Machining Composites By Conventional Means - Composites machining is dusty, messy and hard on tools. But this company accepts these difficulties and machines such abrasive materials using standard metalworking processes and equipment

摘要

Shops that have never cut thermoset composites - material that is approximately one-fifth the density of steel - might not think it would be very tough. The folks at Amalga Composites in West Allis, Wisconsin, have seen shops with similar attitudes give it a shot. Many times, though, a shop's first time machining composites is also its last time. According to Dr. Jack DeLuca, president and COO of Amalga Composites, there are two common reasons why shops could go one-and-out versus composites.