| Author | Do Thanh Luu |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.ISE-96-06 |
| Subject(s) | Water jet cutting
|
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Advanced Technologies |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. ISE-96-06 |
| Abstract | Most previous published works focused on the use of wate1jets for cutting hard-tomachine materials such as alloys, composites and glass. This study attempts to design and
conduct the experiments to cut softer material such as fabric, natural and artificial leathers.
These are the materials utilized quite popularly in the textile and leatherware industries.
However, the information related to the adoption of wate1jet cutting, an emerging technology
nowadays, for the mentioned materials are still scarce in the open literature.
At the first stage of this research, various types of materials were tried. Then, artificial
leather was selected to be investigated further due to its sufficient amount available for testing,
promise to success and quite big use in the concerned sectors. The sets of suitable cutting
parameters, namely pump pressure and traverse rate, for various numbers of layers were
determined. All tests were conducted with the orifice diameter of 0.254 mm, the range of
traverse rate from 1000 mm/min to 10000 mm/min and that of pressure from 2000 bar to 3500
bar. Based upon the obtained results, the total cutting costs for a typical part lot were
calculated for both wate1jet cutting process and the current method used in the visited factory
(Bangkok Rubber Company). This comparison revealed that although the wate1jet cutting is
more expensive but the lead time for whole cutting process is sho1tened significantly. |
| Year | 1996 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. ISE-96-06 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Advanced Technologies (SAT) |
| Department | Department of Industrial Systems Engineering (DISE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Industrial Systems Engineering (ISE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Duflou, Joost R.;Pandey, P. C. ; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Bohez, Erik L. J.;Tang, John C. S.; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | The Royal Belgian Government; |
| Degree | Thesis (M. Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1996 |