5 Conclusion
The work focuses on measurements of surface roughness, cutting efforts, and cutting power during slotting of CFRP material referenced G803/914 with segmented helix tool. The correlation of cutting conditions, tool geometry, and machined surface was examined in order to have an idea about what is happening in the contact area tool/workpiece. Based on the presented results, the following conclusions are drawn:
1. Transverse roughness criteria (Rat, Rzt, Ryt, and Rqt) have the same trend of evolution, they do not depend on cutting conditions: it is sufficient to study a single parameter in order to describe CFRP machined surface quality in the transverse direction.
2. Longitudinal roughness criteria (Ral, Rzt, Ryt, and Rql) depend on cutting conditions: the average roughness and the root-mean square height parameters are less sensitive to surface changes than the maximum peak-to-valley height and the 10-point height in the longitudinal direction: it is not sufficient to study single parameter in order to describe the surface profile in the longitudinal direction (Ryl and Rzl are better than Ral and Rql). Moreover, longitudinal roughness in up milling is lower than that in down milling.
3. Eqs. 3–10 obtained can be effectively used to evaluate the slotted CFRP surface roughness with the segmented helix tool. Feed per tooth presents the highest statistic