EP2650083A1 - Abrasive water jet nozzle and abrasive water jet machine - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an abrasive water jet nozzle comprising a mixing nozzle to absorb abrasives in a through hole thereof to mix the abrasives in a water jet, and an abrasive water jet machine including the abrasive water jet nozzle.
- An abrasive water jet machine is known as a machine to cut a workpiece having a thickness to some extent or made of hard material.
- a stone, a synthetic resin, and a composite material like a carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) are included in the hard material.
- the abrasive water jet machine improves cutting efficiency by jetting an abrasive water jet to the workpiece.
- the abrasive water jet is a water jet supplied at high pressure of 200 to 400 MPa in which abrasives are mixed.
- An abrasive nozzle described in the patent document 1 is a nozzle which generates a swirl flow of super high pressure fluid within a nozzle main body by including a swirl generating device.
- the swirl generating device has a swirl groove to feed abrasives toward a center of the nozzle main body so that the abrasives are mixed more densely in a center part of a water jet than in the other.
- An abrasive nozzle described in the patent document 2 is a nozzle which jets a water jet supplied from the water jet supply part 11 into spherical-zircon beads ZB and water mixed with spherical-zircon beads so that the spherical-zircon beads are mixed in the water jet.
- the spherical-zircon beads ZB are supplied from a spherical-zircon-bead-supply part 12a, and the water mixed with spherical-zircon beads are supplied from a recycled-spherical-zircon-bead-supply part 12b.
- the abrasives supplied to a mixing chamber are directly involved and absorbed in the water jet by jetting the water jet into the mixing chamber.
- the abrasives are concentrated at an inlet port of the abrasive nozzle.
- the quantity of abrasives is saturated in the abrasive nozzle so that the abrasive nozzle tends to be further filled with the abrasives.
- the abrasive nozzle may be worn further when the abrasives unevenly enter and are mixed in the abrasive nozzle.
- the present invention has been created in view of such a technical background. It is an object of the present invention to provide an abrasive water jet nozzle and an abrasive water jet machine which are capable of mixing an adequate quantity of abrasives in a water jet, are capable of reducing a degree of filling the interior of the abrasive nozzle with the abrasives, are capable of reducing a degree of the abrasion of the abrasive nozzle, and are capable of improving the precision and efficiency of the cutting process.
- the present invention provides an abrasive water jet nozzle for jetting an abrasive water jet to a workpiece to process the workpiece, the abrasive water jet being a water jet supplied to an inlet hole and mixed with abrasives, comprising:
- the abrasive water jet nozzle comprises the mixing chamber as a kind of air chamber in which the abrasives are absorbed together with air through the supply port.
- the mixing chamber composed as an air chamber
- a negative pressure is generated by the water jet passing through at a high speed. Therefore, the abrasives are absorbed together with air to be stayed in the mixing chamber due to the negative pressure, and the abrasives stayed in the mixing chamber are efficiently mixed in the water jet.
- wording of "water” or “water jet” is used in the explanation of the present invention in an idiomatic manner. However, the present invention is not limited to "water”. Fluid used in the present invention widely includes water and other kind of fluid for processing.
- the abrasive water jet nozzle comprises the mixing nozzle for jetting the water jet passed through the through hole into the mixing chamber. Therefore, the abrasives are absorbed together with air in a clearance formed between the water jet passing through the through hole and an inner surface defining the through hole of the mixing nozzle such that the abrasives are forced to be mixed in the water jet in the through hole of the mixing nozzle by absorbing the abrasives in the water jet.
- the abrasives introduced into the mixing chamber are not directly mixed in the water jet within the mixing chamber as in the prior art. But in the present invention, the abrasives are absorbed and mixed in the water jet in the through hole of the mixing nozzle while the abrasives are being stirred up and absorbed together with air in the through hole of the mixing nozzle in a direction opposite to the flow direction of the water jet. Therefore, an adequate quantity of abrasives can be mixed in the water jet.
- the abrasive water jet nozzle according to the present invention comprises the mixing nozzle.
- the first mixing route is a route to absorb the abrasives in the mixing nozzle in the direction opposite to the flow direction of the water jet, through an outlet port of the mixing nozzle, that is, through an outlet port positioned at a front end of the through hole, to mix the abrasives in the water jet.
- the second mixing route is a route to mix the abrasives in the water jet jetted downward out of the outlet port of the mixing nozzle.
- the abrasives are mixed in the water jet through the two separate routes in the present invention. Therefore, the abrasives in the mixing chamber are not forced to concentrate at an inlet port of the abrasive nozzle to be absorbed in, so that the abrasives are uniformly mixed in the water jet and the interior of the abrasive nozzle is efficiently prevented from being filled with the abrasives.
- the abrasive water jet nozzle according to the present invention prevents the abrasive nozzle from being filled with the abrasives, so that an inner diameter of the abrasive nozzle can be formed smaller to smoothly enhance the flow speed of the abrasive water jet. Therefore, abrasive consumption can be economized, and the precision and efficiency of the cutting process can be improved by using the abrasive water jet nozzle with a small inner diameter.
- the diameter of the through hole of the mixing nozzle is 5 to 25 times as large as the diameter of the inlet port of the inlet hole of the nozzle part of the water nozzle.
- the abrasives can be efficiently absorbed in a clearance formed between the water jet and the inner surface defining the through hole of the mixing nozzle to be mixed in the water jet by using the abrasive water jet nozzle comprising the mixing nozzle having the through hole whose diameter is 5 to 25 times as large as that of the inlet port of the inlet hole of the nozzle part of the water nozzle.
- the diameter of the through hole of the mixing nozzle is properly set within the range of 5 to 25 times as large as the diameter of the inlet port of the inlet hole of the nozzle part of the water nozzle because the quantity of the abrasives to be absorbed becomes peak in a case that the diameter of the through hole of the mixing nozzle is 5 to 25 times as large as the diameter of the inlet port of the inlet hole of the nozzle part of the water nozzle.
- a length of the through hole of the mixing nozzle is longer than a distance from an outlet port positioned at a front end of the through hole to the abrasive nozzle.
- a length of the second mixing route can be set short by using the abrasive water jet nozzle in which the length of the through hole of the mixing nozzle is longer than the distance from the outlet port positioned at the front end of the through hole to the abrasive nozzle. Therefore, the abrasives in the mixing chamber are prevented from concentrating at the inlet port of the abrasive nozzle to be absorbed in the abrasive nozzle, so that the abrasive nozzle is efficiently prevented from being filled with the abrasives and an adequate quantity of abrasives can be steadily mixed in the water jet.
- the abrasives introduced into the mixing chamber is forced to be absorbed in the abrasive nozzle through the inlet port of the abrasive nozzle. Therefore, in the second mixing route, the abrasives tend to concentrate at the inlet port of the abrasive nozzle, thus filling the inlet port with the abrasives tends to be induced. Because of this, it is preferable that the length of the second mixing route is set shorter and the length of the first mixing route is set longer as much as the second mixing route is shortened.
- a diameter of a through hole of the abrasive nozzle is smaller than the diameter of the through hole of the mixing nozzle, and is larger than the diameter of the inlet port of the inlet hole of the nozzle part of the water nozzle.
- the precision and efficiency of the cutting process can be improved by using the abrasive water jet nozzle in which the diameter of the through hole of the abrasive nozzle is smaller than the diameter of the through hole of the mixing nozzle. And filling with the abrasives can be prevented by using the abrasive water jet nozzle in which the diameter of the through hole of the abrasive nozzle is larger than the diameter of the inlet port of the inlet hole of the nozzle part of the water nozzle.
- the mixing nozzle has an approximately cylindrical shape and has a tapered part formed on an outer surface thereof, the tapered part being configured to decrease a diameter toward the abrasive nozzle.
- the tapered part is formed from a position facing the supply port to a front tip of the mixing nozzle.
- the abrasives introduced into the mixing chamber together with air through the supply port smoothly flow along the outer surface of the mixing nozzle to the front tip thereof and are absorbed in the mixing nozzle by using the abrasive water jet nozzle in which the mixing nozzle has the tapered part formed on the front part of the outer surface thereof.
- the abrasives are efficiently absorbed together with air in the clearance formed in the through hole through the outlet port for the water jet positioned at the tip of the mixing nozzle. Therefore, the abrasives can be absorbed to be mixed in the water jet within the through hole.
- the present invention provides an abrasive water jet machine including the abrasive water jet nozzle described in the foregoing and an abrasive supply apparatus for supplying a predetermined quantity of abrasives to the mixing chamber, wherein the abrasive supply apparatus comprises:
- Abrasives which flew out of the flowing out hole are conveyed by the conveyance rotor rotating in a case of using the abrasive water jet machine in which the conveyance rotor is disposed so as to define a predetermined gap below or on the downstream side of the flowing out hole. That is, since the predetermined gap is provided between the flowing out hole and the conveyance rotor, the abrasives are kept staying in the gap because of friction between each of the abrasives when the conveyance rotor is in a stopped condition.
