Proposal of Tilt Helical Milling Method for Hole Creation of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP)

Abstract:

Carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) are used for various aircraft structural components because of their superior mechanical and physical properties such as high specific strength, high specific stiffness, etc. In order for CFRP materials to be used in aircraft structures or machine elements, high quality holes must be created on them efficiently. However, it is difficult for conventional methods such as drilling, helical milling and so on to meet the requirements. Therefore, this study proposes a novel method for creating holes on CFRP products. This method is just performed by tilting the workpiece at a certain angle on the basis of conventional helical milling (CHM) and hence called tilt helical milling (THM). In this paper, the processing principle of the THM is described in detail at first. An experimental apparatus is then constructed by installing a work holding unit produced in house onto a CNC milling machine. Finally, experiments are carried out on the apparatus. The obtained experimental results demonstrated that the THM is capable of creating holes on CFRP with lower burrs and chippings formation compared with those by CHM. By this new method, high quality holes could be obtained with high efficiency compared with conventional methods.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 1136)
• Pages: 190-195
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1136.190
• Online since: January 2016
• Authors: Yong Bo Wu, Qiang Wang*, Mitsuyoshi Nomura
• Keywords: CFRP, Machinability, Surface Roughness, Tilt Helical Milling

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