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US 4,519,732 AGranted
Method for the machining of composite materials
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorJohn W. Sutcliffe
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Abstract
In the machining of composite material, improved rates of material removal and reduced machine tool wear are achieved by a cutting fluid comprising the binder of said composite in an uncured state.
Claims5
In a process of machining a composite by a machine tool, said composite comprising a disposition of fibrous material within a matrix of cured binder material, the improvement characterized by:
- lubricating said machine tool with a fluid comprising said binder material in an uncured state for reducing tool wear and enhancing the rate of removal of said composite material by said tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.