- abrasives can be uniformly mixed in a water jet, the degree of filling the interior of the abrasive nozzle with the abrasives can be reduced, the degree of abrasion of the abrasive nozzle can be reduced, and the precision and efficiency of the cutting process can be improved.
- the conveyance rotor in the abrasive water jet machine according to the present invention has a concavo-convex part formed on an outer surface thereof. Abrasives which flow into the gap can be kept staying there to be prevented from dropping freely, and can be smoothly conveyed along the outer surface of the conveyance rotor by using the abrasive water jet machine in which the conveyance rotor has the concavo-convex part on the outer surface thereof.
- the present invention can provide an abrasive water jet nozzle and an abrasive water jet machine which are capable of uniformly mixing abrasives in a water jet, are capable of reducing the degree of filling the interior of the abrasive nozzle with the abrasives, are capable of reducing the degree of the abrasion of the abrasive nozzle, and are capable of improving the precision and efficiency of the cutting process.
- the abrasive water jet machine 100 is a machine for mixing abrasives G in a water jet Q supplied at high pressure of 200 to 400 MPa, and for jetting an abrasive water jet AWJ to cut a workpiece (not shown) .
- the abrasive water jet machine 100 can jet the abrasive water jet AWJ at high speed over the speed of sound. Therefore, the cutting process can be done with high precision even if the workpiece is made of one of a hard material like glass, a relatively soft material like a synthetic resin, and a composite material consisting of a plurality of materials.
- the composite material consists of the hard material, the soft material.
- the abrasive water jet machine 100 comprises an abrasive water jet nozzle 1 for jetting the abrasive water jet AWJ mixed with the abrasives G, a water jet supply apparatus 101 for supplying a water jet Q through a high pressure pipe 102 to the abrasive water jet nozzle 1, and an abrasive supply apparatus 8 for supplying an adequate quantity of abrasives G to the abrasive water jet nozzle 1, as shown in Figure 1 .
- the abrasive water jet machine 100 is shown so that a jet direction of the abrasive water jet AWJ is a downward direction in Figure 1 in the present embodiment.
- the jet direction may be a horizontal direction.
- the abrasive water jet machine or the abrasive water jet nozzle may be attached to the tip of a robot arm.
- the abrasive water jet machine or the abrasive water jet nozzle may be attached to a portable abrasive water jet machine, and in this case, an operator can handle the portable abrasive water jet machine with his hand(s) for the cutting process.
- the jet direction of the abrasive water jet AWJ can be freely changeable.
- a general abrasive including at least one of a garnet, a sapphire, and Cemented Carbide can be properly used for the abrasives G in accordance with a kind of and/or a use of a workpiece.
- the grain size of the abrasives G is properly set in accordance with the kind of and/or the use of the workpiece. Minute grains and coated grains can also be used.
- the abrasive water jet nozzle 1 comprises a nozzle main body 2, a mixing chamber 3 formed in the nozzle main body 2, a water nozzle 4 having an inlet hole 41 formed through the water nozzle in order to jet a water jet WJ through the inlet hole 41, a mixing nozzle 5 for mixing the abrasives G in the water jet WJ jetted out of the water nozzle 4 to generate a water jet AW mixed with the abrasives G (hereinafter, this is called a water jet AW), and an abrasive nozzle 6 for jetting an abrasive water jet AWJ to process a workpiece (not shown), as shown in Figure 2 .
- Figure 2 is a schematic view in view of visibility.
- a relation between a hole diameter of the water nozzle 4 and a diameter of the water jet WJ is simplified, and this relation is not strictly correct in Figure 2 . That is, in general, it is assumed that the diameter of the water jet WJ jetted out of the water nozzle 4 is smaller than the hole diameter of the water nozzle 4.
- the grain size of the abrasives G is exaggeratedly shown in Figures 1 and 2 .
- Figures 1 and 2 show that the abrasives G are floating and flowing in the air in the mixing chamber 3, and also show that the abrasives G are flowing as grains to be conveyed in the abrasive supply apparatus 8.
- the nozzle main body 2 has an upper body 21 and a lower body 22.
- the nozzle main body 2 is a member for fixing members of the water nozzle 4, the mixing nozzle 5, and so on at each predetermined position with high precision.
- the mixing chamber 3 is formed in the middle of the nozzle main body 2. That is, the space of the mixing chamber 3 is formed in the lower part of the upper body 21 and is closed by an upper surface of the lower body 22 from under the space.
- the mixing nozzle 5 is an individual member different from the nozzle main body 2 in Figures 1 and 2 , and is tightly inserted in the nozzle main body 2 (the upper body 21) to be fixed therein. But it is general that the mixing nozzle 5 is formed integrally with the nozzle main body 2 (the upper body 21) in views of manufacture and so on. On the other hand, size and/or material of the mixing nozzle 5 can be easily changed in a case that the individual mixing nozzle 5 is inserted in the nozzle main body 2 (the upper body 21) to be removably fixed therein. And the nozzle main body 2 is formed by the two members of the upper body 21 and the lower body 22 in the present embodiment. But the upper body 21 and the lower body 22 may be formed integrally as one member.
- the mixing chamber 3 has an approximately cylindrical shape, and the mixing nozzle 5 is disposed to be protruded into the central part of the mixing chamber 3.
- the mixing nozzle 5 is composed so that the water jet WJ jetted out of the water nozzle 4 passes through the mixing nozzle 5, and the water jet AW passes through the mixing chamber 3 to be introduced into the abrasive nozzle 6.
- the mixing chamber 3 has a supply port 31 through which the abrasives G are introduced into the mixing chamber 3.
- the abrasives G sent from the abrasive supply apparatus 8 shown in Figure 1 are absorbed together with air in the mixing chamber 3 through the supply port 31.
- the mixing chamber 3 is composed as an air chamber, so that the abrasives G introduced into the mixing chamber 3 can be enough decelerated to stay in the mixing chamber 3. Therefore, the abrasives G introduced into the mixing chamber 3 are mixed in the water jet WJ in order to generate the water jet AW.
- the abrasive supply apparatus 8 shown in Figure 1 is configured to send an adequate quantity of abrasives G toward the supply port 31.
- the mixing chamber 3 is composed as an air chamber
- the mixing chamber is a defined space capable of staying the abrasives therein.
- the mixing chamber 3 is not limited to an airtight space defined by some walls having no port through which the space is communicated with any attached device or instrument like a vacuum device which is used in order to generate an auxiliary negative pressure in the mixing chamber 3 during the processing for piercing.
- the supply port 31 is disposed at an adequate position against the positions of an outlet port 53 of the mixing nozzle 5 and the abrasive nozzle 6. That is, for example, the supply port 31 is located on an upstream side of the flow direction of the water jet AW against the outlet port 53 of the mixing nozzle 5. In a case that the position of the supply port 31 is too high against the postition of the outlet port 53 of the mixing nozzle 5, the abrasives G are not smoothly conveyed to the outlet port 53, so that a periphery of the supply port 31 is easy to be filled with the abrasives G.
- the abrasive nozzle 6 is easy to be filled with the abrasives G.
- an adequate position of the supply port 31 also relates to a diameter thereof. Therefore, the supply port 31 is set to have an adequate diameter and the supply port 31 is adjusted to have an adequate position.
- the water nozzle 4 comprises a body 42 and a nozzle part 43 embedded and fixed in the body 42.
- the body 42 is embedded and fixed in an upstream part of the upper body 21 in view of the flow direction of the water jet WJ, that is, an upper part of the upper body 21 in Figures 1 and 2 .
- the water nozzle 4 is a nozzle member which jets the water jet WJ out of the nozzle part 43 into the mixing nozzle 5 by using a water jet Q supplied to the inlet hole 41 through a high pressure pipe 102.
- the inlet hole 41 has an inlet port 41A thereof at the top of the nozzle part 43 in Figure 2 .
- a diameter D1 of the inlet port 41A of the nozzle part 43 of the water nozzle 4 is set to be smaller than a diameter D3 of the through hole 51 of the mixing nozzle 5 and also smaller than a diameter D2 of a through hole of the abrasive nozzle 6.
- the mixing nozzle 5 is located on a downstream side of the flow direction of the water jet WJ against the nozzle part 43 of the water nozzle 4 and has an approximately cylindrical shape. Furthermore, the mixing nozzle 5 comprises the through hole 51 through which the water jet WJ jetted out of the water nozzle 4 passes, a tapered part 52 formed on the outer surface thereof, and an outlet port 53 through which the water jet AW passing through the through hole 51 is jetted into the mixing chamber 3.
- the abrasives G strikes against the mixing nozzle 5. Therefore, although the quantity of abrasives to be supplied also has some relation to the following, the mixing nozzle 5 may be made of harder materials than each grain of the abrasives G. And the interior surface of the mixing nozzle 5 may be coated so that durability and wear resistance thereof are improved.
- the outer shape of the mixing nozzle 5 is cylindrical in the present embodiment. However, the outer shape of the mixing nozzle 5 may be polygonal.
