Machinability Analysis of Delamination and Thrust Force in Drilling of Pure and Added GFRP Composites
Abstract The aim of this work is to define the cutting conditions that allow the drilling of added glass fiber reinforced epoxy composite materials by taking into consideration the exit delamination factor, thrust force and the optimum combination of drilling parameters. The experiments were carried out under two cutting parameters such as cutting speed and feed rate for three levels each. Taguchi experimental design is used to reduce the excessive number of experiments. The experiment design was accomplished by application of the statistical analysis of variance (ANOVA). Correlations between cutting speed/feed rate and the various machining parameters were established to optimize cutting conditions. These correlations were found by quadratic regression using response surface methodology (RSM). Multiple regression analysis (MRA) was also employed to establish parametric relationships between the experimental parameters and the machinability outputs consisting of delamination and thrust force. The machinability refers to the relative ease or difficulty under certain cutting conditions. Therefore, it is very important to understand the factors affect the machinability and to evaluate their effects. Machinability of GFRP composites was enquired. It is aimed to evaluate the machinability of these materials. A machinability index has been developed in current study.