Fluid jets department

Devices for generating and handling high-speed water jets

High-pressure plunger pump Hammelmann HDP 253 (maximum working pressure of 160 MPa, maximum flow up to 67 l.min^-1)
High pressure plunger pump Hammelmann HDP 254 (maximum working pressure of 260 MPa, maximum flow up to 40 l.min^-1)
High pressure pump PTV 75-60 with two pressure multiplicators (working pressure of 40 - 415 MPa, maximum flow of 7,8 l.min^-1 at 415 MPa)
X-Y cutting table PTV WJ2020-2Z-1xPJ - 2D with tilting cutting head specially developed for cutting with a high-speed water jet
ABB IRB 6640-180//2.55 Master robot for handling the cutting head
Patented acoustic generator of pulsating jet (Czech patent No. 299412)

Measuring instruments and systems

Set of highly sensitive piezoelectric pressure sensors Kistler (up to 750 MPa) with charge amplifiers
Set of piezoresistive pressure sensors Kristal (up to 100 MPa)
Set of ESI pressure sensors (up to 500 MPa) - Silicon-on-Sapphire sensor technology
Set of KEM Kürppers turbine flowmeters for measuring high-pressure fluid flows (up to 400 MPa)
System for visualization and measurement of velocity fields of high-velocity flow (2x PIV camera Imager Pro X 2M CCD with optical microscope for detailed visual field display, double-pulse laser NL 135-15 PIV with accessories and optics to create a light section)
Two high-speed cameras (HighSpeedStar 3G CMOS with accessories and Phanthom V2011 with accessories)
National Instruments multifunction DAQ measuring card (16-bit) for measurement and data processing
Precision optical profilometer FRT MicroProf based on white light
Laser particle size analyzer FRITSCH analysette 22 NanoTec
Keyence VHX 5000 mobile digital microscope with accessories
Go!SCAN 3D handheld 3D scanner from Creaform

Software for measurement and for flow modeling