Depending on what material is cut - YES it can be recycled and has been being recycled successfully in shops for 10 years. WARDJet is the only company that makes a recycler (several companies have abrasive removal systems - which is also a part of this recycling process). And NO - the cutting quality of the abrasive is not affected (if you start off with good abrasive). Companies are saving up to 65% of the abrasive they use once they start to recycle and re-use this abrasive in their cutting.
There are a few sites I would recommend. waterjets.org is a great resource for waterjet cutting. wjta.org is also good. wardjet.com has tons of information and videos about the waterjet cutting machines that they manufacture. Tryhttp://www.wardjet.com/waterjet-university.html
Abrasive water-jet cutting, is when one uses water jets for cutting and removing materials. The water jets may contain abrasive powder, and can be used to cut titanium, marble, and glass.
An abrasive jet can cut half-inch thick titanium at the rate of 7 inches per minute.
Waterjet uses up to 60,000 psi pressure to project water streams through the cutting head. With the high pressure of the water, and abrasive particles (garnet) mixed in with the cutting stream, the waterjet is able to cut up to 12" thick materials.
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With a waterjet.
I think you're thinking of the Flow waterjet (see the link below), but other waterjet component manufacturers include Accustream, Omax, and KMT.
Yes. If you go to http://www.omax.com (the website of the company that manufactures these machines) and click on "materials cut" under "applications," you can see some wood items they cut in-house on a waterjet cutter.
abrasive in that context would be: mahtreed (מטריד)
"Abrasive" in French can be translated as "abrasif."
Heres a few examples- Sand paper is abrasive. the sex i had was abrasive. abrasive means rough, coarse, etc.