The present disclosure relates to a non-contact type pile cutting apparatus using a waterjet, particularly to a pile cutting apparatus entering the inside for cutting a pile including: a body that has a pipe form and is put into an inside of the pile; a gripper unit that is provided at an outer side of the body and fixes the body to the pile when the pile cutting apparatus has reached a cutting position of the pile; a waterjet unit that is provided at one side of the body and fixed by the gripper unit, and then sprays an abrasive mixture in which an abrasive and a fluid are mixed, toward the pile in a high pressure; a rotation unit that rotates the waterjet unit around a central axis of the body; a feed line that feeds the abrasive mixture in which the fluid and the abrasive of a set ratio are mixed, to the waterjet unit from the outside; a feed unit that controls a feed pressure of the abrasive mixture fed through the feed line; and a nozzle driving unit that controls a position of the waterjet unit.

A material loading apparatus includes a movable material support surface that is pivotally mounted to the frame. The loading apparatus also includes a first link that extends between the support surface and the frame and is pivotally connected to the support surface at a first end of the first link and pivotally connected to the frame at a second end of the first link. The loading apparatus also includes a second link that extends between the support surface and the frame and is pivotally connected to the support surface at a first end of the second link and pivotally connected to the frame at a second end of the second link. The loading apparatus also includes an actuator that is pivotally connected to the frame and configured to move the support surface between a generally horizontal position and a generally vertical position.

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for improving the performance of a fluid jet cutting system by testing and adjusting characteristics of the system based on the effect of the characteristics on forces imparted by the system to a workpiece being cut. Also disclosed are systems and methods for monitoring and validating the performance of fluid jet cutting systems, and for diagnosing such systems. In some cases, the technologies described herein can be used to determine whether components of a fluid jet system require maintenance, or that characteristics of the system require adjustment.

A conveyance system 14 carries food products 12 past the scanning system 16 for scanning the food products and generating data pertaining to various parameters of the food products. Thereafter, the food products 12 are transported past a processing station 18 for cutting, trimming, portioning, etc. using a cutting apparatus 20 in the form of a robotic actuator 22 onto which is mounted a dual headed cutter assembly 24 capable of independently and simultaneously cutting/trimming/portioning two separate food products 12, for example, located in side-by-side lanes on the conveyance system or capable of independently and simultaneously cutting/trimming the opposite sides of the same food product.

A cutting device using an ultrahigh pressure (UHP) hose carrying UHP fluid is designed to be inserted into a pipe or tube and cut the same from the inside out. In one example, the cutting device is for insertion into a wellbore for cutting the casing of the wellbore from within the wellbore with a revolvable UHP hose. The cutting head which effectuates the cut may be centered by a centering device that is generally conical in shape such that a portion of the centering device remains exterior to the pipe or tube as the UHP revolves during the cutting action.

Certain aspects of the technology disclosed herein include an apparatus and method for programming a crystal lattice structure of a nanoparticle. A particle programming apparatus can include an input channel connected a particle sampling system. The particle sampling system can direct freshly milled nanoparticles to the particle programming apparatus if the nanoparticles are determined to be below a threshold size. The particle programming apparatus can include one or more programming devices configured to alter a crystal lattice of the received nanoparticles including an ultrasonic sound generator, a magnetic pulse generator, and a voltage generator. The one or more programming devices applies any of a sound, magnetic pulse, and voltage to the received nanoparticles within a time threshold of receiving the nanoparticles from the mill core.

In some aspects, material processing head can include a body; an antenna disposed within the body; a first tag, associated with a first consumable component, disposed within a flux communication zone of the body at a first distance from the antenna, the first tag having a first resonant frequency; and a second tag, associated with a second consumable component, disposed within the flux communication zone of the body at a second distance from the antenna, the second tag having a second resonant frequency that is different than the first resonant frequency, where the first and second resonant frequencies are tuned based upon at least one of: i) a difference between the first distance and the second distance; or ii) a characteristic (e.g., shape) of the flux communication zone in which the first tag and/or the second tag is disposed.

The invention provides a machining system (201) comprising: a machining apparatus (202), notably an abrasive waterjet cutting system (203), said machining apparatus being adapted for machining a workpiece (204); a monitoring device (228) adapted for monitoring machining conditions of the machining apparatus (202) and/or of the workpiece, the monitoring device comprising a plurality of sensors, said plurality of sensors comprising a first sensor (237) at a first location and a second sensor (239) at a second location which is distant from the first location. The plurality of sensors comprises a fourth sensor (243) which is formed by an array of microphones (254) arranged on a grid. The plurality of sensors comprises accelerometers, strain gauges and microphones. The invention also provides a monitoring method of a machining system (201) wherein a specific benchmark signature is chosen from a library.

An abrasive flow machining process for a meridionally divided turbine housing for a turbocharger employs a fixture installed in the axial bore of the housing to force the abrasive medium to flow substantially 360° about the circumference of the volute, and to shield the portion of the divider of the turbine housing volute located proximate the turbine housing inlet.

A high pressure water jet cutting apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a cutting head body having a first end configured to connect to a water line, a second end configured to connect to a nozzle, and a passageway therethrough. One or more sensors is associated with the cutting head body, and an electrical connector is coupled to the sensor. The electrical connector is configured to transmit data from the sensor to detect the occurrence of an event.