Wet blasting as a deburring process for aluminum

Abstract

Light weight aluminum has shown high applicability in the automobile industry for high fuel efficiency. However, the manufacturing of aluminum is limited by the deburring process owing to the difficulty in employing wet blasting. In this paper, we present experimental and computational studies on the deburring process of wet blasting for aluminum. The process conditions are analyzed to achieve high deburring performance that minimizes the surface damage. Parameters of wet blasting with a significant influence on the deburring process are investigated and a promising deburring technique for aluminum is proposed. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.