STUDIES ON JET PENETRATION AND KERF WIDTH AT VARIOUS OPERATING PRESSURE IN MACHINING OF D2 HEAT TREATED STEEL USING ABRASIVE WATER JET

Deepak D, Akash Valavala, Anjaiah D

Abstract: Abrasive Water Jet (AWJ) machining is one of the non-traditional machining method popular method for machining of hard, heat sensitive and brittle materials. The present work attempts to investigate the effect of operating pressure on depth of penetration and kerf characteristics generated while machining of D2 heat treated steel. It is found that increase in operating pressure increases the depth of penetration and decreases the surface taper on the work-piece.

Keywords: Kerf width, Depth of cut, Operating pressure, AWJ Machining

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2015.0409064