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8123591 Abrasive pump for an abrasive jet cutting machine  
An abrasive supply system may, for example, be used to supply abrasive particles such as garnet to a cutting nozzle of an abrasive jet cutter. According to an embodiment, the abrasive is propelled...
8057279 Abrasive blasting system with remote flow control and method  
A particulate blasting apparatus includes a blast vessel having an interior for storing abrasive particulate. The blast vessel has an inlet for introducing a pressurized gas into the interior of...
7980919 Blasting device for premixed abrasive slurry jet  
The present invention relates to a blasting device for premixed abrasive slurry jet. The device comprise a cylinder, in which defines a hydraulic oil side and a slurry side separated from each...
7938713 Device for water-jet cutting or abrasive water-jet cutting units  
Control device and method for controlling the impingement of the workpiece by a water jet or an abrasive water jet in a cutting unit. Control device includes a feeder composed of at least two...
7896726 Method and apparatus for removing coatings from a substrate using multiple sequential steps  
A method and apparatus for removing a coating having an irregular surface configuration that includes mapping the irregular surface configuration, and using the mapping determination in controlling...
7803036 Method of using a contour follower  
A contour follower includes a plurality of sensors spaced around a waterjet nozzle, each of the sensors being configured to measure a distance between a working surface and a first plane,...
7662020 Method for manufacturing surface-coated cutting insert  
This method for manufacturing a surface-coated cutting insert includes clamping and holding a surface-coated cutting insert with a pair of rotary shafts which are rotatable around an axis, and...
7635289 Contour follower  
A collision detection sensor for a waterjet system provides a signal in the event the device approaches to within a selected distance of an obstruction in the plane of the working surface. An...
7585201 Water jet processing method  
In a water jet processing method, when a nozzle adapted to emit water jet is moved relatively to a substrate to form a second cut line intersecting a first cut line, the relative travel speed of...
7556554 Apparatus and method for manufacturing optical objects  
The invention relates to an apparatus for forming or working optical elements and/or optical forming elements (1) comprising a working apparatus (18) for forming surfaces of form parts by machining...
7544112 Method and apparatus for removing coatings from a substrate using multiple sequential steps  
A method and apparatus for removing a coating having an irregular surface configuration that includes mapping the irregular surface configuration, and using the mapping determination in controlling...
7455568 Water jet-processing machine  
A water jet-processing machine comprising a workpiece holding table having a holding surface for holding a workpiece, a nozzle for emitting a jet of processing water to the workpiece held on the...
7448261 Method and apparatus for testing rubber tires or solid rubber wheel laboratory samples  
An eraser having the capability of absorbing oil or wax as a formulation of more than 50% styrene butadiene rubber (SBR). The eraser is particularly well suited for use in testing tires having oil...
7419418 CNC abrasive fluid-jet milling  
A method and apparatus for milling a desired pocket in a solid workpiece uses an abrasive fluid-jet by moving and suitably orienting the abrasive fluid-jet relative to the workpiece. The method...
7416471 Recovery device of blasting medium and method therefor  
The present invention provides a recovery device of a blasting medium for recovering a blasting medium after use, which has been injected to a work and has fallen therefrom, into a solid-gas...
7331842 Contour follower for tool  
A contour follower includes a plurality of sensors spaced around a waterjet nozzle, each of the sensors being configured to measure a distance between a working surface and a first plane,...
7232360 Uninterrupted abrasive fluid supply  
A substantially uninterrupted flow of a pressurised abrasive slurry is maintained by successively charging each of a plurality of vessels V1, V2 with an abrasive material while discharging an...
7207868 Cutting apparatus  
A cutting apparatus jets, at a high pressure, water containing abrasive grains to cut a workpiece along cutting lines extending in intersecting directions. The cutting apparatus includes: a fixing...
7169012 Hydrodynamic radial flux polishing and grinding tool for optical and semiconductor surfaces  
A polishing tool useful for grinding and high precision, fine polishing of flat or curved optical surfaces, as well as for the optical flattening of semiconductor and metallic surfaces. The tool...
7121918 Machine tool and method for processing workpieces using a water jet  
During the processing of workpieces using a water jet, standstill times or even operating interruptions arise on the machine tools when the processed workpieces are removed and the workpieces to be...
7052362 Blendable blasting media and method of reusing and discharging same  
An apparatus and method for applying a blasting media, comprised of at least first and second separate types of particles, to a surface to be treated. Each type of particle may comprise a core...
7052361 Method for hydro-erosive rounding of an edge of a part and use thereof  
In a method for the hydro-erosive rounding of an edge of a part, particularly an edge in a duct of a high pressure-resistant part, and a use thereof, a liquid to which abrasive elements are added...
7008293 Positioning jig, spray polishing device using positioning jig and spray polishing method  
A positioning jig which is applied to a spray polishing device which sprays a polishing liquid to a material to be polished and polishes the material to be polished, determines a relative position...
6981906 Methods and apparatus for milling grooves with abrasive fluidjets  
A method for milling grooves in a work-piece includes using a manipulator to control impingement angles of abrasive fluidjets traversed across the work-piece. Another method employs multiple...
6932670 Signaling system for sandblasting  
A sandblasting operation includes a nozzle (10) which receives sand from a pot (12). A signaling system (20) for the sandblasting operation includes a first switch (22) to initiate the operation...
6852002 Apparatus and methods for Z-axis control and collision detection and recovery for waterjet cutting systems  
This invention relates to apparatus and methods for z-axis control and collision detection and recovery for waterjet and abrasive-jet cutting systems. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a...
