Wet blasting treatment device and wet blasting treatment method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023256565-A1
Application number	US-202318094593-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 9, 2023
Priority date	Feb 15, 2022
Publication date	Aug 17, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

Provided is a wet blasting treatment device including a first nozzle unit that discharges, toward a target treatment region of a workpiece, slurry in which a first liquid and abrasive grains are mixed, a second nozzle unit that discharges a second liquid toward an untreated region adjacent to the target treatment region such that a liquid film is formed in the target treatment region of the workpiece, and a control unit that controls a discharge amount of the second liquid discharged by the second nozzle unit such that the liquid film has a predetermined thickness.

First claim

1 . A wet blasting treatment device comprising:
a first nozzle unit configured to discharge, toward a target treatment region, slurry in which a first liquid and abrasive grains are mixed; a second nozzle unit configured to discharge a second liquid toward an adjacent region adjacent to the target treatment region such that a liquid film is formed in the target treatment region; and a control unit configured to control a discharge amount of the second liquid discharged by the second nozzle unit such that the liquid film has a predetermined thickness.

2 . The wet blasting treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit controls a discharge speed of the second liquid such that a second speed of the second liquid when the second nozzle unit discharges the second liquid is higher than a first speed of the slurry when the first nozzle unit discharges the slurry.

3 . The wet blasting treatment device according to claim 2 , wherein
the control unit controls the discharge speed of the second liquid such that a collision direction when the abrasive grains collide with the target treatment region is inclined by a predetermined angle with respect to a discharge direction of the slurry discharged from the first nozzle unit, and the predetermined angle is 10 degrees or greater and 30 degrees or less.

4 . The wet blasting treatment device according to claim 1 , further comprising a calculation unit configured to acquire an image including the target treatment region and calculate a machining depth of the target treatment region machined by the abrasive grains.

5 . The wet blasting treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first liquid is water, the second liquid is a water-insoluble and volatile liquid, the wet blasting treatment device includes a recovery unit configured to recover a mixed liquid in which the first liquid and the second liquid are mixed, and a separation unit configured to separate the second liquid from the mixed liquid recovered by the recovery unit, the first liquid separated by the separation unit is supplied to the first nozzle unit, and the second liquid separated by the separation unit is supplied to the second nozzle unit.

6 . The wet blasting treatment device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a recovery unit configured to recover a mixed liquid in which the first liquid and the second liquid are mixed; and a separation unit configured to separate the mixed liquid recovered by the recovery unit into a third liquid containing the abrasive grains and a fourth liquid not containing the abrasive grains, wherein the third liquid separated by the separation unit is supplied to the first nozzle unit, and the fourth liquid separated by the separation unit is supplied to the second nozzle unit, and the first nozzle unit, the second nozzle unit, and the recovery unit are integrally formed to be movable.

7 . The wet blasting treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein a volume ratio of the abrasive grains contained in the slurry is 1% or greater.

8 . The wet blasting treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein a volume ratio of the abrasive grains contained in the slurry is 20% or greater.

9 . A wet blasting treatment method comprising:
first discharging of discharging, from a first nozzle unit toward a target treatment region, slurry in which a first liquid and abrasive grains are mixed; second discharging of discharging a second liquid from a second nozzle unit toward an adjacent region adjacent to the target treatment region such that a liquid film is formed in the target treatment region; and controlling a discharge amount of the second liquid discharged in the second discharging such that the liquid film has a predetermined thickness.

10 . The wet blasting treatment method according to claim 9 , wherein in the controlling, a discharge speed of the second liquid is controlled such that a second speed of the second liquid when the second nozzle unit discharges the second liquid is higher than a first speed of the slurry when the first nozzle unit discharges the slurry.

11 . The wet blasting treatment method according to claim 10 , wherein
in the controlling, the discharge speed of the second liquid is controlled such that a collision direction when the abrasive grains collide with the target treatment region is inclined by a predetermined angle with respect to a discharge direction of the slurry discharged from the first nozzle unit, and the predetermined angle is 10 degrees or greater and 30 degrees or less.

12 . The wet blasting treatment method according to claim 9 , further comprising acquiring an image including the target treatment region and calculating a machining depth of the target treatment region machined by the abrasive grains.

13 . The wet blasting treatment method according to claim 9 , wherein
the first liquid is water, the second liquid is a water-insoluble and volatile liquid, the wet blasting treatment method includes recovering a mixed liquid in which the first liquid and the second liquid are mixed, and separating the second liquid from the mixed liquid recovered in the recovering, the first liquid separated in the separating is supplied to the first nozzle unit, and the second liquid separated in the separating is supplied to the second nozzle unit.

14 . The wet blasting treatment method according to claim 9 , further comprising:
recovering, to a recovery unit, a mixed liquid in which the first liquid and the second liquid are mixed; and separating the mixed liquid recovered in the recovering into a third liquid containing the abrasive grains and a fourth liquid not containing the abrasive grains, wherein the third liquid separated in the separating is supplied to the first nozzle unit, and the fourth liquid separated in the separating is supplied to the second nozzle unit, and the first nozzle unit, the second nozzle unit, and the recovery unit are integrally formed to be movable.

15 . The wet blasting treatment method according to claim 9 , wherein a volume ratio of the abrasive grains contained in the slurry is 1% or greater and 15% or less.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Mori Hiroki
• Sato Takumi
• Takahashi Takayuki

Classifications

• B24C7/0015 Primary

  with control of feed parameters, e.g. feed rate of abrasive material or carrier · CPC title

• B24C1/04 Primary

  for treating only selected parts of a surface, e.g. for carving stone or glass · CPC title

• B24C5/04

  Nozzles therefor (nozzles in general B05B) · CPC title

• B24C9/006

  Treatment of used abrasive material · CPC title

• Y02P70/10

  Greenhouse gas [GHG] capture, material saving, heat recovery or other energy efficient measures, e.g. motor control, characterised by manufacturing processes, e.g. for rolling metal or metal working · CPC title