Ramie Fiber Woven Composite: The Effect of Feedrate Variation on the Tensile Strength of the Open Hole in the Drilling

Abstract

Composite with woven ramie as reinforcement is a combination of woven from hemp plant fibers with resin adhesive (matrix) which each has different characteristics, which with the combination will produce a new material with better properties. The purpose of this study is to determine the magnitude of the influence of federate variations on the tensile strength of open holes in drilling, with the test method carried out with reference to ASTM D 5766/D 5766M-02 (Standard Test Method for Open Hole Tensile Strength of Polymer Matrix Composite Laminates). The tensile test speed used is 5 mm/minute. The data taken is the maximum tensile strength when the specimen breaks. The results of this study indicate that the change in feed rate affects the tensile strength of the ramie composite. The greater the feed rate used is in grading the ramie fiber composite, the smaller the composite tensile stress value becomes. In this study, the highest tensile strength is obtained from composites with a feed rate of 0.05 mm/rev and the lowest at a feed rate of 0.15 mm/rev. The change in spindle speed also affects the magnitude of the tensile strength in the ramie composite. As with the feed rate speed, the greater the spindle speed used to grind the composite, the lower the tensile strength of the composite. In this study, the maximum tensile strength value tends to be obtained by a composite with a spindle speed of 88 rpm and the lowest at a spindle speed of 1500 rpm. This study uses the type of chisel "brad and spur" with three kinds of diameter variations. The larger the diameter of the drill chisel used, the smaller the tensile strength of the composite obtained.