High speed machining processes for fiber-reinforced composites

Due to the lack of information on high speed drilling and routing of fiber-reinforced polymers (FRPs), experimental investigations were conducted by the authors. For the high speed drilling of FRPs, the findings of the literature and the experiments are presented in detail and cover the observed trends for the forces and temperatures, tool wear mechanisms, tribological interaction, as well as the hole quality in terms of surface roughness, delamination and geometrical errors. Similarly, the high speed milling of composites is discussed and the dynamic aspects of the process and the trends for the forces, temperatures, tool wear and machined surface quality are presented.© 2012 Woodhead Publishing Limited. All rights reserved.