CFRP管面钻削缺陷形成机制

碳纤维增强复合材料(CFRP)传动轴因性能优越广泛应用于汽车、航空航天、船舶、冷却塔风机等轻量化领域,但其钻削过程中容易出现毛刺、分层等缺陷。为了揭示CFRP管面钻削缺陷形成机制,选择双锋角钻头和三尖二刃钻对CFRP管面钻孔,利用分步钻削盲孔和通孔的方法,分析了损伤部位的受力情况,揭示了入口撕裂、出口毛刺和分层产生原因。根据实验结果,发现双锋角钻头钻孔时入口撕裂损伤较大,损伤位置在钻头与管面接触最低点,且主要是那部分水平缠绕CFRP管的纤维,原因是水平缠绕的纤维屈曲变形最大,对切削力更加敏感。双锋角钻头和三尖二刃钻的横刃对孔最终出口分层没有影响,主切削刃的切削行为决定孔最终出口分层。相同钻头钻孔时,轴向力不是唯一影响分层因子的因素,还需考虑切削热。相比双锋角钻头,三尖二刃钻因锋利的外缘尖角能有效划断纤维,使出口分层较小。     

Influence of machining parameters and new nano-coated tool on drilling performance of CFRP/Aluminium sandwich

Drilling and fastening of hybrid materials in one-shot operation reduces cycle time of assembly of aerospace structures. One of the most common problems encountered in automatic drilling and riveting of multimaterial is that the continuous chips curl up on the body of the tool. Drilling of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) is manageable, but when the minute drill hits the aluminium (Al) or titanium (Ti), the hot and continuous chips produced during machining considerably damage the CFRP hole. This study aims to solve this problem by employing nano-coated drills on multimaterial made of CFRP and aluminium alloy. The influence of cutting parameters on the quality of the holes, chip formation and tool wear were also analyzed. Two types of tungsten carbide drills were used for the present study, one with nano-coating and the other, without nano coating. The experimental results indicated that the shape and the size of the chips are strongly influenced by feed rate. The thrust force generated during drilling of the composite plate with coated drills was 10–15% lesser when compared to that generated during drilling with uncoated drills; similarly, the thrust force in the aluminium alloy was 50% lesser with coated drills when compared to thrust force generated without coated drills. Thus, the use of nano-coated drills significantly reduced the surface roughness and thrust force when compared with uncoated tools.     

冷却空气流向对CFRP制孔刀具磨损及孔质量的影响

在加工碳纤维增强树脂基复合材料（CFRP）时多用冷却工艺来提升加工质量。其中,空气冷却工艺因其方便性被广泛用于实际加工中。然而,目前尚缺少空气冷却方向对刀具磨损和加工质量的研究。文章通过控制冷却空气的方向,开展了干式切削、正向喷气和逆向吸气冷却条件下钻削CFRP材料的研究。获得了上述冷却条件对双顶角刀具第二主切削刃末端磨损的影响规律,发现气体冷却都能有效抑制刀具磨损,且在对出口温度影响相近的条件下,逆向冷却比正向冷却能够更好地抑制磨损。进而分析了冷却条件对钻削出口损伤的抑制效果,发现冷却、冷却方式对孔出口撕裂深度的抑制作用都较小,但逆向吸气冷却能够有效减小出口的毛刺高度,是一种有效提高制孔质量的冷却工艺。      

Experimental study on mechanical drilling of carbon/epoxy composite-Ti6Al4V stacks

This paper concerns the experimental studies on the drilling process of multilayer carbon/epoxy composite-Ti6Al4V stacks and their individual material layers using tungsten carbide drills. The significance of the current work aims to reveal the impact of tool wear on the drilling process for CFRP/Ti6Al4V, CFRP and Ti6Al4V. Four groups of machining tests including drilling individual CFRP, individual Ti6Al4V, multilayer CFRP/Ti6Al4V stacks with and without a cooling treatment were conducted. Drilling forces, cutting temperatures and hole quality attributes were experimentally investigated in terms of the drill wear extents. The mechanism controlling the tool wear effect on the drilling machinability of CFRP/Ti6Al4V was revealed, providing several implications for the industrial manufacturers. The results highlight the significant impact of the titanium chip ejection on the composite surface quality and the necessity of a rigorous tool wear control to guarantee the damage-free drilling of CFRP/Ti6Al4V stacks.     