- a negative pressure is generated in the through hole 51 of the mixing nozzle 5 when the water jet WJ jetted out of the water nozzle 4 passes through the through hole 51 to be jetted out of the outlet port 53 of the through hole 51. Therefore, a clearance ⁇ 1 is formed between the water jet WJ(AW) passing through the through hole 51 and the inner surface of the through hole 51, and the abrasives G are absorbed in the clearance ⁇ 1 together with air through the outlet port 53 (refer to an arrow R1 in Figure 2 ).
- the abrasives G are mixed in the water jet WJ within the through hole 51 of the mixing nozzle 5 while the abrasives G are absorbed up to a height H3 above the outlet port 53 in such a way (the first mixing route R1).
- the height H3 up to which the abrasives G can be absorbed above the outlet port 53 is high, the quantity of the abrasives G to be mixed in the water jet WJ tends to increase.
- the height H3 also relates to the size of the clearance ⁇ 1.
- the mixing nozzle 5 has the tapered part 52 formed on the outer surface thereof.
- the tapered part 52 is configured to decrease a diameter toward the abrasive nozzle 6 so as for its cross section being smaller, and is formed from a position facing the supply port 31 to the front tip of the mixing nozzle 5.
- the abrasives G are smoothly flowed along the tapered part 52 formed on the outer surface of the mixing nozzle 5 to the front tip and the abrasives G are absorbed in the clearance through the outlet port 53.
- the tapered part 52 has a conical shape.
- the tapered part may have a polygonal cross section, and may have an uneven surface which has a stair or stairs that become smaller gradually toward the tip of the mixing nozzle 5 in cross sectional sizes.
- the mixing nozzle 5 may have a straight cylindrical shape instead of the tapered part on the outer surface thereof.
- the straight cylindrical shape after the abrasives G are introduced into the mixing chamber 3 together with air through the supply port 31, the abrasives G can be smoothly flowed toward the outlet port 53 positioned at the front tip of the mixing nozzle 5 by reducing an outer diameter of the mixing nozzle 5.
- the tapered part 52 is formed on the outer surface of the mixing nozzle 5, it is feasible that the tapered part is formed on the inner surface of the mixing nozzle 5.
- the abrasive water jet nozzle 1 can mix an adequate quantity of abrasives G in the water jet WJ by setting an adequate size of the clearance ⁇ 1 formed between the water jet WJ and the inner surface of the mixing nozzle 5 defining the through hole 51.
- the clearance ⁇ 1 will be described with reference to Figure 3 in the following.
- Figure 3 is a graph chart showing a relation between the clearance ⁇ 1 and a processing time (seconds) for piercing by taking the ratio of the inner diameter D3 of the mixing nozzle 5 to the diameter D1 of the inlet port 41A of the water nozzle 4, that is, D3/D1 on the abscissa and the processing time for piercing on the ordinate.
- the processing for piercing is an abrasive water jet processing to be conducted previous to the cutting process in the abrasive water jet processing.
- the processing for piercing is selected as a standard processing to investigate processing efficiency in the abrasive water jet processing in order to verify whether the adequate quantity of abrasives G is mixed in the water jet WJ through measuring processing times for piercing under the condition of a constant pressure of the water jet WJ.
- the diameter D3 of the through hole 51 of the mixing nozzle 5 is set to be 5 to 25 or 5 to 20 times as large as the diameter D1 of the inlet port 41A of the inlet hole 41 of the nozzle part 43 of the water nozzle 4.
- the following equation is derived.
- the clearance ⁇ 1 formed in the through hole 51 shown in Figure 2 is set to be 2 to 12 times as large as the diameter D1 of the inlet port 41A of the inlet hole 41 of the nozzle part 43 of the water nozzle 4.
- the clearance ⁇ 1 relates also to the speed and the pressure of the water jet WJ and the diameter D1.
- the quantity of the abrasives G to be absorbed tends to decrease in a case that the clearance ⁇ 1 is too small.
- the quantity of the abrasives G to be absorbed tends to decrease also in a case that the clearance ⁇ 1 is too large so that degree of negative pressure decreases.
- the quantity of the abrasives G to be mixed tends to increase in a case that the height H3 up to which the abrasives G are absorbed in the upstream is high as can be seen in Figure 2 .
- the pressure of the water jet WJ is set to be 300MPa and the diameter D1 in the water nozzle 4 is set to be 0.1mm to 0.15mm
- various conditions like flow speed and pressure of the water jet WJ, and the diameter D1 in the water nozzle 4 should be considered. Therefore, it is preferable that the ratio of D3/D1 is properly set in the range of 5 to 25 or 5 to 20 sandwiching the peak ratio 13.
- the water et AW jetted into the mixing chamber 3 out of the outlet port 53 of the mixing nozzle 5 also causes a negative pressure while it passes from the outlet port 53 of the mixing nozzle 5 in the mixing chamber 3 to the abrasive nozzle 6. Therefore, the abrasives G are mixed also in the water jet AW (refer to an arrow R2 in Figure 2 ).
- the outlet port 53 of the mixing nozzle 5 is located at the front tip of the mixing nozzle 5, and is disposed at a predetermined height H1 above the abrasive nozzle 6.
- the height H1 from the abrasive nozzle 6 to the outlet port 53 of the mixing nozzle 5 is set to be shorter than a length H2 of the through hole 51 of the mixing nozzle 5.
- this relation between the height H1 and the length H2 intends the following.
- the second mixing route R2 for mixing the abrasives G in the water jet Aw jetted out of the outlet port 53 of the mixing nozzle 5 downward affects the abrasives G introduced into the mixing chamber 3 to be absorbed in an inlet port of the abrasive nozzle 6. Therefore, the abrasives G concentrate at the inlet port of the abrasive nozzle 6 in a high density unevenly, so that the inlet port of the abrasive nozzle 6 tends to be filled with the abrasives G. For this reason, it is preferable that the length or height H1 for the second mixing route R2 is shortened and the length or height H3 of the first mixing route R1 is lengthened by that much.
- the abrasive nozzle 6 is located on a downstream side of the flow direction of the water jet AW against the mixing nozzle 5.
- the abrasive nozzle 6 is a member for introducing the water jet AW mixed with the abrasives G through the first mixing route R1 and the second mixing routes R2 thereinto and for jetting the abrasive water jet AWJ to a workpiece (not shown).
- the hole diameter D2 of the abrasive nozzle 6 is generally set to be about 0.3mm to 0.5mm. It is preferable that the hole diameter D2 is set to be smaller than the hole diameter D3 of the mixing nozzle 5 and larger than the hole diameter D1 of the inlet port 41A of the inlet hole 41 of the nozzle part 43 of the water nozzle 4.
- the abrasive nozzle 6 can be set to have a small diameter. Therefore, the precision and efficiency of the cutting process can be improved. And by setting the hole diameter D2 of the abrasive nozzle 6 to be larger than the hole diameter D1 of the water nozzle 4, an effect of reducing the degree of filling the abrasive nozzle 6 with abrasives G can be expected.
- the present invention has been described separately about the first mixing route R1 and the second mixing route R2 so that the present invention can be easily understood in this embodiment by simplifying the matter.
- abrasives G to be mixed in pieces of water jet scattered in the mixing chamber 3.
- the above-mentioned separate description for the first mixing route R1 and the second mixing route R2 does not mean that the entire abrasives G supplied to the mixing chamber 3 are mixed in the water jet only via the first mixing route R1 and the second mixing route R2.
- a swirl flow can be generated in some cases when the abrasives G are flung up in the upstream. Such a swirl flow affects the length or height H3 of the first mixing route R1 in some cases.
- the abrasive supply apparatus 8 comprises a reservoir 81 for reserving the abrasives G therein; a flowing out hole 82 formed in the lower part of the reservoir 81; a conveyance rotor 83 disposed so as to define a predetermined gap ⁇ 2 (refer to Figure 4A ) below the flowing out hole 82, and capable of rotating around an axis of a horizontal shaft 83a; a motor 84 to drive the conveyance rotor 83; a control unit (not shown) to control the motor 84; a receiver 85 disposed below the conveyance rotor 83; and an exhaust port 86 formed in the receiver 85, as shown in Figure 1 .
- the conveyance rotor 83 comprises convex parts 83b forming a concavo-convex part on the outer surface of the conveyance rotor 83, and two walls 83c apart from each other in a direction along an axis of the conveyance rotor 83 and sandwiching the convex parts 83b between them as shown in Figures 1 and 4A to 4C .
- the convex parts 83b are formed linearly along the axis of the conveyance rotor 83 and are disposed over the circumference direction of the conveyance rotor. And the convex parts 83b are apart at equal distances from each other so that the convex parts 83b resemble vanes of a waterwheel.
- Each of the walls 83c is formed like a flange protruding in a radial direction from the corresponding edge of the outer surface of the conveyance rotor.
- the conveyance rotor 83 can keep abrasives G which flew out of the flowing out hole 82 staying there so as not to be scattered, so that the necessary quantity of abrasives G can be conveyed to the receiver 85 in a proper timing.
- the convex parts 83b are formed on the outer surface of the conveyance rotor 83 in the present embodiment.
