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* College of Automation Engineering, Harbin University of Sci. & Tech., Harbin 150080 China
(E-mail: xujiazhong@126.com)
** College of Automation Engineering, Harbin University of Sci. & Tech., Harbin 150080 China
*** College of Automation Engineering, Harbin University of Sci. & Tech., Harbin 150080 China
Abstract: To solve the problem of water pressure fluctuation caused by the traditional double-acting
intensifier, the paper has designed abrasive water-jet cutting machine based on phased intensifier as well as
open numerical control system. The structure of cutting machine as well as the hardware structure and
working principle of phased intensifier are introduced. The phased intensifier employs a constant pressure
variable capacity pump to provide power, compressed air to push piston back, PLC to control working
sequence of two pistons, making the structure of mechanism and control system to be simplified.
Experimental research on several typical materials cut by water-jet cutting machine equipped with phased
intensifier is conducted, which is valuable for design, manufacture and technological application of high
pressure water equipment. It is practically proved that this system can work stably, with fluctuation rate of
water pressure no more than 2.0%, as well as good cutting quality and high production efficiency.
Keywords: abrasive water-jet cutting; phased intensifier; numerical control; cutting experiment
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4. CUTTING PROCESS EXPERIMENTS
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Abrasive Water-jet Cutting is a very complex process, and
there are many parameters that can influence the performance 20
of water-jet cutting (Brandt S, et al, 2000; Hashish M., 1984;
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Zeng J. and Kim T. J., 1993; Zeng J., et al, 1999)which
includes kinetic parameters (water nozzle diameter, and 0
hydraulic pressure), abrasive parameters (abrasive material, 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
size, and quantity of flow), abrasive nozzle parameters Water pressure p (MPa)
(diameter, length, and material), cutting parameters (cutting
speed, target distance, impact angle, and times of cutting), d n = 0.3mm d m = 1.2mm n = 60
work piece parameters (hardness). But the process parameters v = 100mm / min s = 3mm
that are easily controlled mainly include hydraulic pressure, Fig.6. The relationship between cutting depth and water
abrasive parameters, cutting speed and target distance. pressure
A lot of scholars have carried many researches on the cutting
capability of ductile materials, brittle materials and composite 4.2 The relationship between cutting depth and target
materials by abrasive water-jet cutting. Through research (M. distance
Hashish, 1984; L.Chen, et al ,1996; J. Wang, 1999) have
found that regardless of ductile materials, brittle materials Figure 7 shows the influence of target distance on the cutting
and composite materials, their abrasive water-jet cutting depth of granite, forged steel and cast iron. It is seen that 2-5
process exists in three areas: small angle cutting area, big mm is the best target distance existed corresponding to the
angle cutting area, and jet upward migration area.(Mustafa, largest cutting depth. When the target distance is more than
2002; J. Wang, et al , 2002)studied influence of process 10mm, increased target distance can make the jet distribute
parameter on the cutting quality of different materials on a larger surface area. The cut width on the material’s
through experiments. According to the requirements of surface is increased, and thus cutting depth is reduced
industrial cutting, abrasive cutting machine equipped with obviously. The change of cutting depth to target distance of
phased intensifier is selected as the experiment platform, and granite is more sensitive than forged steel and cast iron.
cutting technological researches on granite, forged steel and
cast iron are carried. Main technological parameters of 70
cutting experiment system are: high-pressure water
pressure p ≤ 400 MPa , high pressure water flux q ≤ 5 L / min , 60
Forged steel
cutting feed speed v ≤ 9 m / min , target distance s ≤ 240 mm , Cast iron
Cutting depth d(mm)
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and abrasive feed quantity m = 0.1 − 0.8 kg / min . Granite
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