TY - JOUR
T1 - Rotary ultrasonic machining of carbon fiber-reinforced plastic composites
T2 - Using cutting fluid vs. cold air as coolant
AU - Cong, W. L.
AU - Feng, Q.
AU - Pei, Z. J.
AU - Deines, T. W.
AU - Treadwell, C.
N1 - Funding Information:
The work was supported by the National Science Foundation through award CMMI-0900462. Acknowledgments
PY - 2012/7
Y1 - 2012/7
N2 - Drilling is involved in many applications of carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) composites. Rotary ultrasonic machining (RUM) has been successfully employed to drill holes in CFRP using either cutting fluid or cold air as coolant. However, there are no reported studies to compare the results in RUM of CFRP using these two types of coolant. This article, for the first time, presents an experimental study to compare cutting force, torque, surface roughness, burning of machined surface, and tool wear in RUM of CFRP using these two types of coolant. This study will result in knowledge about machining conditions under which it is feasible to use cold air instead of cutting fluid and differences in machined hole quality produced using cold air vs. cutting fluid.
AB - Drilling is involved in many applications of carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) composites. Rotary ultrasonic machining (RUM) has been successfully employed to drill holes in CFRP using either cutting fluid or cold air as coolant. However, there are no reported studies to compare the results in RUM of CFRP using these two types of coolant. This article, for the first time, presents an experimental study to compare cutting force, torque, surface roughness, burning of machined surface, and tool wear in RUM of CFRP using these two types of coolant. This study will result in knowledge about machining conditions under which it is feasible to use cold air instead of cutting fluid and differences in machined hole quality produced using cold air vs. cutting fluid.
KW - Carbon fiber-reinforced plastic composite
KW - cold air
KW - coolant
KW - cutting fluid
KW - drilling
KW - rotary ultrasonic machining
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84863640245&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0021998311424625
DO - 10.1177/0021998311424625
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84863640245
VL - 46
SP - 1745
EP - 1753
JO - Journal of Composite Materials
JF - Journal of Composite Materials
SN - 0021-9983
IS - 14
ER -