Roughness Parameters Calculation By Means Of On-Line Vibration Monitoring Emerging From AWJ Interaction With Material

The paper deals with a study of relations between the measured Ra, Rq, Rz surface roughness parameters, the traverse speed of cutting head v and the vibration parameters, PtP, RMS, vRa, generated during abrasive water jet cutting of the AISI 309 stainless steel. Equations for prediction of the surface roughness parameters were derived according to the vibration parameter and the traverse speed of cutting head. Accuracy of the equations is described according to the Euclidean distances. The results are suitable for an on-line control model simulating abrasive water jet cutting and machining using an accompanying physical phenomenon for the process control which eliminates intervention of the operator

Analysis of acoustic emission emerging during hydroabrasive cutting and options for indirect quality control

The paper discusses connections of acoustic emission in abrasive water jet cutting. Introduction focuses on theoretical knowledge on this technology and offers analysis related to current state of the art of the problem research. Further description of performed experiments is presented in case in which acoustic emission behaviour was observed with the exactly scheduled change of cutting conditions or rather cutting head traverse speed v. The beginning of the initial part contains FFT spectral analyses and comparison of the examined sections of the experimental samples. Consequently a graphical representation and comparison of peak-to-peak values (maximal amplitudes) and values of AERMS at the time of experimental cutting follow. At the close of the work, the analyses are expressed as dependence on the cutting head traverse speed v with expressed regulation equations applicable in the close-loop control process with minimum human intervention and in case of fault conditions—broken focusing tube, fractured water nozzle.Web of Science661-4584