Water Abrasive Cutting – Injection vs Suspension

4 februar, 2020

Scanmudring has been using both system for more than 20 years. However, since 2001-2002 we decided not using the injection system for subsea conditions because the Suspension system proved to be far better for subsea conditions. Since 2002 we have together with the manufacturer developed the suspension technology to be the most safe, reliable and powerful system the marked can offer.

Since 2002 we have together with the manufacturer developed the suspension technology to be the most safe, reliable and powerful system the marked can offer.

The main difference between the systems are the method on how the abrasives are mixed into the high velocity nozzle. In the Injection system the abrasives are mixed in the nozzle head BEHIND the nozzle high pressure insert and collected/ mixed in an outlet focus tube. The injection systems main advantage is low cost

Article by:

Amalie Bjørnestad

Office Manager 

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