Development and Fabrication of Portable Abrasive Jet Machine

Abstract

Abrasive jet machine is the material removal operation where the material is removed or cut by high velocity stream of air, gas or water and abrasive mixture. The abrasive jet machining (AJM) is a process of non-traditional machine which operators on no physical contact between tool and work piece. The abrasive jet machining can be seemly employed for machining super alloys and refractory form material. The process is also very much seemly for cutting, cleaning, grooving, finishing and debarring operations of hard and brittle materials such as glass, ceramics and mica. There is no restriction to material to be machined. Thus it cuts conductive as well as non-conductive materials. In this research work, portable abrasive jet machine was developed using 2D drawings and 3D model with the help of software's. The developed 2D drawings and 3D model were further used for fabricating prototype machine model. The fabricated portable abrasive jet machine has produced precise holes on glass material more efficiently.