Study of drilling of composite material and aluminium stack

Drilling of CFRP/Al or CFRP/Ti, or Al/CFRP/Ti is a challenge to manufacturing engineers. Drilling of CFRP is manageable but the minute drill hits the Al or Ti, those hot and continuous chips destroy the hole. Few studies are carried out in this aspect; CFRP/Al is not reported till date. It is important to select right process parameters when drilling multimaterial stack since each material in the stack requires a different set of machining parameters. Hence, Drilling trials have been carried out in carbon-fibre reinforced plastics (CFRP)/aluminium (Grade 2024) stack without coolant, with plain carbide (K20) drills of various diameters to choose optimum process parameters. The parametric influences on thrust force, torque as well as surface finish were experimentally evaluated. The experimental results show that the quality of holes can be improved by proper selection of cutting parameters. This is substantiated by monitoring thrust force, torque, surface finish, circularity and hole diameter. For the CFRP, the circularity is found to be around 6 μm at low feed rates, when the feed is increased the circularity increases to 25 μm. The wear tests carried out show that, during first 30 holes, thrust force in CFRP undergoes a more important increase (90%) than thrust force of aluminium (6%).     

Optimization of machining parameters at high speed drilling of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) laminates

High speed machining is now acknowledged to be one of the key manufacturing technologies to ensure high productivity and throughput. Drilling of CFRP, though a challenging task, is being performed successfully at low spindle speeds. However high speed drilling in CFRP thin laminates has not been explored much. This paper reports an experimental investigation of a full factorial design performed on thin CFRP laminates using K20 carbide drill by varying the drilling parameters such as spindle speed and feed rate to determine optimum cutting conditions. The hole quality parameters analyzed include hole diameter, circularity, peel-up delamination and push-out delamination. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was carried out for hole quality parameters and their contribution rates were determined. Genetic Algorithm (GA) methodology was used in the multiple objective optimization (using MATLAB R2010a software) to find the optimum cutting conditions for defect free drilling. Tool life of the K20 carbide drill was predicted at optimized cutting speed and feed.     

碳纤维增强树脂基复合材料制孔技术研究现状与展望

碳纤维增强树脂基复合材料(CFRP)具有优越的物理和力学性能,已在航空制造工业中得到大量应用。在主承力结构中,CFRP与金属材料的连接通常为机械连接。然而,CFRP的各向异性严重影响了其制孔质量。由于CFRP和金属具有截然不同的材料属性,CFRP/金属叠层结构制孔技术成为飞机装配过程中的一大难题。本文首先阐述了CFRP及其叠层结构在切削过程中的切屑形成机制、钻削力和钻削热的研究现状;其次,剖析了钻削过程中典型加工损伤,如毛刺与撕裂、分层缺陷及孔壁表面损伤的产生原因和影响因素;然后,介绍了CFRP制孔刀具材料和几何结构的优化设计研究进展,并综述了螺旋铣孔、变工艺参数钻削、"以磨代钻"和振动辅助制孔等多种CFRP及其叠层结构加工新技术及钻削过程的仿真研究。最后,借鉴钎焊工具和超声振动技术的独特优势,提出了磨粒有序排布钎焊金刚石工具的超声振动加工构想,以达到CFRP及其叠层结构的精密高效制孔加工这一目的。     

Analysis of Surface Integrity in Drilling Metal Matrix and Hybrid Metal Matrix Composites

