Vibratory Shot Peening of Elements Cut with Abrasive Water Jet

The paper presents the effect of technological parameters of vibratory shot peening on the roughness and microhardness of the surface layer of shot peened objects. Moreover, the surface topography results from vibratory shot peening was analyzed. In the experiment, samples made of 1.4301 stainless steel were used, which were cut by abrasive water jet (AWJ). The geometrical structure of the surface after vibratory shot peening was changed. The surface roughness was obtained in the range of Rsk = -0.600 ÷ -1.115 and Sa = 3.01 ÷ 6.53 μm, The value of microhardness ΔHV, near to the surface, is from 36 HV0.05 to 100 HV0.05. The changes in microhardness reach on the depth gh = 100 μm. An analysis of variance ANOVA for the investigated dependent variables was performed. The Tukey's test was used to checked the influence of the independent variable on the dependent variable. \nThe aim to obtain favorable properties of the surface layer of elements after abrasive water jet cutting , it is recommended to use a vibratory shot peening time of approx. 6 minutes and balls of diameter d = 6 mm.