International Journal of Engineering Research in Electronics and Communication Engineering

A Review on Drilling Process of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic Laminates

Author : Ashwanth. B ¹ Balaji. P ² Guruprasaad. M ³ Suresh Kumar. M. S ⁴

Date of Publication :21st December 2016

Abstract: Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastics have found wide range of application in aerospace, automobiles, sports and in energy sector due to their high strength to weight ratio. Drilling CFRP composites is a challenge as they are anisotropic materials. Over the years though lot of work has been done to address this issue there is still huge scope for improvement in drilling CFRP composites. This paper gives a literary review of drilling of CFRP composites over the years. This paper also identifies the various factors causing delamination and affecting the quality of the drill and thus provides general recommendations for the selection of process parameters of the drill for better quality of finish

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