Abstract
Fibre-reinforced plastics (FRPs) are used in structural components in various fields of application of mechanical engineering, such as automobile, biomechanics and aerospace industries. Their own properties, particularly the high strength and stiffness and simultaneously low weight, allows the substitution of the metallic materials in many cases. As a result of these properties and potential applications, exist a great necessity to investigate the machining of these composite materials.
This paper presents an optimisation study of surface roughness in turning FRPs tubes manufacturing by filament winding and hand lay-up, using polycrystalline diamond cutting tools. A plan of experiments was performed with cutting parameters prefixed in the FRP tubes. The objective was establishing the optimal cutting parameters to obtain a certain surface roughness (Ra and Rt/Rmax), corresponding to international dimensional precision (ISO) IT7 and IT8 in the FRP workpieces, using multiple analysis regression (MRA). Additionally, the optimal material removal rates have been obtained.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Spur G, Wunsch UE (1988) Turning of fiber-reinforced plastics. Manuf Rev 1(2):124–129
Abouelatta OB, Mádl J (2001)Surface roughness prediction based on cutting parameters and tool vibrations in turning operations. J Mater Process Technol 118:269–277
Erisken E (1999) Influence from production parameters on the surface roughness of a machine short fibre reinforced thermoplastic. Int J Mach Tools Manuf 39:1611–1618
Mata F, Davim JP (2003) An investigation about the precision turning fiber reinforced plastics (FRP’s) with diamond cutting tools using multiple analysis regression. II Iberian Conference of Tribology, Valencia, pp 117–124
Jahanmir S, Ramulu M, Koshy P (1998) Machining of ceramics and composites. Dekker, New York, pp 238–243
Ramulu M, Wern CW , Garbini JL (1993) Effect of the direction on surface roughness measurements of machined graphite /epoxy composite. Compos Manuf 4(1):39–51
Sreejith PS, Krishnamurthy R, Malhota SK, Narayanasamy K (2000), Evaluation of PCD tool performance during machining of carbon/phenolic ablative composites J Mater Process Technol 104:53–58
Everstine GC, Rogers TG (1971) A theory of machining of reinforced materials. J Compos Mater 5:94–106
Santhanakrishman G, Krishnamurthy R, Malhota SK (1988) Machinability characteristics of fibre reinforced plastics composites J Mech Work Technol 17:195–204
Ramulu M, Arola D, Colligan K (1994) Preliminary investigation of effects on the surface integrity of fiber reinforced plastics. PD-Vol-64-2. Engineering Systems Design and Analysis 2 ASME, pp 93–101
Boothroy G, Knight W (1989) Fundamentals of machining and machine tools. Dekker, New York, pp 155–173
Davim JP, Reis P (2004) Dimensional precision and surface roughness on turning tubes in fibre reinforced plastics based on the design experiment. Int J Mater Prod Technol 20(4):268–279
Shaw MC (1984) Metal cutting principles. Oxford Science Publications, New York, pp 487–543
Groover MP (1996) Fundamentals of modern manufacturing materials, process and systems. Prentice-Hall, New York, pp 386–388
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Davim, J., Mata, F. Optimisation of surface roughness on turning fibre-reinforced plastics (FRPs) with diamond cutting tools. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 26, 319–323 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-003-2006-2
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-003-2006-2