicon wafer using micro abrasive water jet turning has potential application in semiconductor industry.

scholarly journals Abrasive Water Jet Cutting of Hardox Steels—Quality Investigation

Processes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 1652
Author(s):  
Tibor Krenicky ◽  
Milos Servatka ◽  
Stefan Gaspar ◽  
Jozef Mascenik
Keyword(s):  
Surface Quality ◽  
Cutting Parameters ◽  
Traverse Speed ◽  
Quality Parameters ◽  
Water Jet ◽  
Regression Equations ◽  
Abrasive Water Jet ◽  
Water Jet Cutting ◽  
Declination Angle ◽  
Relationship Of

The paper aims to study the surface quality dependency on selected parameters of cuts made in Hardox™ by abrasive water jet (AWJ). The regression process was applied on measured data and the equations were prepared for both the Ra and Rz roughness parameters. One set of regression equations was prepared for the relationship of Ra and Rz on cutting parameters—pumping pressure, traverse speed, and abrasive mass flow rate. The second set of regression equations describes relationships between the declination angle in kerf as the independent variable and either the Ra or the Rz parameters as dependent variables. The models can be used to predict cutting variables to predict the surface quality parameters.

scholarly journals Surface quality of marble machined by abrasive water jet

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramy Abdullah ◽  
Ahmed Mahrous ◽  
Azza Barakat
Keyword(s):  
Surface Quality ◽  
Water Jet ◽  
Abrasive Water Jet
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