Hybrid metal matrix composites consist of at least three constituents-a metal or an alloy matrix and two reinforcements in various forms, bonded together at the atomic level in the composite. Despite their higher specific properties of strength and stiffness, the non homogeneous and anisotropic nature combined with the abrasive reinforcements render their machining difficult. In this paper, the surface integrity of machining in drilling hybrid composites has been discussed. Drilling tests are carried out at different spindle speed, feed rates, and different drill tool materials to investigate the effect of the various cutting parameters on the surface quality and the extent of the deformation of drilled surface due to drilling. Materials used for the present investigation are Al356/10SiC (wt%) metal matrix and Al356/10SiC-3mica (wt%) hybrid composites. The composites are fabricated using stir casting route. The drilling tests are conducted on vertical computer numeric control (CNC) machining center using carbide, coated carbide and polycrystalline diamond (PCD) drills. The surface roughness decreases with increasing spindle speed and increases with increasing feed rate. The machined surface is analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). SEM images of the machined surfaces indicate the presence of grooves and pits. Microhardness depth profiles indicate that the subsurface damage is limited to the top of 100-250 μm.     

Experiment and analysis of unidirectional CFRP with a hole and crack as sandwich-form inhomogeneous composite

In modern mechanical industry, many designs are incorporating lightweight materials. Known as the future’s lightweight material; Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) contains a fiber structure and therefore is vulnerable to cracks and holes that may be generated during machining. However, in a mechanical structure, it requires bonding the multiple parts using bolts, rivets, etc. In other words, it inevitably requires generating holes in the mechanical structure. Because of such problems, CFRP has been attached with a normally used structural steel, to lighten the weight. It is quite difficult to understand the mechanical features of inhomogeneous composites. In order to increase the usage of inhomogeneous composites that contain multiple light weight mechanical parts, there is a necessity of mechanical basic data. This study used CFRP and SM45C that has the stacking angle [0/60/–60/0]. It has a form of a sandwich in which 5 mm thick SM45C acts as the core, with 2 mm thick unidirectional CFRP attached on both sides of it. Using inhomogeneous composites of such sandwich form, Compact Tension (CT) test and analysis took place. In the test, considering the actual material being used in mechanical industry, a hole was made on the edge of the crack and compared the results according to the location of the hole. SIMADZU corporation’s Universal Testing Machine was used in the test. Setting the test as the basis, we constructed a model for the analysis. In the analysis, like we did in the experiment, we kept in mind the fiber structure of unidirectional CFRP and the conditions of the analysis were identical to the test. As the test result, the magnitude was at its optimal when there was no hole. But if a hole had to be made, it is at its best when placed at the spot where the center of the hole is 20 mm from the edge of the crack. A model with no hole had the reaction force of 14 kN and the forced displacement was 4 mm. A model with a hole placed 20 mm from the edge of the crack had the reaction force of 11 kN with the forced displacement of 10 mm. Test results and analysis differ a lot, but the data after the section when the reaction force rapidly arises are reliable. In other words, in the process of destruction due to the crack propagation, the analysis is reliable.     

Experimental and numerical studies on the determination of twist drill temperature in dry drilling: A new approach

In this paper, the influences of the spindle speed and feed rate on the drill temperature responses have been investigated. A new experimental approach was developed to measure drill temperature in drilling process. Drill temperatures were measured by inserting standard thermocouples through the coolant (oil) hole of TiAlN-coated carbide drills. Experimental parameters used in the study has based on Taguchi’s method. Experimental study was conducted by using two different workpiece materials, AISI 1040 steel and Al 7075-T651. The drill bit temperature was predicted using a numerical calculation with Third Wave AdvantEdge^TM Lagrangian based on explicit finite element analysis software. The results obtained from experimental study and finite element analyses (FEA) were compared. Good agreement between the measured and analyzed temperature results was found in dry drilling process.     

CFRP复合材料/钛合金叠层螺旋铣孔工艺

利用螺旋铣变偏心距加工的特点,提出了在刀具回程过程中进行二次精加工的工艺策略。通过正交试验研究了回程各工艺参数对CFRP/Ti-6Al-4V叠层孔加工质量和加工精度的影响规律,并依此优化工艺参数。试验结果显示:采用优化参数的回程精加工工艺提高了叠层孔的制孔精度,避免了复合材料孔壁加工损伤,复合材料孔粗糙度均值从Ra3.52降低到Ra1.31,入口撕裂明显改善,钛合金孔出口无毛刺。     

Investigations on the drilling process of unreinforced and reinforced polyamides using Taguchi method

The reinforced plastic materials have been widely used to manufacture several machine parts due to their lightweight and superior specific strength/modulus compared to the metallic materials. This paper investigates the use of Taguchi’s method in order to identify the best drilling setup of glass reinforced polyamide. Experimental study on PA6 and PA66GF30 composites was conducted using three carbide drills (K20) with different geometries. The effect of tool geometry, spindle speed and feed rate factors on the thrust force, hole mean diameter and circularity error were analyzed. The results revealed the quality of the holes can be improved by proper selection of cutting parameters.     

