Industry 4.0
Vol. 10 (2025), Issue 3, pg(s) 111-114

DOMINANT TECHNOLOGIES IN “INDUSTRY 4.0”

Statistical analysis of modification of joints of metals and composites by thermal drilling

  • 1 Technical University of Košice, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Slovakia Department of Technology, Materials and Computer Supported Production
  • 2 Technical University of Košice, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Slovakia, Department of Applied Mathematics and Informatics2

Abstract

The paper presents an innovative method for joining Al alloy sheets and polymer fibre-reinforced composites by thermal drilling. A proposal for modifying the joint geometry by reverse drilling with a larger diameter tool is presented. The proposed modification demonstrated a statistically significant increase in the failure energy of the resulting joints.

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