The trimming quality on an industrial scale of these robots must continue to be optimized to meet the requirements of the aeronautical industry. The objective of this work is to characterize the trimming quality by a robot of quasi-isotropic laminates of carbon fiber and epoxy. The grooved surface quality is characterized in function of the feed rate, the cutting speed, the orientation of the surface plies, the configuration of the robot and the grooving direction in the robot cell. The tool is a two flute cutter in polycrystalline diamond (PCD) with a null helix angle. Cutting forces, roughness and delamination are measured. The feed rate influences the mean forces. The feed rates and the cutting speeds influence on the criterion Ra for a grooved ply to 45°. At the lower ply, only a few samples are delaminated. At the higher ply, the feed rate and the orientation of the top ply fibers relative to the grooving direction influences the surface delamination.
| Date | 3 Jun 2014 |
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| Original language | French |
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| Awarding Institution | - École de technologie supérieure
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| Supervisor | Jean-François Chatelain (Supervisor) |
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Gauthier, S. (Author),
Chatelain (Supervisor),
3 Jun 2014Student thesis: Master's thesis › Master in Engineering: Mechanical Engineering