6846221 Adaptive nozzle system for high-energy abrasive stream cutting  
A system is provided for delivering onto a workpiece a high-energy abrasive cutting stream. The system generally comprises a head assembly for providing a pressurized fluidic stream; a nozzling...
6814649 Fluid jet cutting machine with a system for a contact free guidance of a spacing sensor  
A fluid jet cutting machine comprising a selectively contactless or tactile sensor system for determining a spacing between the cutting device (outlet of the jet pipe) and the work piece. This...
6769956 Apparatus and method for rapid, precise positioning of a grit-blasting nozzle  
A grit blasting nozzle and nozzle fixture assembly provides for both rapid installation of the nozzle within the fixture, and precise alignment of the nozzle when installed in the fixture....
6749490 Portable numerically controlled water-jet driller  
A portable numerically controlled (“N/C”) water-jet driller for drilling a hole through skin and substructure of structures, which includes an agile water-jet driller end effector and a num...
6705921 Method and apparatus for controlling cutting tool edge cut taper  
A tilt control assembly for controlling the tilt of a cutting tool head has a first eccentric support and a second support, with both of the first and second supports connected to the head along an...
6695679 Enablement of selection of gas/dry ice ratios within an allowable range, and dynamic maintenance of the ratio in a blasting stream  
Apparatus and method to establish permissible ranges of the gas/dry ice ratio in a dry ice blasting stream. Logic and circuitry determine whether a proposed ratio is permissible. If it is, it...
6656017 Method and apparatus for creating an open cell micro-environment for treating a substrate with an impingement spray  
The present invention is a method and apparatus for providing a low-cost and less complex micro-environment for treating a substrate using an impingement cryogenic or steam spray jet. A substrate...
6656014 Mobile bridge cutting arrangement  
A mobile articulable cutter apparatus for the cutting and dismemberment of a building structure to permit the environmentally safe removal of such structure from a building site. The apparatus...
6575815 Process for calibrating throttle bores, in particular in injection valves for internal combustion engines, and device for executing the process  
In a process and device for calibrating throttle bores, in particular in injection valves for internal combustion engines, by means of hydroerosive machining of the throttle bore with a suspension,...
6540757 Cartridge for use in a dermal abrasion system  
The present invention is directed to a cartridge for use in a dermal abrasion system. The cartridge comprises a supply compartment and a waste compartment. The front side of the supply compartment...
6540586 Apparatus and methods for collision detection and recovery for waterjet cutting systems  
This invention relates to apparatus and methods for collision detection and recovery for waterjet and abrasive-jet cutting systems. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a first mount member...
6533640 Ultra high pressure abrasive waterjet cutting apparatus  
An ultra high pressure abrasive waterjet cutting apparatus for cutting nuclear reactor structural components is described. The cutting apparatus includes an ultra high pressure abrasive waterjet...
6447366 Integrated decontamination and characterization system and method  
A system for decontaminating and characterizing a structure is provided in which a decontamination module is used to remove interior and exterior surfaces of the structure. The decontamination...
6402587 Floor mounted ultra high pressure abrasive cutting apparatus  
An ultra high pressure abrasive waterjet cutting apparatus for underwater cutting of structural components of a nuclear reactor is described. The cutting apparatus includes a multi-axis...
6375547 Method of operating a fluid jet cutting machine with abrasive removal system  
A method of operating a fluid jet cutting machine with abrasive removal system. The fluid-jet cutting machine has a nozzle and a carrier assembly attached to the nozzole to move the nozzle along a...
6299510 Abrasive removal system for use with high-pressure fluid-jet cutting device  
An abrasive particle removal device for use with a fluid jet cutting machine includes a tank aligned with a nozzle of the cutting machine, a settling container, and a fluid transport mechanism to...
6247997 Abrasive cleaning system  
An abrasive cleaning system that utilizes a central vacuum compressor, at least one in-line filtration device and at least one control panel unit to be placed in a treatment station. This system...
6244927 Multi-functional sensing methods and apparatus therefor  
A method and apparatus for sensing a pierce-through condition of a material made by a piercing force in which a shield surrounding a source of the piercing force is supplied with a gas supply to...
6190233 Method and apparatus for improving gap-fill capability using chemical and physical etchbacks  
A method and an apparatus for depositing a dielectric layer to fill in a gap between adjacent metal lines. In preferred embodiments of the method, a first dielectric layer is deposited over the...
6155245 Fluid jet cutting system and method  
A fluid jet cutting system structured to make desired quality cuts in a solid material such as stone, granite, steel and/or marble, the system having a positioning assembly which positions the...
6155909 Controlled cleavage system using pressurized fluid  
A technique for forming a film of material (12) from a donor substrate (10). The technique has a step of introducing energetic particles (22) in a selected manner through a surface of a donor...
6120351 Automatic machinability measuring and machining methods and apparatus therefor  
A method for measuring the machinability of a material which includes piercing a hole through a material to be tested while simultaneously measuring a pierce time duration, T, of the piercing step,...
6000995 Unit for the dosage of grained, pourable materials, in particular blasting abrasives  
A dosage device for feeding grained, pourable materials, particularly abrasive blasting materials. Feeding is accomplished by use of a dosage auger that employs a screw mechanism that either...
5975985 Automated surface treatment apparatus having current monitoring means  
An apparatus and associated method are disclosed for the treatment of a surface through the projection of an abrading material against the surface. The abrading material is fed from a hopper to a...
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