- the present invention is not limited to this form. Any form or structure which can keep a predetermined quantity of abrasives G staying on the outer surface during a predetermined time is allowable. Therefore, recessed parts are allowable as concave parts in the aforementioned structure. And another structure having both of concave parts and convex parts is allowable. Furthermore, a structure having no such concave parts and convex parts is allowable.
- the abrasive supply apparatus 8 is an apparatus which discharges a predetermined quantity of abrasives G downward through the flowing out hole 82 formed in the lower part of the reservoir 81, and conveys the abrasives G that flew out of the flowing out hole 82 to the receiver 85 via the conveyance rotor 83, and supplies the abrasives G to the supply port 31 opened to the mixing chamber 3 through the exhaust port 86 formed in the receiver 85, as shown in Figure 1 .
- the predetermined gap ⁇ 2 is provided between the flowing out hole 82 and the conveyance rotor 83 in the abrasive supply apparatus 8 as shown in Figure 4A . Therefore, the abrasives G can be kept staying in the gap in a state of staying on the conveyance rotor 83 due to frictional resistance between grains of the abrasives G while the conveyance rotor 83 is in a stopped condition as shown in Figure 4A .
- the abrasives G which flew into the gap ⁇ 2 are conveyed along the outer surface of the conveyance rotor 83 by rotation of the conveyance rotor 83 in correspondence to the rotational speed as shown in Figure 1 .
- the abrasives G are received by the receiver 85 disposed below the conveyance rotor 83.
- the abrasives G are supplied to the supply port 31 opened to the mixing chamber 3 through the exhaust port 86 formed in the receiver 85.
- An adequate quantity of abrasives G can be smoothly and evenly supplied to the mixing chamber 3 in a proper timing by adequately controlling the rotational speed of the conveyance rotor 83 by using the control unit not shown in the abrasive supply apparatus 8.
- An abrasive water jet machine 100 including the abrasive water jet nozzle 1 according to the present embodiment constructed as above serves the following effects.
- the abrasives G introduced into the mixing chamber 3 can be mixed in the water jet via two mixing routes R1 and R2.
- One of the two mixing routes R1 and R2 is the first mixing route R1 (refer to the height H3 in Figure 2 ) on which the abrasives G introduced into the mixing chamber 3 are absorbed through the outlet port 53 of the mixing nozzle 5 to be mixed in the water jet WJ in the upstream.
- the other is the second mixing route R2 (refer to the height H1 in Figure 2 ) on which the abrasives G introduced into the mixing chamber 3 are absorbed to be mixed in the water jet AW jetted out of the outlet port 53 of the mixing nozzle 5 in the downstream.
- the abrasives G are mixed separately vie the two mixing routes R1 and R2.
- the abrasives G in the mixing chamber 3 are not intensively absorbed in the inlet port of the abrasive nozzle 6, so that the abrasives G are mixed uniformly in the water jet WJ without unevenness to effectively reduce the degree of filling the interior of the abrasive nozzle 6 with the abrasives G.
- the abrasive water jet machine 100 can smoothly supply the adequate quantity of abrasives G to the mixing chamber 3 without unevenness by using the abrasive supply apparatus 8. Therefore, the abrasives G are uniformly mixed in the water jet WJ, and the degree of filling the interior of the abrasive nozzle 6 with the abrasives G is effectively reduced, so that precision and efficiency of the cutting process can be improved.
- the present embodiment according to the present invention has been described in the above. However, the present invention is not limited to that embodiment, and may include embodiments properly modified.
- the abrasive supply apparatus 8 which supplies the abrasives G through the conveyance rotor 83 is used in the present embodiment, but the present invention is not limited to this type.
- the quantity of the abrasives G can also be controlled by adjusting the diameter of the flowing out hole 82 by using movable needle valve.
- the present invention is not limited to this type.
- the supply port 31 may be formed more than one, and in this case, the abrasive supply apparatus 8 may be disposed more than one correspondingly to the supply ports 31.
Abstract
Description
- The present invention relates to an abrasive water jet nozzle comprising a mixing nozzle to absorb abrasives in a through hole thereof to mix the abrasives in a water jet, and an abrasive water jet machine including the abrasive water jet nozzle.
- An abrasive water jet machine is known as a machine to cut a workpiece having a thickness to some extent or made of hard material. In general, like glass, a stone, a synthetic resin, and a composite material like a carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) are included in the hard material. The abrasive water jet machine improves cutting efficiency by jetting an abrasive water jet to the workpiece. The abrasive water jet is a water jet supplied at high pressure of 200 to 400 MPa in which abrasives are mixed.
- Various means for mixing an adequate quantity of abrasives in the water jet are adopted in the prior abrasive water jet machine in order to prevent a nozzle from being damaged due to the abrasives and to improve the cutting efficiency (for example, patent documents 1, 2).
An abrasive nozzle described in the patent document 1 is a nozzle which generates a swirl flow of super high pressure fluid within a nozzle main body by including a swirl generating device. The swirl generating device has a swirl groove to feed abrasives toward a center of the nozzle main body so that the abrasives are mixed more densely in a center part of a water jet than in the other.
An abrasive nozzle described in thepatent document 2 is a nozzle which jets a water jet supplied from the water jet supply part 11 into spherical-zircon beads ZB and water mixed with spherical-zircon beads so that the spherical-zircon beads are mixed in the water jet. The spherical-zircon beads ZB are supplied from a spherical-zircon-bead-supply part 12a, and the water mixed with spherical-zircon beads are supplied from a recycled-spherical-zircon-bead-supply part 12b. -
- Patent document 1: Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No.
H8-1515 Figure 1 ) - Patent document 2: Japanese Patent No.
4653962, B Figure 3 ) - However, in the prior abrasive nozzle, the abrasives supplied to a mixing chamber are directly involved and absorbed in the water jet by jetting the water jet into the mixing chamber. Hence, there are problems to cause the abrasive nozzle to be filled with and/or to be worn by the abrasives because the abrasives are concentrated at an inlet port of the abrasive nozzle. Especially, when an inner diameter of the abrasive nozzle is made small in order to improve the precision of the cutting process, the quantity of abrasives is saturated in the abrasive nozzle so that the abrasive nozzle tends to be further filled with the abrasives.
On the other hand, there is another problem to cause the precision or the quality of the cutting process to be uneven in a case that the cutting process is done by using the abrasive water jet containing an inadequate quantity of abrasives. Furthermore, the abrasive nozzle may be worn further when the abrasives unevenly enter and are mixed in the abrasive nozzle. - The present invention has been created in view of such a technical background. It is an object of the present invention to provide an abrasive water jet nozzle and an abrasive water jet machine which are capable of mixing an adequate quantity of abrasives in a water jet, are capable of reducing a degree of filling the interior of the abrasive nozzle with the abrasives, are capable of reducing a degree of the abrasion of the abrasive nozzle, and are capable of improving the precision and efficiency of the cutting process.
- To solve the above problems, the present invention provides an abrasive water jet nozzle for jetting an abrasive water jet to a workpiece to process the workpiece, the abrasive water jet being a water jet supplied to an inlet hole and mixed with abrasives, comprising:
- a mixing chamber for absorbing the abrasives therein together with air through a supply port, the mixing chamber being composed as an air chamber;
- a water nozzle having the inlet hole and to jet the water jet;
- a mixing nozzle disposed on a downstream side against the water nozzle, to mix the abrasives in the water jet jetted out of the water nozzle, and to jet the water jet mixed with the abrasives into the mixing chamber out of a through hole of the mixing nozzle; and
- an abrasive nozzle disposed on a downstream side against the mixing nozzle, to introduce the water jet mixed with the abrasives thereinto, and to jet the abrasive water jet to the workpiece,
- wherein a diameter of the through hole of the mixing nozzle is larger than a diameter of an inlet port of the inlet hole of a nozzle part of the water nozzle so that the abrasives stayed in the mixing chamber are absorbed together with air in a clearance formed between an inner surface defining the through hole and the water jet passing through the through hole to mix the abrasives in the water jet in the through hole.
- The abrasive water jet nozzle according to the present invention comprises the mixing chamber as a kind of air chamber in which the abrasives are absorbed together with air through the supply port. When the water jet jetted out of the water nozzle passes through the mixing chamber composed as an air chamber, a negative pressure is generated by the water jet passing through at a high speed. Therefore, the abrasives are absorbed together with air to be stayed in the mixing chamber due to the negative pressure, and the abrasives stayed in the mixing chamber are efficiently mixed in the water jet.
Furthermore, wording of "water" or "water jet" is used in the explanation of the present invention in an idiomatic manner. However, the present invention is not limited to "water". Fluid used in the present invention widely includes water and other kind of fluid for processing. - The abrasive water jet nozzle according to the present invention comprises the mixing nozzle for jetting the water jet passed through the through hole into the mixing chamber. Therefore, the abrasives are absorbed together with air in a clearance formed between the water jet passing through the through hole and an inner surface defining the through hole of the mixing nozzle such that the abrasives are forced to be mixed in the water jet in the through hole of the mixing nozzle by absorbing the abrasives in the water jet.
- That is, in the present invention, the abrasives introduced into the mixing chamber are not directly mixed in the water jet within the mixing chamber as in the prior art. But in the present invention, the abrasives are absorbed and mixed in the water jet in the through hole of the mixing nozzle while the abrasives are being stirred up and absorbed together with air in the through hole of the mixing nozzle in a direction opposite to the flow direction of the water jet. Therefore, an adequate quantity of abrasives can be mixed in the water jet.
- Furthermore, there are two mixing routes to mix the abrasives introduced into the mixing chamber in the water jet because the abrasive water jet nozzle according to the present invention comprises the mixing nozzle. The first mixing route is a route to absorb the abrasives in the mixing nozzle in the direction opposite to the flow direction of the water jet, through an outlet port of the mixing nozzle, that is, through an outlet port positioned at a front end of the through hole, to mix the abrasives in the water jet. The second mixing route is a route to mix the abrasives in the water jet jetted downward out of the outlet port of the mixing nozzle.
- Thus, the abrasives are mixed in the water jet through the two separate routes in the present invention. Therefore, the abrasives in the mixing chamber are not forced to concentrate at an inlet port of the abrasive nozzle to be absorbed in, so that the abrasives are uniformly mixed in the water jet and the interior of the abrasive nozzle is efficiently prevented from being filled with the abrasives.
- The abrasive water jet nozzle according to the present invention prevents the abrasive nozzle from being filled with the abrasives, so that an inner diameter of the abrasive nozzle can be formed smaller to smoothly enhance the flow speed of the abrasive water jet. Therefore, abrasive consumption can be economized, and the precision and efficiency of the cutting process can be improved by using the abrasive water jet nozzle with a small inner diameter.
- It is preferable that the diameter of the through hole of the mixing nozzle is 5 to 25 times as large as the diameter of the inlet port of the inlet hole of the nozzle part of the water nozzle.
- The abrasives can be efficiently absorbed in a clearance formed between the water jet and the inner surface defining the through hole of the mixing nozzle to be mixed in the water jet by using the abrasive water jet nozzle comprising the mixing nozzle having the through hole whose diameter is 5 to 25 times as large as that of the inlet port of the inlet hole of the nozzle part of the water nozzle.
- That is, in a case that the clearance is too small, the quantity of the abrasives to be absorbed becomes few. Also, in a case that the clearance is too big, the degree of the negative pressure becomes low, so that the quantity of the abrasives to be absorbed is decreased. For this reason, it is desirable that the diameter of the through hole of the mixing nozzle is properly set within the range of 5 to 25 times as large as the diameter of the inlet port of the inlet hole of the nozzle part of the water nozzle because the quantity of the abrasives to be absorbed becomes peak in a case that the diameter of the through hole of the mixing nozzle is 5 to 25 times as large as the diameter of the inlet port of the inlet hole of the nozzle part of the water nozzle.
- And it is preferable that a length of the through hole of the mixing nozzle is longer than a distance from an outlet port positioned at a front end of the through hole to the abrasive nozzle.
- In this case, a length of the second mixing route can be set short by using the abrasive water jet nozzle in which the length of the through hole of the mixing nozzle is longer than the distance from the outlet port positioned at the front end of the through hole to the abrasive nozzle. Therefore, the abrasives in the mixing chamber are prevented from concentrating at the inlet port of the abrasive nozzle to be absorbed in the abrasive nozzle, so that the abrasive nozzle is efficiently prevented from being filled with the abrasives and an adequate quantity of abrasives can be steadily mixed in the water jet.
- In other words, in the second mixing route for mixing the abrasives in the water jet jetted downward out of the outlet port of the mixing nozzle, the abrasives introduced into the mixing chamber is forced to be absorbed in the abrasive nozzle through the inlet port of the abrasive nozzle. Therefore, in the second mixing route, the abrasives tend to concentrate at the inlet port of the abrasive nozzle, thus filling the inlet port with the abrasives tends to be induced. Because of this, it is preferable that the length of the second mixing route is set shorter and the length of the first mixing route is set longer as much as the second mixing route is shortened.
- Furthermore, it is preferable that a diameter of a through hole of the abrasive nozzle is smaller than the diameter of the through hole of the mixing nozzle, and is larger than the diameter of the inlet port of the inlet hole of the nozzle part of the water nozzle.
- The precision and efficiency of the cutting process can be improved by using the abrasive water jet nozzle in which the diameter of the through hole of the abrasive nozzle is smaller than the diameter of the through hole of the mixing nozzle. And filling with the abrasives can be prevented by using the abrasive water jet nozzle in which the diameter of the through hole of the abrasive nozzle is larger than the diameter of the inlet port of the inlet hole of the nozzle part of the water nozzle.
- And furthermore, it is preferable that the mixing nozzle has an approximately cylindrical shape and has a tapered part formed on an outer surface thereof, the tapered part being configured to decrease a diameter toward the abrasive nozzle. The tapered part is formed from a position facing the supply port to a front tip of the mixing nozzle.
- The abrasives introduced into the mixing chamber together with air through the supply port smoothly flow along the outer surface of the mixing nozzle to the front tip thereof and are absorbed in the mixing nozzle by using the abrasive water jet nozzle in which the mixing nozzle has the tapered part formed on the front part of the outer surface thereof. Thus the abrasives are efficiently absorbed together with air in the clearance formed in the through hole through the outlet port for the water jet positioned at the tip of the mixing nozzle. Therefore, the abrasives can be absorbed to be mixed in the water jet within the through hole.
- Furthermore, the present invention provides an abrasive water jet machine including the abrasive water jet nozzle described in the foregoing and an abrasive supply apparatus for supplying a predetermined quantity of abrasives to the mixing chamber,
wherein the abrasive supply apparatus comprises: - a reservoir for reserving the abrasives therein;
- a flowing out hole formed in a lower part of the reservoir;
- a conveyance rotor disposed so as to define a predetermined gap below or on the downstream side of the flowing out hole, and capable of rotating around a horizontal axis;
- a receiver disposed below or on the downstream side of the conveyance rotor; and
- an exhaust port formed in the receiver.
- Abrasives which flew out of the flowing out hole are conveyed by the conveyance rotor rotating in a case of using the abrasive water jet machine in which the conveyance rotor is disposed so as to define a predetermined gap below or on the downstream side of the flowing out hole.
That is, since the predetermined gap is provided between the flowing out hole and the conveyance rotor, the abrasives are kept staying in the gap because of friction between each of the abrasives when the conveyance rotor is in a stopped condition. On the other hand, when the conveyance rotor is in a rotating condition, since the abrasives stayed in the gap are conveyed along the outer surface of the conveyance rotor, further abrasives flow out of the flowing out hole into the gap. Thus the abrasives which flowed into the gap are conveyed along the outer surface of the conveyance rotor in accordance with the rotational speed of the conveyance rotor by the conveyance rotor rotating, so that the abrasives are accumulated in the receiver disposed below or on the downstream side of the conveyance rotor, and then are sent through the exhaust port. - Thereby, an adequate quantity of abrasives can be smoothly and uniformly supplied to the mixing chamber by the conveyance rotor rotating when the abrasive water jet machine is used. Therefore, the abrasives can be uniformly mixed in a water jet, the degree of filling the interior of the abrasive nozzle with the abrasives can be reduced, the degree of abrasion of the abrasive nozzle can be reduced, and the precision and efficiency of the cutting process can be improved.
- It is preferable that the conveyance rotor in the abrasive water jet machine according to the present invention has a concavo-convex part formed on an outer surface thereof.
Abrasives which flow into the gap can be kept staying there to be prevented from dropping freely, and can be smoothly conveyed along the outer surface of the conveyance rotor by using the abrasive water jet machine in which the conveyance rotor has the concavo-convex part on the outer surface thereof. - The present invention can provide an abrasive water jet nozzle and an abrasive water jet machine which are capable of uniformly mixing abrasives in a water jet, are capable of reducing the degree of filling the interior of the abrasive nozzle with the abrasives, are capable of reducing the degree of the abrasion of the abrasive nozzle, and are capable of improving the precision and efficiency of the cutting process.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional view of an abrasive water jet machine of a present embodiment according to the present invention; -
FIG. 2 is a schematic sectional view of an abrasive water jet nozzle of the present embodiment according to the present invention; -
FIG. 3 is a graph chart to explain an operation of the mixing nozzle shown inFIG. 2 ; -
FIG. 4A is an enlarged partial view mainly showing a conveyance rotor inFIG. 1 when the conveyance rotor stops; -
FIG. 4B is a side view viewed from a side of the conveyance rotor inFIG. 4A ; and -
FIG. 4C is another view corresponding toFIG. 4A when the conveyance rotor is rotating. - An embodiment of an abrasive
water jet machine 100 according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the attached drawings.
