Cavitating jet

Difference between cavitating jet and normal water jet

Cavitating jet can treat much wider area than normal water jet, i.e. water jet in air.

When the cavitation is optimized, the impact intensity of cavitating jet also bigger than

that of normal water jet.

Cavitating jet　　　 Normal water jet

(Water jet in water)　 (Water jet in air)

Fig. Treatment area

(Injection pressure, nozzle size and injection time are same.)

REFERENCES

H.Soyama, Increase of Ability of Water Jet by Using Cavitation Impacts and Its Application to

Peening of Material, Journal of Jet Flow Engineering, Vol.16, No.3, 1999, pp.22-28.

Cavitation S Peening^TM (Top page)