OPTIMIZATION OF PROCESS PARAMETER IN ABRASIVE WATER JET MACHINING (AWJM)

Abstract

Abrasive Water Jet Machining (AWJM) is the non-traditional material removal process. It is an effective
machining process for processing a variety of hard and brittle Material. it has various unique advantages over the other nontraditional cutting process like high machining versatility, minimum stresses on the work piece, high flexibility no thermal
distortion, and small cutting forces. Abrasive Water Jet Machining (AWJM) removes material through the action of focused
beam of abrasive jet directed at the work piece the resulting erosion can be used for cutting, drilling and debarring etc. In
this research paper Al Oxide and garnet were used as abrasive particles. Experiment was performed based on traverse
speed, abrasive flow rate and stand of distance. This work includes that creation and analyzing of response surface.
Moreover, statistical analysis was carried out using taguchi & optimization parameters were identified with the application
of genetic algorithm.