The abrasivewater jet machine 100 is a machine for mixing abrasives G in a water jet Q supplied at high pressure of 200 to 400 MPa, and for jetting an abrasive water jet AWJ to cut a workpiece (not shown) . And the abrasivewater jet machine 100 can jet the abrasive water jet AWJ at high speed over the speed of sound. Therefore, the cutting process can be done with high precision even if the workpiece is made of one of a hard material like glass, a relatively soft material like a synthetic resin, and a composite material consisting of a plurality of materials. For example, the composite material consists of the hard material, the soft material. - The abrasive
water jet machine 100 comprises an abrasive water jet nozzle 1 for jetting the abrasive water jet AWJ mixed with the abrasives G, a waterjet supply apparatus 101 for supplying a water jet Q through ahigh pressure pipe 102 to the abrasive water jet nozzle 1, and anabrasive supply apparatus 8 for supplying an adequate quantity of abrasives G to the abrasive water jet nozzle 1, as shown inFigure 1 . - Furthermore, the abrasive
water jet machine 100 is shown so that a jet direction of the abrasive water jet AWJ is a downward direction inFigure 1 in the present embodiment. However, the present invention is not limited to this direction. The jet direction may be a horizontal direction. Also, the abrasive water jet machine or the abrasive water jet nozzle may be attached to the tip of a robot arm. And the abrasive water jet machine or the abrasive water jet nozzle may be attached to a portable abrasive water jet machine, and in this case, an operator can handle the portable abrasive water jet machine with his hand(s) for the cutting process. Hence, the jet direction of the abrasive water jet AWJ can be freely changeable. - In the present invention, a general abrasive including at least one of a garnet, a sapphire, and Cemented Carbide can be properly used for the abrasives G in accordance with a kind of and/or a use of a workpiece. The grain size of the abrasives G is properly set in accordance with the kind of and/or the use of the workpiece. Minute grains and coated grains can also be used.
- The abrasive water jet nozzle 1 comprises a nozzle
main body 2, a mixingchamber 3 formed in the nozzlemain body 2, awater nozzle 4 having aninlet hole 41 formed through the water nozzle in order to jet a water jet WJ through theinlet hole 41, a mixingnozzle 5 for mixing the abrasives G in the water jet WJ jetted out of thewater nozzle 4 to generate a water jet AW mixed with the abrasives G (hereinafter, this is called a water jet AW), and anabrasive nozzle 6 for jetting an abrasive water jet AWJ to process a workpiece (not shown), as shown inFigure 2 . - Furthermore,
Figure 2 is a schematic view in view of visibility. For example, a relation between a hole diameter of thewater nozzle 4 and a diameter of the water jet WJ is simplified, and this relation is not strictly correct inFigure 2 . That is, in general, it is assumed that the diameter of the water jet WJ jetted out of thewater nozzle 4 is smaller than the hole diameter of thewater nozzle 4. And the grain size of the abrasives G is exaggeratedly shown inFigures 1 and2 .Figures 1 and2 show that the abrasives G are floating and flowing in the air in the mixingchamber 3, and also show that the abrasives G are flowing as grains to be conveyed in theabrasive supply apparatus 8. - The nozzle
main body 2 has anupper body 21 and alower body 22. The nozzlemain body 2 is a member for fixing members of thewater nozzle 4, the mixingnozzle 5, and so on at each predetermined position with high precision. The mixingchamber 3 is formed in the middle of the nozzlemain body 2. That is, the space of the mixingchamber 3 is formed in the lower part of theupper body 21 and is closed by an upper surface of thelower body 22 from under the space. - Furthermore, for convenience of explanation, it is shown that the mixing
nozzle 5 is an individual member different from the nozzlemain body 2 inFigures 1 and2 , and is tightly inserted in the nozzle main body 2 (the upper body 21) to be fixed therein. But it is general that the mixingnozzle 5 is formed integrally with the nozzle main body 2 (the upper body 21) in views of manufacture and so on.
On the other hand, size and/or material of the mixingnozzle 5 can be easily changed in a case that theindividual mixing nozzle 5 is inserted in the nozzle main body 2 (the upper body 21) to be removably fixed therein. And the nozzlemain body 2 is formed by the two members of theupper body 21 and thelower body 22 in the present embodiment. But theupper body 21 and thelower body 22 may be formed integrally as one member. - The mixing
chamber 3 has an approximately cylindrical shape, and the mixingnozzle 5 is disposed to be protruded into the central part of the mixingchamber 3. The mixingnozzle 5 is composed so that the water jet WJ jetted out of thewater nozzle 4 passes through the mixingnozzle 5, and the water jet AW passes through the mixingchamber 3 to be introduced into theabrasive nozzle 6. - The mixing
chamber 3 has asupply port 31 through which the abrasives G are introduced into the mixingchamber 3. The abrasives G sent from theabrasive supply apparatus 8 shown inFigure 1 are absorbed together with air in the mixingchamber 3 through thesupply port 31. The mixingchamber 3 is composed as an air chamber, so that the abrasives G introduced into the mixingchamber 3 can be enough decelerated to stay in the mixingchamber 3. Therefore, the abrasives G introduced into the mixingchamber 3 are mixed in the water jet WJ in order to generate the water jet AW. Theabrasive supply apparatus 8 shown inFigure 1 is configured to send an adequate quantity of abrasives G toward thesupply port 31. - Furthermore, "the mixing
chamber 3 is composed as an air chamber" means that the mixing chamber is a defined space capable of staying the abrasives therein. The mixingchamber 3 is not limited to an airtight space defined by some walls having no port through which the space is communicated with any attached device or instrument like a vacuum device which is used in order to generate an auxiliary negative pressure in the mixingchamber 3 during the processing for piercing. - The
supply port 31 is disposed at an adequate position against the positions of anoutlet port 53 of the mixingnozzle 5 and theabrasive nozzle 6. That is, for example, thesupply port 31 is located on an upstream side of the flow direction of the water jet AW against theoutlet port 53 of the mixingnozzle 5.
In a case that the position of thesupply port 31 is too high against the postition of theoutlet port 53 of the mixingnozzle 5, the abrasives G are not smoothly conveyed to theoutlet port 53, so that a periphery of thesupply port 31 is easy to be filled with the abrasives G. Also, in a case that the position of thesupply port 31 is too low against the position of theoutlet port 53 of the mixingnozzle 5, for example, in a case that the position of thesupply port 31 is on a downstream side of the flow direction of the water jet AW against the position of theoutlet port 53, theabrasive nozzle 6 is easy to be filled with the abrasives G. And furthermore, an adequate position of thesupply port 31 also relates to a diameter thereof. Therefore, thesupply port 31 is set to have an adequate diameter and thesupply port 31 is adjusted to have an adequate position. - Thus, when the water jet WJ jetted out of the
water nozzle 4 passes through the mixingchamber 3, a negative pressure is generated by the water jet WJ (AW) passing through at high speed, and an adequate quantity of abrasives G is absorbed together with air in the mixingchamber 3 through thesupply port 31 due to the negative pressure. Hereby, the periphery of thesupply port 31 can be prevented from being filled with the abrasives G.
And the abrasives G absorbed in the mixingchamber 3 through thesupply port 31 stay and float riding on air flow and are absorbed in the water jet WJ in the mixingchamber 3, so that the water jet AW mixed with an adequate quantity of abrasives G is generated. - The
water nozzle 4 comprises abody 42 and anozzle part 43 embedded and fixed in thebody 42. Thebody 42 is embedded and fixed in an upstream part of theupper body 21 in view of the flow direction of the water jet WJ, that is, an upper part of theupper body 21 inFigures 1 and2 . Thewater nozzle 4 is a nozzle member which jets the water jet WJ out of thenozzle part 43 into the mixingnozzle 5 by using a water jet Q supplied to theinlet hole 41 through ahigh pressure pipe 102. And theinlet hole 41 has aninlet port 41A thereof at the top of thenozzle part 43 inFigure 2 .
For this reason, a diameter D1 of theinlet port 41A of thenozzle part 43 of thewater nozzle 4 is set to be smaller than a diameter D3 of the throughhole 51 of the mixingnozzle 5 and also smaller than a diameter D2 of a through hole of theabrasive nozzle 6. - The mixing
nozzle 5 is located on a downstream side of the flow direction of the water jet WJ against thenozzle part 43 of thewater nozzle 4 and has an approximately cylindrical shape. Furthermore, the mixingnozzle 5 comprises the throughhole 51 through which the water jet WJ jetted out of thewater nozzle 4 passes, atapered part 52 formed on the outer surface thereof, and anoutlet port 53 through which the water jet AW passing through the throughhole 51 is jetted into the mixingchamber 3.
The abrasives G strikes against the mixingnozzle 5. Therefore, although the quantity of abrasives to be supplied also has some relation to the following, the mixingnozzle 5 may be made of harder materials than each grain of the abrasives G. And the interior surface of the mixingnozzle 5 may be coated so that durability and wear resistance thereof are improved. - The outer shape of the mixing
nozzle 5 is cylindrical in the present embodiment. However, the outer shape of the mixingnozzle 5 may be polygonal. - A negative pressure is generated in the through
hole 51 of the mixingnozzle 5 when the water jet WJ jetted out of thewater nozzle 4 passes through the throughhole 51 to be jetted out of theoutlet port 53 of the throughhole 51. Therefore, a clearance δ1 is formed between the water jet WJ(AW) passing through the throughhole 51 and the inner surface of the throughhole 51, and the abrasives G are absorbed in the clearance δ1 together with air through the outlet port 53 (refer to an arrow R1 inFigure 2 ). - The abrasives G are mixed in the water jet WJ within the through
hole 51 of the mixingnozzle 5 while the abrasives G are absorbed up to a height H3 above theoutlet port 53 in such a way (the first mixing route R1). In a case that the height H3 up to which the abrasives G can be absorbed above theoutlet port 53 is high, the quantity of the abrasives G to be mixed in the water jet WJ tends to increase. However, the height H3 also relates to the size of the clearance δ1. - The mixing
nozzle 5 has the taperedpart 52 formed on the outer surface thereof. Thetapered part 52 is configured to decrease a diameter toward theabrasive nozzle 6 so as for its cross section being smaller, and is formed from a position facing thesupply port 31 to the front tip of the mixingnozzle 5.
