WORKPIECE FIXTURE OF FLUID JET CUTTING SYSTEM

摘要

A workpiece fixture assembly is provided to support a workpiece to be processed by a fluid jet cutting system. The workpiece fixture assembly includes a main support structure having at least one exterior portion and at least one interior portion separated by a tool path corridor and includes at least one supplemental support structure rigidly coupling the at least one exterior portion of the main support structure to the at least one interior portion of the main support structure and spanning beneath the tool path corridor at one or more crossing locations. A device is also provided beneath the main support structure to aid in preventing contents of a fluid jet from rebounding toward the main support structure after passing through the tool path corridor thereof during a workpiece processing operation.