Drilling on Fibre-Glass Composite using CO2 Laser
Fibre-glass composite has been increasingly used in automotive, aerospace and electronics industries, where hole making on this material is a major process. In this paper, non-traditional machining method was employed to drill the fibre-glass composite sheet of 2 mm in thickness having four layers...
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| author | M. M., Noor T. T., Mon K., Kadirgama M. S. M., Sani M. R. M., Rejab |
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| description | Fibre-glass composite has been increasingly used in automotive, aerospace and electronics industries,
where hole making on this material is a major process. In this paper, non-traditional machining method was
employed to drill the fibre-glass composite sheet of 2 mm in thickness having four layers of glass-fibre with
orientation <0, 90, 0, 90>. The machining setup consists of computer-controlled laser source and air supply by a
compressor that acts as assist gas for cooling. The type of laser source was CO2 with a maximum power of
30W. The machining parameters under consideration were laser power and pulse duration. A total of 12 holes
were drilled varying laser power and pulse duration. Laser power was varied from 15 to 25W while pulse
duration from 2 to 5 minute. Laser-drilled holes were investigated under optical microscope. The hole quality
was evaluated with the hole size, hole geometry, burn mark and heat-affected zone. Hole quality were then
compared for each parameter combination. It was found that the laser power had predominantly affected the
quality of the hole in fibre-glass composite material during laser-drilling. |
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| spelling | ump-14132018-01-25T01:04:00Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/1413/ Drilling on Fibre-Glass Composite using CO2 Laser M. M., Noor T. T., Mon K., Kadirgama M. S. M., Sani M. R. M., Rejab TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Fibre-glass composite has been increasingly used in automotive, aerospace and electronics industries, where hole making on this material is a major process. In this paper, non-traditional machining method was employed to drill the fibre-glass composite sheet of 2 mm in thickness having four layers of glass-fibre with orientation <0, 90, 0, 90>. The machining setup consists of computer-controlled laser source and air supply by a compressor that acts as assist gas for cooling. The type of laser source was CO2 with a maximum power of 30W. The machining parameters under consideration were laser power and pulse duration. A total of 12 holes were drilled varying laser power and pulse duration. Laser power was varied from 15 to 25W while pulse duration from 2 to 5 minute. Laser-drilled holes were investigated under optical microscope. The hole quality was evaluated with the hole size, hole geometry, burn mark and heat-affected zone. Hole quality were then compared for each parameter combination. It was found that the laser power had predominantly affected the quality of the hole in fibre-glass composite material during laser-drilling. 2009 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/1413/1/2009_P_ICAME09_M.M.Noor_T.T.Mon-Conference-.pdf M. M., Noor and T. T., Mon and K., Kadirgama and M. S. M., Sani and M. R. M., Rejab (2009) Drilling on Fibre-Glass Composite using CO2 Laser. In: International Conference on Advance Mechanical Engineering (ICAME’09) , 22-25 June 2009 , Concorde Hotel, Shah Alam, Selangor. . (Unpublished) (Unpublished) |
| spellingShingle | TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery M. M., Noor T. T., Mon K., Kadirgama M. S. M., Sani M. R. M., Rejab Drilling on Fibre-Glass Composite using CO2 Laser |
| title | Drilling on Fibre-Glass Composite using CO2 Laser
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| title_full | Drilling on Fibre-Glass Composite using CO2 Laser
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| title_fullStr | Drilling on Fibre-Glass Composite using CO2 Laser
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| title_full_unstemmed | Drilling on Fibre-Glass Composite using CO2 Laser
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| title_short | Drilling on Fibre-Glass Composite using CO2 Laser
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| title_sort | drilling on fibre-glass composite using co2 laser |
| topic | TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery |
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