Abstract
Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) is high strength and high elastic modulus composite material. Currently, machining method weaves dry with wet. Sufficient consideration is not accomplished about influence on machining properties of CFRP caused by the immersion. On another front, machining of CFRP is difficult because of excessive extreme tool wear and delamination. The authors investigated face milling performance of CFRP using a newly developed Poly Crystalline Diamond (PCD) tool, water absorption test of CFRP and built up chip collector system which is better suited for PCD tool. We reached the following conclusions. Surface roughness meets precision prescribed. CFRP has water absorptivity. Chip collector system has satisfactory performance.
