Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
8th International Marmara Scientific Research and Innovation Congress (ISARC), İstanbul, Türkiye, 27 - 28 Ekim 2024, ss.478-484, (Tam Metin Bildiri)
Among the non-traditional cutting technologies, even if the widespread usability of abrasive waterjet (AWJ) in various industries has increased greatly, a few significant deficiencies in the kerf profile prevent the AWJ from being used further. Successful results, however, have been recently reached in improving the kerf profile using the newly developed techniques such as forward angling the jet, multi-pass cutting and controlled nozzle oscillation, across several industry domains without incurring additional costs throughout the cutting process. In this paper, thus, the usability of forward angling the jet in AWJ cutting of a natural stone sample was experimentally investigated. For this purpose, a natural stone sample, called as basalt, was characterized, dimensioned and subjected to AWJ cutting using the forward angling the jet. The experimental results clearly demonstrated that the usability of forward angling the jet may greatly improve the operational capabilities of AWJ technology, depending on the desired level for the kerf profile.
Keywords: Abrasive waterjet, forward angling the jet, natural stone, kerf profile