AXIS Tools for mICRO mACHINING_Tools for machinig Carbon Fibre materials
AXIS have the right milling and drilling solutions designed for machining difficult to machine Carbon-Fiber Reinforced Plastic and Metal matrix composites.
Our CFRP cutters are optimally engineered to outperform in this application by minimizing fraying, delamination and increasing tool life AXIS CFRP cutters and drills are available in below geometries:
- Coarse Cut
- Medium Cut
- Fine Cut
AXIS milling and drilling tools available with features:
- Specially designed geometry
- Engineered Hard CVD Diamond coating
- Sharp cutting edges with optimised grinding techniques
This features offer the following benefits:
- Reduce forces, Cut clean without fibres, no delamination of layers
- Enhanced tool life
- Vibration free operation, excellent edge retention of holes and milled surfaces, less job damages
The complete tool range is made out of Tungsten carbide with micro grain which offers high wear resistance suited for edge retention and sharp cutting edges.
Here are a few tips for machining such materials :
- When the material delaminates, normally feed rate need to be reduced. In case of splintering, use positive geometry and increase speed and feed rate
- In case where layer delaminates sometimes modified geometries are offered. This is based on machine kinematics and conditions.
- Typical starting values should be cutting speed of 60-120m/min and feed rates of 0.02 – 0.15mm/ rev are used on such materials
- PolyCrystalline Diamond tools (PCD) are sometimes used for higher feed and sometimes higher speeds. Only straight cutting edges are possible with such tools. CVD diamond tools have harder cutting edges and can be provided with helical and wavy edges. Tools with this type of geometry is called Gama Geometry.
