Abrasive jet machining is gaining increasing acceptability in recent years. It can be used for cutting, deburring and polishing. Of these, deburring is a major bottleneck in many manufacturing organisations. The influence of process parameters on deburring is not clearly known. An experimental investigation was conducted to determine the edge quality of abrasive jet deburred components. For the experiments, an experimental design was used to systematically measure the influence of major cutting parameters like nozzle parameters, stand-off-distance, abrasive size, etc, on the edge quality of abrasive jet deburred specimens made of stainless steel. Profile projector was used to measure the edge quality and also visual inspection was conducted to ascertain the surface damage on the specimens. Results of edge quality measurements supplemented with visual inspection were analysed by ANOVA method and found that the edge quality and surface damage are affected by the parameters jet height and angle of impingement. Also a mathematical model was developed for the same. Considerable scope for further research and implementing it for commercial purpose are pointed out.
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