Hereby, after the abrasives G are introduced into the mixingchamber 3 together with air through thesupply port 31, the abrasives G are smoothly flowed along thetapered part 52 formed on the outer surface of the mixingnozzle 5 to the front tip and the abrasives G are absorbed in the clearance through theoutlet port 53. - Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the
tapered part 52 has a conical shape. However, the present invention is not limited to this shape. The tapered part may have a polygonal cross section, and may have an uneven surface which has a stair or stairs that become smaller gradually toward the tip of the mixingnozzle 5 in cross sectional sizes. And furthermore, the mixingnozzle 5 may have a straight cylindrical shape instead of the tapered part on the outer surface thereof. In the case of the straight cylindrical shape, after the abrasives G are introduced into the mixingchamber 3 together with air through thesupply port 31, the abrasives G can be smoothly flowed toward theoutlet port 53 positioned at the front tip of the mixingnozzle 5 by reducing an outer diameter of the mixingnozzle 5.
Though, in the present invention, thetapered part 52 is formed on the outer surface of the mixingnozzle 5, it is feasible that the tapered part is formed on the inner surface of the mixingnozzle 5. - The abrasive water jet nozzle 1 can mix an adequate quantity of abrasives G in the water jet WJ by setting an adequate size of the clearance δ1 formed between the water jet WJ and the inner surface of the mixing
nozzle 5 defining the throughhole 51. The clearance δ1 will be described with reference toFigure 3 in the following.Figure 3 is a graph chart showing a relation between the clearance δ1 and a processing time (seconds) for piercing by taking the ratio of the inner diameter D3 of the mixingnozzle 5 to the diameter D1 of theinlet port 41A of thewater nozzle 4, that is, D3/D1 on the abscissa and the processing time for piercing on the ordinate. - Furthermore, the processing for piercing is an abrasive water jet processing to be conducted previous to the cutting process in the abrasive water jet processing. The processing for piercing is selected as a standard processing to investigate processing efficiency in the abrasive water jet processing in order to verify whether the adequate quantity of abrasives G is mixed in the water jet WJ through measuring processing times for piercing under the condition of a constant pressure of the water jet WJ.
- It is preferable that the diameter D3 of the through
hole 51 of the mixingnozzle 5 is set to be 5 to 25 or 5 to 20 times as large as the diameter D1 of theinlet port 41A of theinlet hole 41 of thenozzle part 43 of thewater nozzle 4.
Here, the following equation is obtained.
Therefore, in the case of D3/D1=5, the following equation is derived.
And, in the case of D3/D1=25, the following equation is derived.
That is, the clearance δ1 formed in the throughhole 51 shown inFigure 2 is set to be 2 to 12 times as large as the diameter D1 of theinlet port 41A of theinlet hole 41 of thenozzle part 43 of thewater nozzle 4. - The clearance δ1 relates also to the speed and the pressure of the water jet WJ and the diameter D1. However, in general, the quantity of the abrasives G to be absorbed tends to decrease in a case that the clearance δ1 is too small. And, the quantity of the abrasives G to be absorbed tends to decrease also in a case that the clearance δ1 is too large so that degree of negative pressure decreases. And the quantity of the abrasives G to be mixed tends to increase in a case that the height H3 up to which the abrasives G are absorbed in the upstream is high as can be seen in
Figure 2 .
The relation between processing time for piercing and the clearance δ1 will be explained with reference toFigure 3 in order to verify that the quantity of the abrasives G absorbed and mixed in the water jet WJ is proper. When the flow speed of the abrasive water et AWJ is set to be constant, in general, in a case that the quantity of the abrasives G mixed is large, the processing efficiency is improved, so that the processing time tends to take a short time, and in a case that the quantity of the abrasives G mixed is small, the processing time tends to take a long time. - For example, in a case that the pressure of the water jet WJ is set to be 300MPa and the diameter D1 in the
water nozzle 4 is set to be 0.1mm to 0.15mm, it can be guessed that the processing efficiently becomes peak and the quantity of the abrasives G mixed becomes maximum under the condition that the ratio of D3/D1 is set to be about 13 as shown inFigure 3 . In fact, various conditions like flow speed and pressure of the water jet WJ, and the diameter D1 in thewater nozzle 4 should be considered. Therefore, it is preferable that the ratio of D3/D1 is properly set in the range of 5 to 25 or 5 to 20 sandwiching the peak ratio 13. - On the other hand, the water et AW jetted into the mixing
chamber 3 out of theoutlet port 53 of the mixingnozzle 5 also causes a negative pressure while it passes from theoutlet port 53 of the mixingnozzle 5 in the mixingchamber 3 to theabrasive nozzle 6. Therefore, the abrasives G are mixed also in the water jet AW (refer to an arrow R2 inFigure 2 ). - The
outlet port 53 of the mixingnozzle 5 is located at the front tip of the mixingnozzle 5, and is disposed at a predetermined height H1 above theabrasive nozzle 6.
The height H1 from theabrasive nozzle 6 to theoutlet port 53 of the mixingnozzle 5 is set to be shorter than a length H2 of the throughhole 51 of the mixingnozzle 5. - That is, this relation between the height H1 and the length H2 intends the following. The second mixing route R2 for mixing the abrasives G in the water jet Aw jetted out of the
outlet port 53 of the mixingnozzle 5 downward affects the abrasives G introduced into the mixingchamber 3 to be absorbed in an inlet port of theabrasive nozzle 6. Therefore, the abrasives G concentrate at the inlet port of theabrasive nozzle 6 in a high density unevenly, so that the inlet port of theabrasive nozzle 6 tends to be filled with the abrasives G. For this reason, it is preferable that the length or height H1 for the second mixing route R2 is shortened and the length or height H3 of the first mixing route R1 is lengthened by that much. - The
abrasive nozzle 6 is located on a downstream side of the flow direction of the water jet AW against the mixingnozzle 5. Theabrasive nozzle 6 is a member for introducing the water jet AW mixed with the abrasives G through the first mixing route R1 and the second mixing routes R2 thereinto and for jetting the abrasive water jet AWJ to a workpiece (not shown).
The hole diameter D2 of theabrasive nozzle 6 is generally set to be about 0.3mm to 0.5mm. It is preferable that the hole diameter D2 is set to be smaller than the hole diameter D3 of the mixingnozzle 5 and larger than the hole diameter D1 of theinlet port 41A of theinlet hole 41 of thenozzle part 43 of thewater nozzle 4.
That is, by setting the hole diameter D2 of theabrasive nozzle 6 to be smaller than the hole diameter D3 of the mixingnozzle 5, theabrasive nozzle 6 can be set to have a small diameter. Therefore, the precision and efficiency of the cutting process can be improved. And by setting the hole diameter D2 of theabrasive nozzle 6 to be larger than the hole diameter D1 of thewater nozzle 4, an effect of reducing the degree of filling theabrasive nozzle 6 with abrasives G can be expected. - Furthermore, the present invention has been described separately about the first mixing route R1 and the second mixing route R2 so that the present invention can be easily understood in this embodiment by simplifying the matter. However, there exist abrasives G to be mixed in pieces of water jet scattered in the mixing
chamber 3. For this reason, the above-mentioned separate description for the first mixing route R1 and the second mixing route R2 does not mean that the entire abrasives G supplied to the mixingchamber 3 are mixed in the water jet only via the first mixing route R1 and the second mixing route R2. In regard to the first mixing route R1, a swirl flow can be generated in some cases when the abrasives G are flung up in the upstream. Such a swirl flow affects the length or height H3 of the first mixing route R1 in some cases. - The
abrasive supply apparatus 8 comprises areservoir 81 for reserving the abrasives G therein; a flowing outhole 82 formed in the lower part of thereservoir 81; aconveyance rotor 83 disposed so as to define a predetermined gap δ2 (refer toFigure 4A ) below the flowing outhole 82, and capable of rotating around an axis of ahorizontal shaft 83a; amotor 84 to drive theconveyance rotor 83; a control unit (not shown) to control themotor 84; areceiver 85 disposed below theconveyance rotor 83; and anexhaust port 86 formed in thereceiver 85, as shown inFigure 1 . - The
conveyance rotor 83 comprisesconvex parts 83b forming a concavo-convex part on the outer surface of theconveyance rotor 83, and twowalls 83c apart from each other in a direction along an axis of theconveyance rotor 83 and sandwiching theconvex parts 83b between them as shown inFigures 1 and4A to 4C . Theconvex parts 83b are formed linearly along the axis of theconveyance rotor 83 and are disposed over the circumference direction of the conveyance rotor. And theconvex parts 83b are apart at equal distances from each other so that theconvex parts 83b resemble vanes of a waterwheel. Each of thewalls 83c is formed like a flange protruding in a radial direction from the corresponding edge of the outer surface of the conveyance rotor.
