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Build an accurate 3D geometrical model of a soft knife profile of abrasive water jet

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Virtual machining simulation is becoming an essential and vital tool currently in traditional machining process. With it, a series of trial machining can be avoided. However, the situation is different for high-energy-beam cutting. Till today, there is no accurate virtual cutting simulation tool that can accurately simulate the physical cutting process. As a soft knife, whose shape is changing dynamically, it is a great challenge to accurately define the tool shape and build an accurate 3D geometrical model to be used as a virtual model for simulation. Aiming at abrasive water jet (AWJ) machining, a new method to build a soft knife profile based on energy distribution analysis has been explored in this paper. Through 3D point cloud data of kerf profile, a 3D model of the abrasive water jet profile has been built under different working conditions. To evaluate the effectiveness of the self-defined tool shape, the compensation strategy based on 3D AWJ profile has been carried out in the actual cutting process. The results show that 3D AWJ profile is beneficial to improve the machining accuracy. And this method can be generalized to other high-energy-beam cutting tools such as laser and plasma.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [grant number 52075313]; and the Science and Technology Innovation 2030-Key Project of New Generation Artificial Intelligence, China [grant number 2021ZD0113102].

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant number 52075313) and the Science and Technology Innovation 2030-Key Project of New Generation Artificial Intelligence, China (grant number 2021ZD0113102).

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  1. Shanghai Key Lab of Intelligent Manufacturing and Robotic, School of Mechatronic Engineering and Automation, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200072, China

    Ming Chen

  2. Suzhou Key Lab of Aerospace Industry Software and Data Science, Yangtze River Delta Research Institute of NPU, Taicang, 215400, China

    Ming Chen, Shijin Zhang & Yuqiang Wu

  3. School of Software, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian, 710129, China

    Shijin Zhang & Yuqiang Wu

  4. College of Mechanical Engineering, Hubei University of Automotive Technology, Shiyan, 442002, China

    Hongxia Wang

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Chen, M., Zhang, S., Wu, Y. et al. Build an accurate 3D geometrical model of a soft knife profile of abrasive water jet. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 129, 2475–2489 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-023-12428-4

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