A New Cutting Device Design to Study the Orthogonal Cutting of CFRP Laminates at Different Cutting Speeds

[EN] Carbon Fiber-reinforced plastics (CFRPs) are widely used in the aerospace industry due to their highly mechanical properties and low density. Most of these materials are used in high-risk structures, where the damage caused by machining must be controlled and minimized. The optimization of thes...

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Autores: Criado, V., Cantero Guisández, J.L., Díaz-Álvarez, J., Feito-Sánchez, Norberto|||0000-0001-7330-6404
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/145557
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/145557
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Orthogonal machining
CFRP
Linear cutting movement
High cutting speed
Experimental method
INGENIERIA DE LOS PROCESOS DE FABRICACION
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Sumario:[EN] Carbon Fiber-reinforced plastics (CFRPs) are widely used in the aerospace industry due to their highly mechanical properties and low density. Most of these materials are used in high-risk structures, where the damage caused by machining must be controlled and minimized. The optimization of these processes is still a challenge in the industry. In this work, a special cutting device, which allows for orthogonal cutting tests, with a linear displacement at a wide range of constant cutting speeds, has been developed by the authors. This paper describes the developed cutting device and its application to analyze the influence of tool geometry and cutting parameters on the material damage caused by the orthogonal cutting of a thick multidirectional CFRP laminate. The results show that a more robust geometry (higher cutting edge radius and lower rake angle) and higher feed cause an increase in the thrust force of a cutting tool, causing burrs and delamination damage. By reducing the cutting speed, the components with a higher machining force were also observed to have less surface integrity control.