Virtual Booth

Recently, carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) materials are used widely to manufacture lightweight structures. It is tailored to material properties such as high specific strength, high specific stiffness, high modulus, low weight, and high corrosion resistance and a primary option for aerospace structures. Drilling CFRP is very challenging compared to metal due to its inherent homogenous and anisotropic mechanical properties. During drilling, the typical damages that occur during drilling are delamination, pull-out fibres, fuzzing, and burrs, affecting the CFRP structures load-carrying capacity, reducing assemblies' lifespan.