Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Investigation of Kerf Characteristics Using Abrasive Water Jet Cutting of Floor Tile: A Preliminary Study

  • Conference paper
  • First Online:
Advances in Production and Industrial Engineering

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering ((LNME))

  • 589 Accesses

Abstract

Abrasive water jet (AWJ) is a technology concerned with cutting of difficult materials and performs cutting without changing the mechanical and physical properties of material. Floor tile is widely used in various commercial and industrial filed. One of the major applications of floor tile is its use in decoration of floor. Cutting of floor tile is very difficult by conventional machining methods. In the present work cutting of floor tile was done by the use of advanced abrasive water jet technology. The effects of input process parameters (water pressure (WP), nozzle transverse speed (NTS), and abrasive flow rate (AFR)) on the output response (kerf characteristics and surface roughness) were investigated while performing cutting of the floor tile. It was found that top kerf width is reduced with increase in the WP, NTS, and AFR. Further, it was observed that with the decrease in WP and NTS kerf, taper angle is reduced significantly.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 129.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Wang J, Guo DM (2003) The cutting performance in multipass abrasive waterjet machining of industrial ceramics. J Mater Process Technol 133(3):371–377

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. El-Hofy HA-G (2005) Advanced machining processes: nontraditional and hybrid machining processes. McGraw Hill Professional

    Google Scholar 

  3. Babu MK, Krishnaiah Chetty OV (2006) A study on the use of single mesh size abrasives in abrasive waterjet machining. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 29(5–6):532

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Jegaraj JJR, Babu NR (2005) A strategy for efficient and quality cutting of materials with abrasive waterjets considering the variation in orifice and focusing nozzle diameter. Int J Mach Tools Manuf 45(12–13):1443–1450

    Google Scholar 

  5. Pi V (2007) An introduction to Abrasive water jet (AWJ) machining

    Google Scholar 

  6. Matsumura T, Muramatsu T, Fueki S (2011) Abrasive water jet machining of glass with stagnation effect. CIRP Ann 60:355–358

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Kumar N, Shukla M (2012) Finite element analysis of multi-particle impact on erosion in abrasive water jet machining of titanium alloy. J Comput Appl Math 236:4600–4610

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Gupta V et al (2014) Investigation on Makrana white marble surfaces machined by abrasive water jet machining. Int Conf Newest Drifts Mechan Eng

    Google Scholar 

  9. Hashish M (1984) A modeling study of metal cutting with abrasive water jets. Trans ASME 88:106

    Google Scholar 

  10. Aich U, Banerjee S, Bandyopadhyay A, Das PK (2014) Abrasive water jet cutting of borosilicate glass. Proc Mater Sci 6:775–785

    Google Scholar 

  11. Kechagias J, Petropoulos G, Vaxevanidis N (2012) Application of Taguchi design for quality characterization of abrasive water jet machining of TRIP sheet steels. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 62:635–643

    Article  Google Scholar 

  12. Palleda M (2007) Study of tapper angles and material removal rates of drilled hole in the abrasive water jet machining process. J Mater Process Technol 189:292–295

    Article  Google Scholar 

  13. Hcheng H, Chang KR (1994) Material removal in abrasive jet cutting of ceramics plates. J Mater Process Technol 40:287–304

    Article  Google Scholar 

  14. Kumar KR et al (2018) Characterization and optimization of Abrasive Water Jet Machining parameters of aluminum/tungsten carbide composites. Measurement 117:57–66

    Article  Google Scholar 

  15. Chen L (1996) Kerf characteristics in abrasive waterjet cutting of ceramic materials. Int J Mach Tools Manuf 36:1201–1206

    Google Scholar 

  16. Shanmugam DK, Masood SH (2009) An investigation on kerf characteristics in abrasive waterjet cutting of layered composites. J Mater Process Technol 209:3887–3893

    Google Scholar 

  17. Karakurt I et al (2011) Analysis of the kerf angle of the granite machined by the Abrasive water jet (AWJ). Ind J Eng Mater Sci 18:435-442

    Google Scholar 

  18. Gupta V et al (2013) Analysis of kerf taper angle in abrasive water jet cutting of Makrana white marble. Asian J Eng Appl Technolo 35–39

    Google Scholar 

  19. Wang J, Kuriyagawa T, Huang CZ (2014) An experimental study to enhance the cutting performance in abrasive waterjet machining. Mach Sci Technol 7(2):191–207

    Google Scholar 

  20. Gupta V et al (2014) Minimization of kerf taper angle and kerf width using Taguchi’s method in abrasive water jet machining of marble . Proc Mater Sci 6:140–149

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Mechanical Engineering Department, Maharishi Markandeshwar Deemed To Be University, Mullana Ambala, Haryana, India

    Ramesh Chand & N. K. Batra

  2. Mechanical Engineering Department, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, 147004, India

    Vishal Gupta

  3. Mechanical Engineering Department, DAV University, Jalandhar, India

    M. P. Garg

Authors
  1. Ramesh Chand
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Vishal Gupta
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. N. K. Batra
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. M. P. Garg
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Vishal Gupta .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, Delhi, India

    P. M. Pandey

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India

    Pradeep Kumar

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, The NorthCap University, Gurgaon, India

    Vikas Sharma

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2021 Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.

About this paper

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this paper

Chand, R., Gupta, V., Batra, N.K., Garg, M.P. (2021). Investigation of Kerf Characteristics Using Abrasive Water Jet Cutting of Floor Tile: A Preliminary Study. In: Pandey, P.M., Kumar, P., Sharma, V. (eds) Advances in Production and Industrial Engineering. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5519-0_14

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5519-0_14

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Singapore

  • Print ISBN: 978-981-15-5518-3

  • Online ISBN: 978-981-15-5519-0

  • eBook Packages: EngineeringEngineering (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation