Patent ID: 6012653
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: B24C

Abstract:
In a modular abrasive agent water jet cutting head (1) having a nozzle (4) for issuing a high-speed water jet (16), a mixing chamber (10) through which the high-speed water jet (16) passes, an abrasive agent supply line (14) and a focussing nozzle (15) forming the outlet of the mixing chamber (10), the improvement comprising; a dosing unit (12) in the mixing chamber (10) and having an axial passage (18) for the high-speed water jet (16) to pass therethrough, said dosing unit (12) having a lateral channel (11) extending radially from said axial passage for the high-speed water jet (16) to said abrasive agent supply line and through which a stream of abrasive agent from said supply line (14) may be introduced, said radial passage narrowing in cross section from said supply line to said axial passage to introduce the abrasive agent into a chordal portion of the high-speed water jet (16) located in the cutting direction.