Abstract: A system for removal of workpiece material with a high velocity jet of working fluid, comprising an ultra-high pressure pump including a plurality of low pressure fluid cylinders and a plurality of high pressure cylinders longitudinally aligned with and adjacent the outer end of each low pressure fluid cylinder and having a high pressure piston reciprocally mounted therein and interconnected to reciprocate with a low pressure piston in an adjacent low pressure cylinder. High pressure valves are provided for each high pressure cylinder including an inlet check valve and an outlet check valve for releasing said working fluid under high pressure. A high pressure manifold is interconnected to the outlet check valves and a conduit carries the high pressure working fluid to a high velocity jet forming nozzle.

Abstract: A system for removing material with a high velocity jet of working fluid comprises an ultra-high pressure pump having an odd numbered plurality of composite fluid cylinders disposed radially outwardly of an axis of rotation of an eccentric crank. Each composite cylinder includes an inner low pressure cylinder and an outer high pressure cylinder coaxially aligned therewith and the longitudinal axes of the composite cylinders are spaced equilaterally around the crankshaft axis of rotation in a common radial plane. A low pressure piston is mounted in each low pressure cylinder for reciprocation between inner and outer ends and each low pressure piston is interconnected with the crankshaft eccentric to reciprocate on sequential pressure and exhaust strokes during each revolution of the crankshaft. Each high pressure cylinder includes a high pressure piston interconnected with a respective low pressure piston and adapted to reciprocate therewith.

Abstract: A liquid cutting head for removing material with a high velocity jet of working liquid supplied by an ultra-high pressure pump includes a nozzle having an outlet for forming and directing a thin high velocity stream of liquid to impact against a workpiece to remove material therefrom. A suction hood surrounds the nozzle having an edge adjacent the workpiece and a liquid curtain extends between the edge of the hood and the workpiece for entrapping and wetting workpiece material removed by the liquid stream for pick up by the suction hood.