基于分层损伤分析的碳纤维增强树脂复合材料-金属传动轴扭转性能

为提高油动四旋翼无人机载重能力,对碳纤维增强树脂复合材料(CFRP)-金属传动轴进行研究。CFRP-金属传动轴扭转强度影响因素为CFRP管制孔质量问题和传动过程中销钉对连接孔的挤压作用。研究导致CFRP管孔入出口分层损伤的力学行为,揭示了CFRP管制孔质量的影响机制并优化了制孔工艺。利用扭转试验对销接式CFRP-金属传动轴和附有内外衬套的混合式CFRP-金属传动轴进行对比分析。结果表明:在CFRP管内外附有铝合金衬套可有效减少制孔时的分层损伤,使孔入口质量提高了4.4%,孔出口质量高了8.3%,同时抑制销钉对连接孔的挤压作用。优化后的传动轴承受扭矩从499 N·m提高到952 N·m。      

Numerical experimental analysis of hybrid double lap aluminum-CFRP joints

Due to their reliability and ease of assembly, both the adhesively bonded and the mechanical joints are commonly used in different fields of modern industrial design and manufacturing, to joint composite materials or composites with metals.As it is well known, adhesively bonded joints are characterized by high stiffness and good fatigue life, although delamination phenomena localized near the free edges may limit their use, especially for applications where corrosive environments and/or moisture can lead to premature failure of the bonding. In these cases, a possible alternative is given by the well-known mechanical joints. On the contrary, these last joints (bolted, riveted) require a preliminary drilling of the elements to be joined, that may cause localized material damage and stress concentration, especially for anisotropic laminates characterized by high stress concentration factors and easy drilling damaging, with significant decrease of the load-carrying capacity of the joined elements. In order to exploit the advantages of the bonded joints and those of the mechanical joints, both industrial manufacturing and research activity have been focused recently on the so called hybrid joints, obtained by the superposition of a mechanical joint to a simple adhesively bonded joint.In order to give a contribution to the knowledge of the mechanical behavior of hybrid bonded/riveted joints, in the present work a numerical–experimental study of bonded/riveted double-lap joints between aluminum and carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) laminates, has been carried out. It has permitted to highlight both the static and the fatigue performance of such joints obtained by using aluminum and steel rivets, as well as to known the particular damage mechanisms related also to the premature localized delamination of the CFRP laminate due to the riveting process.     

A comparison between wet and cryogenic drilling of CFRP/Ti stacks

This paper compares conventional and cryogenic cooling in the deep hole drilling of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP)/Ti stacks. Various parameters are taken into account to find if the use of cryogenic coolant is justified by the improvement of the final results. Both the thrust and the torque were acquired continuously during the machining operations and compared both in average and distribution. The use of a cryogenic coolant brings a reduction in thrust force and torque without any sensible drawback. Overall the results prove that cryogenic drilling is a suitable technology for CFRP/Ti stack drill.     

Circular cutting strategy for drilling of carbon fiber-reinforced plastics (CFRPs)

The drilling process of carbon fiber-reinforced plastics (CFRPs) is the most commonly employed machining operation due to the necessity of joining these materials. However, these materials are prone to delaminate during the process, and the presence of this defect is the most cause of rejection for CFRP products, especially those produced for the aeronautic industry. Therefore, this article aims to study a drilling strategy (named circular drilling strategy) by using dedicated tools with different diameters, in order to reduce the extension of delaminations. Holes with different diameters (6, 8, and 10 mm) were obtained both with the conventional and with the proposed drilling strategy under distinct cutting conditions that mainly differ in the feed rates (62, 125, and 250 mm/min) and cutting velocities (50, 75, and 100 m/min). The effect of the cutting parameters and tool diameter on the cutting forces and delamination factor was studied for both the conventional and circular drilling process. The results proved that the proposed technique produces better hole quality and lower thrust forces than the conventional one under the same cutting conditions.     

