Abstract
ABSTRACT Hybrid laminates made of Carbon Fibre and Glass Fibre Reinforcement have become widely popular in various applications which are mainly due to their excellent structural strength coupled with lower cost. In all these applications, drilling plays a crucial role during the assembly of these structural components. This paper deals with the examination of the influencing parameters (feed rate, tool material) on thrust force during drilling of hybrid laminates. Statistical Design of Experiments has been used for the analysis of the drilling parameters on the thrust force. Taguchi’s L9 (32) array has been used to determine whether the response function is minimised by feed rate or tool material. Hole drilling on hybrid FRP laminate has been done using Solid Tungsten Carbide and High-Speed Steel tool material under controlled machining operations. The results reveal that the tool material has a higher influential effect on the thrust force when compared with the feed rate. Also, the morphology of hybrid laminate was obtained using a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and the results indicate that surface texture was observed to be optimum.
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