Innovative Solutions for Waste Removal (Used Abrasive) Resulted from Water Jet Cutting Process

Abstract

Due to the extraordinary qualities established and imposed worldwide, the water jet cutting process is increasingly used in current industrial applications.It is well known that the process can be applied to a wide range of materials: metallic and non-metallic alloys, polymeric materials, ceramic materials, glass, stone, marble, wood, rubber, etc.An important challenge in the conception and design of water jet cutting equipment is the removal of used abrasive material from the discharge tank during or after water jet cutting operations.The paper presents innovative solutions proposed and developed worldwide for the evacuation / extraction from the tank of water jet cutting machines of used abrasive particles and / or particles resulting from materials subjected to the cutting process.