Where to find more information on Water and Abrasive Jets: 

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Water jet Technology Associations:

Water Jet Technology Association (WJTA)
917 Locust Street, Suite 1100
St. Louis, MO 63101 - 1413, USA
Phone: (314) 241 1445 Fax: (314) 241 1449
This association has an excellent collection of published materials on waterjet applications and research.  They also host trade shows and distribute a newsletter.
wjta@primary.net
Click here to Visit the Waterjet Technology Association Web site.

Euro THP (French waterjet congress)

Click here for more information on Euro THP

ISWJT
(International Society of Water Jet T echnology)
A Federation of National Associations and Societies
P. O. Box 46039
2339 Ogilvie Road Gloucester
ON, Canada,
K1J 9M7
Tel.: (6 13) 9 93-27 31, Fax:(6 13) 9 52-13 95
Click here to Visit the International Society of Water jet Technology

Italian site: (in Italian and English)
http://www.aiw.polimi.it/
Dipartimento di Meccanica
Politecnico di Milano
Via Bonardi, 9
20133 Milano
Italy
phone: +39 2 2399 4925
fax: +39 2 7063 8377

Other waterjet related web sites of interest:

Waterjet discussion group:
Click here to join an email based discussion group on waterjet related topics.

For Waterjet Cleaning and pressure washing:
http://www.waterjetting.org/ : (This site has a lot of info related to waterjet cleaning and surface preparation.)

Visit OMAX, which makes waterjet cutting equipment, and is where I work.

Published Books:

"Waterjetting Technology" , By Dr. David A. Summers, List Price: $175.95, Published by E and Fn Spon, Date Published: 06/1995, ISBN: 0419196609Buy it from Fatbrain.com , Borders.com , Barnes & Noble.com , or Amazon.com .  Compare prices at bookfinder.com (last I checked, prices ranged from $175.95 to $202.95)

"Waterjetting Technology" sets out to describe the various ways in which high pressure waterjets have been and are being used today.  In the process it covers the results of the early research into the various applications explaining why the different choices for some systems were made.  Topics covered:  

Chapter 1: Fundamentals where and how were waterjets developed and what are they used for (about 20 pages),
Chapter 2. The parts of a waterjet system - what are the different components of typical waterjet circuits. How is the power distributed (lost) between the supply cable and the jet impact on the target. Different nozzle designs and their effects, considerations in the design of supply lines and fittings.(about 80 pages).
Chapter 3. The use of waterjets in cleaning - how it got started, abrasive cleaning; lower pressure use, sewers and tanks.  Advent of higher pressure, abrasive jet cleaning.(about 80 pages).
Chapter 4. High pressure industrial waterjet cutting - equipment, use of robotically controlled equipment, multi-dimension cutting, techniques for cutting harder materials, abrasive waterjet cutting, abrasive waterjet milling, intermediate pressure abrasive cutting, DIAjet systems. (about 65 pages).
Chapter 5. Waterjets in civil engineering - earth moving, frozen soil, soil and grout curtains, concrete cutting and hydrodemolition. (90 pages).
Chapter 6. Waterjets in mining - historical - use in different countries at different pressures, borehole mining (70 pages).
Chapter 7. Waterjet use in rock cutting - watercannons, mechanisms and applications (60 pages).
Chapter 8 - Waterjet drilling - historical (oilwells) jet assisted drilling, round the corner applications, borehole modification, abrasive waterjet drilling (80 pages).
Chapter 9.  Jet asissted mechanical cutting - mechanically assisted waterjets, waterjet assisted mechanical cutting (60 pages).
Chapter 10. Enhancing jet performance - polymers and chemicstry, droplet impact, cavitation, abrasive use - parameters of control, thermal weakening (110 pages)
Chapter 11 - Theoretical considerations (40 pages)
Chapter 12. Safety health and medical issues (30 pages)

"Principles of Abrasive Water Jet Machining"   This book is written at an academic level.  I purchased a copy, but have not yet had time to write a review, or read it for that matter.  Looks like it contains a lot of good information, mostly geared toward the experienced Abrasivejet user.  ISBN Number is 3-540-76239-6 Price $90.00(?). Click here to visit website .

"Water Jet Applications in Construction Engineering", Published by A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam ISBN Number is 90-5410-698-0 price $80.00.  (No review available)

Also, check the Waterjet Technology Association for many other publications.

Books & Magazine articles on the Net:

Manufacturing Center / Modern Applications News

Waterjet Evolves into Precision Alternative: In this article, Jim Calder of Abrasive Waterjet & CNC pushes his machine to the limits doing 3D cutting, an making parts to better than 0.001" precision.

TheFabricator.com:

Buying an abrasive jet machine: http://www.thefabricator.com/xp/Fabricator/Articles/Experts/Exp02/02web400.xml
This is the first of a series of articles.  It has info on buying a machine, as well as the "math" behind determing cutting speeds and such.
Software for abrasive water jet machining: http://www.thefabricator.com/xp/Fabricator/Articles/Experts/Exp03/03web150.xml
The second article in the series.
Selecting a table for abrasive jet machining: http://www.thefabricator.com/xp/Fabricator/Articles/Experts/Exp03/03web254.xml
The third article in the series.

Modern Machine Shop Magazine:

Washington Manufacturer Finds Abrasivejet Machining Cost-Effective Cutting Answer Article on a specific machine shop.

Competing Ideas: Waterjet Machining - Its Time Has Come Yes. It's time has come.  Read all about it!

http://www.mmsonline.com/equipment/other/othr246.html Article on "open waterjet cutting cell" from Abb-IR

http://www.mmsonline.com/articles/039702.html General article with overview of technology.

http://www.mmsonline.com/articles/0697ci.html This is a general article pointing out advantages to waterjet machining in a machine shop.

http://www.mmsonline.com/articles/1096scan2.html Article on Richel, Inc's "Waterjet Connection".

Shop Talk Magazine:

Job shop gets abrasivejet edge on competition

Industrial Product News:

JetMachining(tm) a Path to More Business Article on Maudlin & Son Mfg.'s use of several different waterjet machines to improve business.

Metal Center News

http://www.metalcenternews.com/0899/MCN9908f3.htm Article comparing Lasers, Plasma, and waterjets.

Modern Applications News (MAN)

ABRASIVEJET MACHINING IS 75% FASTER, CHEAPER THAN WIRE EDM

Chalmers Waterjet Lab

http://www.pe.chalmers.se/projects/waterjet/ Contains several university level articles related to waterjets

The fabricator:

Software for abrasive water jet machining
Not your father's Waterjet . (Wait a second here, I think that is my father!)

HowStuffWorks.com:

How does a waterjet Work?

OMAX.COM: Has more general and background information about abrasivejets, waterjet cutting, waterjet machinery, waterjet software, and waterjet articles.

A growing selection of Dr. Summers' papers are being put on the Web and can be accessed through the Bibliography: http://www.umr.edu/~rockmech/faculty/biography.html (There are a lot of interesting papers here!)

Rock Mechanics    http://www.umr.edu/~rockmech/
Waterjet Lab:          http://www.umr.edu/~waterjet/
UMR Stonehenge:  http://www.umr.edu/~stonehen/
Mining Eng.             http://www.umr.edu/~mining/
Next American Waterjet conference: http://www.wjta.org/conference.htm

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