Cutting force and hole quality analysis in micro-drilling of CFRP

Micro-drilling in carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) composite material is challenging because this material machining is difficult due to anisotropic, abrasive and non-homogeneous properties and also downscaling of cutting process parameters affect the cutting forces and micro-drilled hole quality extensively. In this work, experimental results based statistical analysis is applied to investigate feed and cutting speed effect on cutting force components and hole quality. Analysis of variance based regression equation is used to predict cutting forces and hole quality and their trend are described by response surface methodology. Results show that roundness error and delamination factor have similar trends to those of radial forces and thrust force, respectively. Non-linear trends of cutting forces and hole quality errors are observed during downscaling of the micro-drill feed value. Optimization results show that cutting forces and hole quality errors are minimum at a feed value which is almost equal to the tool edge radius rather than at the lowest feed value. Therefore, the presented results clearly show the influences of size effects on cutting forces and hole quality parameters in micro-drilling of CFRP composite material.     

Drilling studies of an Al2O3-Al metal matrix composite

Comparative drilling studies have been carried out for a 20% Al₂O₃ microsphere reinforced Al metal matrix composite (MMC) using a (a) high speed steel (HSS) drill, (b) tungsten carbide (WC) drill and (c) polycrystalline diamond (PCD) drill. In this part of the paper, the flank wear characteristics of the drills have been presented. It is found that for the HSS drill a flank wear of 1.00 mm is reached in drilling for as little as 12 s. In contrast, under similar conditions for the WC drill, a flank wear of 0.16 mm was observed after drilling for a period of 600 s and in the case of the PCD drill, after 2210 s of drilling a flank wear of only 0.12 mm was observed. The PCD drill, however, showed some signs of chipping in the early stage, but this seemed to stabilize later on. Scanning electron microscopic (SEM) observations of the worn drill tips revealed that in addition to flank wear the HSS exhibited margin wear, the WC drill exhibited both margin wear and chisel edge wear and the PCD drill displayed crater wear.     

A comparative study on the use of drilling and milling processes in hole making of GFRP composite

Drilling and milling processes are extensively used for producing riveted and bolted joints during the assembly operations of composite laminates with other components. Hole making in glass fibre reinforced plastic (GFRP) composites is the most common mechanical process, which is used to join them to other metallic structures. Bolt joining effectiveness depends, critically, on the quality of the holes. The quality of machined holes in GFRP is strongly dependent on the appropriate choice of the cutting parameters. The main purpose of the present study is to assess the influence of drilling and milling machining parameters on hole making process of woven laminated GFRP material. A statistical approach is used to understand the effects of the control parameters on the response variables. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed to isolate the effects of the parameters affecting the hole making in the two types of cutting processes. The results showed that milling process is more suitable than drilling process at high level of cutting speed and low level of feed rate, when the cutting quality (minimum surface roughness, minimum difference between upper and lower diameter) is of critical importance in the manufacturing industry, especially for precision assembly operation.     

碳纤维增强复合材料螺旋铣孔切削力及加工质量研究

针对传统钻孔方法加工复合材料时易导致分层、撕裂等缺陷的问题,采用螺旋铣作为新的制孔技术,根据飞机装配现场的实际加工条件,构建以机器人为移动载体、螺旋铣孔终端执行器为加工单元、螺旋铣孔专用刀具为切削工具的加工系统,采用该加工系统对碳纤维增强复合材料(CFRP)螺旋铣孔关键工艺参数进行正交试验,并讨论了刀具主轴转速、每齿进给量和轴向切削深度等工艺参数对切削力的影响规律;通过对加工缺陷的监测,探讨了切削力与CFRP分层、撕裂等缺陷之间的关系;最后对工艺参数进行优化,经试验验证,优化后轴向切削力较优化前降低26%以上,孔入口及出口处均无撕裂、毛刺,加工质量最优。