Tetsuya Tashiro

Grinding of C/C-SiC Composite in Dry Method

C/C-SiC composite which has recently been developed is the C/C composite impregnated silicon. This material was used as a workpiece for the machining. In order to get the good machining conditions for this material, some experiments were carried out. The machined surface and the tool surface were observed. And the grinding forces were also measured. The main results obtained are as follows: 1) The cemented carbide K10 endmill was not suitable because of the severe wear. 2) The ground surface with a diamond wheel was better than that with a WA wheel.

Drilling of CFRP/Ti-6Al-4V Stacks

Drilling experiments of CFRP/Ti6Al4V laminated stack board were carried out use of a TiAlN-coated cemented carbide drill and a TiAlCr/TiSi-coated cemented carbide drill. In the experimental conditions described herein, tool life is longer for lowered feed speed, and a TiAlCr/TiSi-coated cemented carbide drill has longer life than the other. Additionally, the cooling performance between dry process and water-mist-cooling were compared. Regarding water-mist-cooling, although the thrust is smaller, chips are much harder. They also adhere to the drill margin and impart damage to the CFRP wall of the hole. For a number of holes less than 50, water-mist-cooling reduces tool abrasion. However, the abrasion increases suddenly for hole numbers greater than 50. Accordingly, for the number of holes drilled well over 50, tool life is longer in dry processing than in water-mist-cooling.