[Boron-related materials, preparation, structure and application] Experimental Investigation of Drilling Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic Composite Materials Experimental Investigation of Drilling Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic Composite Materials Kamlesh Phapale1; 1BHARAT FORGE LTD., Pune, India; PAPER: 91/Composite/Regular (Oral) SCHEDULED: 12:10/Tue./Grego (50/3rd) ABSTRACT: Composite materials are the emerging material for enormous applications in various engineering domains in place of conventional material, due to its extremely high strength to weight ratio and corrosion resistance properties. The composite laminates are difficult to machine materials, which results into low drilling efficiency and drilling induced delamination. These problems can affect mechanical properties of produced parts, therefore, lower reliability. Drilling is a widely used technique to assemble components specifically, in more complex structures. This paper presents the experimental characterization to understand the effect of cutting parameters used for drilling holes on the thrust force, delamination extent, and hole surface roughness using two-flute solid carbide twist drill of diameter 6.35mm. It also describes the identification of critical thrust force below which no damage occurs. Results show that the feed rate plays dominant role in delamination, thrust force and hole surface roughness than the spindle speed. References: [1] Tsao C.C, Chiu Y.C., Evaluation of drilling parameters on thrust force in drilling carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) composite laminates using compound core-special drills, International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture 51(2011),740-744. [2] Gaitonde V.N, Karnik S.R, Campos Rubio J, Esteves Correia A, AbrA�o A.M and Paulo Davim J. A study aimed at minimizing delamination during drilling of CFRP composites, Journal of Composite Materials 2011 45: 2359 [3] Gay D, Hoa SV, Tsai SW. Composite materials design and applications. New York: CRC Press; 2003. [4] Davim JP, Reis P, Antonio CC. Experimental study of drilling glass fiber reinforced plastics (GFRP) manufactured by hand lay-up. Compos Sci Technol 2004; 64:289a��97. [5] Stone R, Krishnamurthy K. A. Neural network thrust force controller to minimize delamination during drilling of graphite-epoxy laminates. Int J Mach Tools Manuf 1996; 36:985a��1003. [6] Tsaoa C.C, Hocheng H. Computerized tomography and C-Scan for measuring delamination in the drilling of composite materials using various drills. Int J Mach Tools Manuf 2005; 45:1282a��1287. [7] Krishnaraj V, Zitoune R, Collombet F, Davim P. Challenges in drilling of multilaterals. Mater Sci Forum 2013; 763:145a��68. [8] Tsaoa C.C, Hocheng H. Computerized tomography and C-Scan for measuring delamination in the drilling of composite materials using various drills. Int J Mach Tools Manuf 2005; 45:1282a��1287. [9] DeFu Liu, YongJun Tang, W. L. Cong. A review of mechanical drilling of composite laminates. Composite Structures 94 (2012):1265a��1279. [10] Pierre RahmA�, Yann Landon, FrA�dA�ric Lachaud, Robert Piquet & Pierre Lagarrigue. Analytical models of composite material drilling. Int J Adv Manuf Technol (2011); 52:609a��617. [11] Khashaba UA. Drilling of polymer matrix composites: A review, Journal of Composite Materials 2013 47: 1817 originally published online 10 July 2012. |