Preliminary Testing of Production Thin-Walled Ribs into Aluminum Alloy AW6060 Using the Abrasive Water Jet

0559383 - ÚGN 2023 RIV CH eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Botko, F. - Botková, Dominika - Klich, Jiří - Klichová, Dagmar - Simkulet, V.
Preliminary Testing of Production Thin-Walled Ribs into Aluminum Alloy AW6060 Using the Abrasive Water Jet.
Advances in Manufacturing Engineering and Materials II. Cham: Springer, 2021 - (Hloch, S.; Klichová, D.; Pude, F.; Krolczyk, G.; Chattopadhyaya, S.), s. 75-86. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. ISBN 978-3-030-71955-5.
[ICMEM 2020 - International Conference on Manufacturing Engineering and Materials. Nový Smokovec (SK), 21.06.2021-25.06.2021]
R&D Projects: GA MPO(CZ) FV30233; GA TA ČR(CZ) TH04020218
Institutional support: RVO:68145535
Keywords : abrasive water jet * thin wall * aluminum alloy
OECD category: Mechanical engineering
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-71956-2_7

Nowadays is placed great emphasis on miniaturization and reduction of weight in many industrial sectors. Application of abrasive water jet to produce thin-walled components hide big potential for future applications, due to small lateral force and absence of heat-affected zone. The presented article is focused on the possibility of creating thin-walled ribs using an abrasive water jet. An experimental procedure was selected to produce the thinnest possible rib in aluminum alloy AW 6060. Ribs were created by two passes of the AWJ with changing of the pitch between two passes. Due to minimal lateral force in the process as possible to create a rib with an average width of 0.4 mm with a height, more than 8 mm Metallography analysis was performed for a closer look on the subsurface layers of the created rib and root of the rib. Results have the potential to extend knowledge in the field of abrasive water jet machining of thin-walled components.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0332718