Hereby, theconveyance rotor 83 can keep abrasives G which flew out of the flowing outhole 82 staying there so as not to be scattered, so that the necessary quantity of abrasives G can be conveyed to thereceiver 85 in a proper timing. - The
convex parts 83b are formed on the outer surface of theconveyance rotor 83 in the present embodiment. However, the present invention is not limited to this form. Any form or structure which can keep a predetermined quantity of abrasives G staying on the outer surface during a predetermined time is allowable. Therefore, recessed parts are allowable as concave parts in the aforementioned structure. And another structure having both of concave parts and convex parts is allowable. Furthermore, a structure having no such concave parts and convex parts is allowable. - The
abrasive supply apparatus 8 is an apparatus which discharges a predetermined quantity of abrasives G downward through the flowing outhole 82 formed in the lower part of thereservoir 81, and conveys the abrasives G that flew out of the flowing outhole 82 to thereceiver 85 via theconveyance rotor 83, and supplies the abrasives G to thesupply port 31 opened to the mixingchamber 3 through theexhaust port 86 formed in thereceiver 85, as shown inFigure 1 . - The predetermined gap δ2 is provided between the flowing out
hole 82 and theconveyance rotor 83 in theabrasive supply apparatus 8 as shown inFigure 4A . Therefore, the abrasives G can be kept staying in the gap in a state of staying on theconveyance rotor 83 due to frictional resistance between grains of the abrasives G while theconveyance rotor 83 is in a stopped condition as shown inFigure 4A . - On the other hand, when the
conveyance rotor 83 rotates, the abrasives G stayed in the gap δ2 are conveyed along the outer surface of theconveyance rotor 83, and further abrasives G are discharged into the gap through the flowing outhole 82 in theabrasive supply apparatus 8 as shown inFigure 4C . - Thus, in the
abrasive supply apparatus 8, the abrasives G which flew into the gap δ2 are conveyed along the outer surface of theconveyance rotor 83 by rotation of theconveyance rotor 83 in correspondence to the rotational speed as shown inFigure 1 . And the abrasives G are received by thereceiver 85 disposed below theconveyance rotor 83. And then, the abrasives G are supplied to thesupply port 31 opened to the mixingchamber 3 through theexhaust port 86 formed in thereceiver 85.
An adequate quantity of abrasives G can be smoothly and evenly supplied to the mixingchamber 3 in a proper timing by adequately controlling the rotational speed of theconveyance rotor 83 by using the control unit not shown in theabrasive supply apparatus 8. - An abrasive
water jet machine 100 including the abrasive water jet nozzle 1 according to the present embodiment constructed as above serves the following effects.
In the abrasive water jet nozzle 1, the abrasives G introduced into the mixingchamber 3 can be mixed in the water jet via two mixing routes R1 and R2. One of the two mixing routes R1 and R2 is the first mixing route R1 (refer to the height H3 inFigure 2 ) on which the abrasives G introduced into the mixingchamber 3 are absorbed through theoutlet port 53 of the mixingnozzle 5 to be mixed in the water jet WJ in the upstream. The other is the second mixing route R2 (refer to the height H1 inFigure 2 ) on which the abrasives G introduced into the mixingchamber 3 are absorbed to be mixed in the water jet AW jetted out of theoutlet port 53 of the mixingnozzle 5 in the downstream. Hence, the abrasives G are mixed separately vie the two mixing routes R1 and R2.
Hereby, in the abrasive water jet nozzle 1, the abrasives G in the mixingchamber 3 are not intensively absorbed in the inlet port of theabrasive nozzle 6, so that the abrasives G are mixed uniformly in the water jet WJ without unevenness to effectively reduce the degree of filling the interior of theabrasive nozzle 6 with the abrasives G. - The abrasive
water jet machine 100 can smoothly supply the adequate quantity of abrasives G to the mixingchamber 3 without unevenness by using theabrasive supply apparatus 8. Therefore, the abrasives G are uniformly mixed in the water jet WJ, and the degree of filling the interior of theabrasive nozzle 6 with the abrasives G is effectively reduced, so that precision and efficiency of the cutting process can be improved. - The present embodiment according to the present invention has been described in the above. However, the present invention is not limited to that embodiment, and may include embodiments properly modified.
For example, theabrasive supply apparatus 8 which supplies the abrasives G through theconveyance rotor 83 is used in the present embodiment, but the present invention is not limited to this type. For example, the quantity of the abrasives G can also be controlled by adjusting the diameter of the flowing outhole 82 by using movable needle valve. - Furthermore, in the present embodiment, only one
supply port 31 is opened to the mixingchamber 3, but the present invention is not limited to this type. For example, thesupply port 31 may be formed more than one, and in this case, theabrasive supply apparatus 8 may be disposed more than one correspondingly to thesupply ports 31. -
1 Abrasive water jet nozzle 2 Nozzle main body 3 Mixing chamber 4 Water nozzle 5 Mixing nozzle 6 Abrasive nozzle 8 Abrasive supply apparatus 31 Supply port 41 Inlet hole 41A Inlet port 43 Nozzle part 51 Through hole 52 Tapered part 53 Outlet port 81 Reservoir 82 Flowing out hole 83 Conveyance rotor 83a Horizontal shaft 83b Convex part 83c Wall 84 Motor 85 Receiver 86 Exhaust port 100 Abrasive water jet machine 101 Water jet supply apparatus AW Water jet mixed with abrasives AWJ Abrasive water jet D1 Diameter of inlet port of inlet hole of nozzle part of water nozzle D2 Diameter of through hole of abrasive nozzle D3 Diameter of through hole of mixing nozzle G Abrasive Q Water jet R1 First mixing route R2 Second mixing route WJ Water jet
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- An abrasive water jet nozzle (1) for jetting an abrasive water jet (AWJ) to a workpiece to process the workpiece, the abrasive water jet being a water jet (Q) supplied to an inlet hole (41) and mixed with abrasives (G), comprising:a mixing chamber (3) for absorbing the abrasives therein together with air through a supply port (31), the mixing chamber being composed as an air chamber;a water nozzle (4) having the inlet hole and to jet the water jet (WJ);a mixing nozzle (5) disposed on a downstream side against the water nozzle, to mix the abrasives in the water jet jetted out of the water nozzle, and to jet the water jet (AW) mixed with the abrasives into the mixing chamber out of a through hole (51) of the mixing nozzle; andan abrasive nozzle (6) disposed on a downstream side against the mixing nozzle, to introduce the water jet mixed with the abrasives thereinto, and to jet the abrasive water jet (AWJ) to the workpiece,
wherein a diameter (D3) of the through hole of the mixing nozzle is larger than a diameter (D1) of an inlet port (41A) of the inlet hole of a nozzle part (43) of the water nozzle so that the abrasives stayed in the mixing chamber are absorbed together with air in a clearance (δ1) formed between an inner surface defining the through hole and the water jet passing through the through hole to mix the abrasives in the water jet in the through hole. - The abrasive water jet nozzle according to claim 1, wherein the diameter (D3) of the through hole of the mixing nozzle is 5 to 25 times as large as the diameter (D1) of the inlet port of the inlet hole of the nozzle part of the water nozzle.
- The abrasive water jet nozzle according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a length (H2) of the through hole of the mixing nozzle is longer than a distance (H1) from an outlet port (53) positioned at a front end of the through hole to the abrasive nozzle.
- The abrasive water jet nozzle according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a diameter (D2) of a through hole of the abrasive nozzle is smaller than the diameter (D3) of the through hole of the mixing nozzle, and is larger than the diameter (D1) of the inlet port of the inlet hole of the nozzle part of the water nozzle.
- The abrasive water jet nozzle according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the mixing nozzle has an approximately cylindrical shape and has a tapered part (52) formed on an outer surface thereof, the tapered part being configured to decrease a diameter toward the abrasive nozzle, and the tapered part being formed from a position facing the supply port to a front tip of the mixing nozzle.
- An abrasive water jet machine (100) including the abrasive water jet nozzle according to any one of claims 1 to 5 and an abrasive supply apparatus (8) for supplying a predetermined quantity of abrasives to the mixing chamber,
wherein the abrasive supply apparatus comprises:a reservoir (81) for reserving the abrasives therein;a flowing out hole (82) formed in a lower part of the reservoir;a conveyance rotor (83) disposed so as to define a predetermined gap (δ2) below the flowing out hole, and capable of rotating around a horizontal axis;a receiver (85) disposed below the conveyance rotor; andan exhaust port (86) formed in the receiver. - The abrasive water jet machine according to claim 6, wherein the conveyance rotor has a concavo-convex part formed on an outer surface thereof.
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