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Drilling of Fibre Reinforced Plastic Composites:A Review


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1 Dept. of Mechanical Engg., UIET, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
2 Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engg., Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India
     

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This paper presents comprehensive and exhaustive review of research done in drilling of fibre reinforced plastic composites. Decades of research shows that by keeping the thrust force below a critical value the drilling induced damage can be prevented. Researchers have played with feed rate and tool geometry (point angle, helix angle, and chisel edge angle) so as to keep thrust force below the critical limit. Lately, researchers have tried to devise intelligent drilling process in which feed rate is continuously manipulated such that thrust force is always kept in the safe limit that is below critical value. This paper further represents some important directions for minimal drilling induced damage. Gaps in research, where more effort needs to be put in, are also identified towards the end of the paper.
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Authors

Amrinder Pal Singh
Dept. of Mechanical Engg., UIET, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
Manu Sharma
Dept. of Mechanical Engg., UIET, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
Inderdeep Singh
Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engg., Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India

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This paper presents comprehensive and exhaustive review of research done in drilling of fibre reinforced plastic composites. Decades of research shows that by keeping the thrust force below a critical value the drilling induced damage can be prevented. Researchers have played with feed rate and tool geometry (point angle, helix angle, and chisel edge angle) so as to keep thrust force below the critical limit. Lately, researchers have tried to devise intelligent drilling process in which feed rate is continuously manipulated such that thrust force is always kept in the safe limit that is below critical value. This paper further represents some important directions for minimal drilling induced damage. Gaps in research, where more effort needs to be put in, are also identified towards the end of the paper.