Taguchi analysis of delamination associated with various drill bits in drilling of composite material

Abstract This paper presents a prediction and evaluation of delamination factor in use of twist drill, candle stick drill and saw drill. The approach is based on Taguchi’s method and the analysis of variance (ANOVA). An ultrasonic C-Scan to examine the delamination of carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) laminate is used in this paper. The experiments were conducted to study the delamination factor under various cutting conditions. The experimental results indicate that the feed rate and the drill diameter are recognized to make the most significant contribution to the overall performance. The objective was to establish a correlation between feed rate, spindle speed and drill diameter with the induced delamination in a CFRP laminate. The correlation was obtained by multi-variable linear regression and compared with the experimental results.

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