The Use of Steel Grit, Garnet and Diamond Coating of Nozzles in Extending Nozzle Life

Editor(s)

Hood, M. and Dornfield, D.

Abstract

Experiments at Mo S&T had shown that adding a thin vapor deposited diamond layer onto the throat section of an abrasive waterjet focusing tube would provide some performance enhancement during its lifetime. Initial testing did not, however, increase that lifetime. Tests using diamond coating on softer carbide substrates were not successful where the abrasive used was a garnet, but when steel grit was used as the abrasive a significant increase in operational life of the nozzles was achieved. While these tests did not extend into using harder carbide substrates, or graded carbide:diamond layers in the coating, it has been shown that applying diamond coating to two half-nozzle sections before recombining them did allow total diamond coating down the cylindrical part of the focusing tube was successful. The recombined nozzle functioned well without any evident negative results from the sectioning process. © BHR Group 2010.

Meeting Name

20th International Conference on Water Jetting

Department(s)

Mining Engineering

Sponsor(s)

Best High Pressure and Drilling Technology GmbH (BHDT)
Perndorfer
KMT Waterjet Systems
The Water Jetting Association
Omax Corporation

Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2010 BHR Group, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jan 2010

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