Organic matrix composites and iconel allows: improvements in their machining under low coolant flows and dry conditions

Project Information

COMING DRY

Grant agreement ID: G1RD-CT-2000-00336

Project closed

Start date 1 February 2001

End date 31 May 2004

Funded under

• Programme for research technological development and demonstration on "Competitive and sustainable growth 1998-2002"

Total cost € 3 205 010,00

EU contribution € 1 510 103,00

Coordinated by

AIRBUS ESPANA SL
Spain

Objective

Two very important groups of engineering materials are organic matrix composites and inconel alloys. These classes of materials can be differentiated from other materials by the extreme difficulty encountered during machining. These operations require higher fluid flows, longer machining times and encounter high tool wear. During the fabrication of large components with any of these two materials, such as aircraft wings and large turbine blades for electric power generators, it is not possible to perform the whole production with a single tool, The changes in tool lead to high costs and a loss of precision in the final component. The present project aims to develop a new series of effectively self-lubricating coating/hard coating/new tool combinations, which aim to increase the cutting speed for both materials in the range of high speed and super- high speed machining. It is also a key objective of this project to reduce the need for cutting fluids and to increase the machining precision. The partnership includes expertise in all relevant areas: end use/machining of materials, machine tools, tools design and manufacture, tool coatings and modellisation.

Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)

CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques.

• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electrical engineering › electric energy
• engineering and technology › materials engineering › composites
• engineering and technology › mechanical engineering › vehicle engineering › aerospace engineering › aircraft
• engineering and technology › mechanical engineering › manufacturing engineering › subtractive manufacturing
• engineering and technology › materials engineering › coating and films

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Programme(s)

• FP5-GROWTH - Programme for research technological development and demonstration on "Competitive and sustainable growth 1998-2002"

Topic(s)

• 1.1.3.-1. - Key Action Innovative Products, Processes and Organisation

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

AIRBUS ESPANA SL

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: AVENIDA JOHN LENNON S/N ; 28906 GETAFE ; Spain
• Total cost: No data

Participants (7)

ASOCIACION DE LA INDUSTRIA NAVARRA

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: c/San Cosme y San Damián s/n ; 31191 CORDOVILLA
• Total cost: No data

CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT S.C.P.A.

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Strada Torino 50 ; 10043 ORBASSANO
• Total cost: No data

GENCOA LTD.

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Wavertree Boulevard South 4-D ; L7 9PF LIVERPOOL
• Total cost: No data

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF ITALY

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 127,Via Frejus 127 ; 10043 ORBASSANO
• Total cost: No data

NICOLAS CORREA SA

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 09007 BURGOS
• Total cost: No data

NOVATEA SPA

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Strada Trossi 41 ; 13871 VERRONE
• Total cost: No data

TECVAC LTD

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Buckinway Business Park Swavesey ; CB4 5UG CAMBRIDGE
• Total cost: No data