Abstract
Abrasive Water Jet (AWJ) technology has demonstrated to be an interesting manufacturing process for space, aircraft, boat and automotive sectors due to its specific advantages when machining composite materials. However, AWJ cutting of composite laminates possesses several challenges. It is necessary to develop a methodology to adapt the process parameters for each type of FRP & CFRP material which will allow AWJ trimming operations to be easily carried out on composite materials, since machine manufacturers still do not provide good databases for composite cutting. The presented work aims at studying the behaviour of a machinability model in composite materials. The machinability index for various composite materials with different thicknesses was found experimentally, which showed very different results for different materials. A study of the effect of the abrasive waterjet process parameters on the quality of cut (taper and surface roughness) was carried out.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 421-429 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Procedia Engineering |
Volume | 63 |
Early online date | 10 Sept 2013 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 10 Sept 2013 |
Funding
Thanks are addressed to the support of the European Commission through the 7th Framework; Theme FoF: The Eco-Factory: cleaner and more resource-efficient production in manufacturing, Project number 283336 - REFORM.
Keywords
- AWJ
- composite
- cutting
- trimming
- waterjet