An Investigation of Process Performance when Drilling Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) Composite under Dry, Cryogenic and MQL Environments

Arjun Nagaraj, Alper Uysal, I. S. Jawahir

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Abstract

Composites, especially Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) composites, are widely used in today's industrial world such as in aviation, defense, automotive industries. Although given the unique properties of the material, it is quite challenging to machine CFRP composites. Drilling, among other operations, is a critical process, that has a tendency to produce process-induced defects. In this paper, thrust force, torque, delamination, and diameter error of drilled holes were investigated in drilling of CFRP composites under dry, MQL and cryogenic conditions and the results were compared. Also, since machining parameters play an important role, a variable feed approach is adopted to investigate the effect of feed in drilling of CFRP composites.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)551-558
Number of pages8
JournalProcedia Manufacturing
Volume43
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020
Event17th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing 2019 - Shanghai, China
Duration: Oct 9 2019Oct 11 2019

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© 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.

Keywords

  • CFRP
  • Cryogenic Drilling
  • Hole quality
  • MQL
  • Process performance

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Artificial Intelligence

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