The present disclosure relates to abrasive material delivery systems for liquid jet cutting systems. The abrasive material delivery systems can include a valve configured to adjust an inflow of abrasive material into the abrasive material delivery system from a source of abrasive material. The systems can include a chamber downstream of the valve and configured to receive the inflow of abrasive material from the valve. The systems can include a metering component configured to control an outflow of abrasive from the chamber to a cutting head of the liquid jet cutting system. In some embodiments, the systems include a sensor configured to monitor movement of a top surface of a portion of abrasive material within the chamber as the top surface moves through the chamber; and a processing device operably connected to the sensor and configured to determine an abrasive flow rate through the metering component based on a speed of the top surface as monitored by the sensor.

The present disclosure relates to abrasive material delivery systems for liquid jet cutting systems. The abrasive material delivery systems can include a valve configured to adjust an inflow of abrasive material into the abrasive material delivery system from a source of abrasive material. The systems can include a chamber downstream of the valve and configured to receive the inflow of abrasive material from the valve. The systems can include a metering component configured to control an outflow of abrasive from the chamber to a cutting head of the liquid jet cutting system. In some embodiments, the systems include a sensor configured to monitor movement of a top surface of a portion of abrasive material within the chamber as the top surface moves through the chamber; and a processing device operably connected to the sensor and configured to determine an abrasive flow rate through the metering component based on a speed of the top surface as monitored by the sensor.

The subject of the invention is an abrasive blast machine for surfaces of large-scale workpieces comprising a housing (O) constituting a working chamber, a kinematic mechanism for moving the effector, an abrasive recirculation system, an effector feeding system with recirculated abrasive, characterized in that the kinematic mechanism is a multipart kinematic mechanism (MK) with at least four-axis, and in that, the effector is an impact turbine (T), which produces the treatment tool and directs it to the workpiece.

The present disclosure discloses an oscillator for stirring and vibration of sponge abrasive blast, and relates to the technical field of sponge abrasive blasting machines. To overcome the technical deficiencies of a screw rod propulsion structure adopted by an existing sponge abrasive blasting machine, the oscillator comprises a tank, a stirrer disposed in the tank and a power mechanism for driving the stirrer, wherein the stirrer comprises a drive shaft in a flat strip-shaped structure, an upper end of the drive shaft is in transmission connection with the power mechanism, a bottom end of the drive shaft is inserted into a discharge channel of the tank, and each side wall of the drive shaft is connected with more than two flexible stirring arms in spring structures. With the adoption of the drive shaft in the flat strip-shaped structure, a part of an airflow in an airflow pipeline can be intermittently introduced into the tank to blow off a sponge abrasive stuck in corner positions during the rotation of the drive shaft, and meanwhile, under the stirring and vibration of more than two flexible stirring arms in the spring structures connected to each side wall of the drive shaft, the discharging is smooth and thorough.

A shot cascading apparatus for cleaning 3D printed components, generally of any surface debris, such as residue silica from the printing of the component, includes a series of vertically aligned structures, including a shot supply hopper, having a bottom regulated shot gate, for discharging through gravity of metallic shot, into a lower aligned funnel, nested within the bin of a machine base, that allows for surface cleansing of a printed component while achieving a finished product. The supply hopper has a shot gate that is adjustable, for controlling the amount of released shot, and the bottom of the funnel includes a sand separator nozzle, that separates the steel shot from the residue sand, drawing the sand back into the nozzle and conveying it by suction to a location for collection. Beneath the bin is a shot recycle pump, that returns the steel shot back into the supply hopper, for immediate reusage. Various structural support is provided for the hopper, the funnel, and the bin, to maintain the relative degree of separation between these components, to facilitate their usage and operations.