{"id":154857,"date":"2026-03-20T17:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T15:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/obera.fr\/our-advice\/carbon-fiber-dust-during-composite-machining\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T11:30:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T09:30:15","slug":"carbon-fiber-dust-during-composite-machining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/obera.fr\/en\/composite-materials\/carbon-fiber-dust-during-composite-machining\/","title":{"rendered":"Carbon fiber dust during composite machining"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Carbon composites are widely used in high-tech industries.<\/p>\n\n<p>According to composite materials manufacturer Hexcel, these materials offer an <strong>excellent strength-to-weight ratio<\/strong>, which explains their use in the aerospace and automotive sectors.<\/p>\n\n<p>However, their processing often requires machining operations.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Machining processes<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>The main machining operations include:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>drilling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>milling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>cutting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>routing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>These operations produce dust consisting of fibers and resin.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Risks related to composite dust<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>According to INRS prevention recommendations, dust generated during machining can cause:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>respiratory irritation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>skin irritation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>eye irritation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Fine particles can remain suspended in the air. This <a href=\"https:\/\/obera.fr\/en\/materiaux-composites\/industrial-pollutants-in-composite-materials-manufacturing\/\">composite dust<\/a> represents a major risk in the workshop. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>oberA solutions <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>They allow for source capture of dust on milling machines or robots. The <a href=\"https:\/\/obera.fr\/en\/produits\/depoussiereurs-industriels\/mobiles\/extracteur-de-poussiere-dustomat-dry\/\">Dustomat dry<\/a> enables direct suction at the robot head to capture residues and dust from machining and milling. <a href=\"https:\/\/obera.fr\/en\/produits\/depoussiereurs-industriels\/\">oberA dust collectors<\/a> are ATEX-certified and equipped with three filtration stages: a first stage of cartridge filtration regenerated by compressed air (jet pulse), a second stage of activated carbon to treat VOCs generated by the vaporization of organic resin compounds during machining-related heating, and finally a HEPA H14 particulate filtration stage to treat ultra-fine carbon particles.   <\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Our solutions also allow routing and grinding operations to be performed on oberA downdraft tables, which are themselves equipped with three filtration stages (pre-filtration, HEPA H14, and carbon).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Finally, in work areas generating large quantities of dust, they are equipped with our <a href=\"https:\/\/obera.fr\/en\/produits\/atex\/\">ATEX industrial vacuum cleaners<\/a>, featuring W2 XR models certified for ATEX Zone 22 to clean workstations at the end of the day and vacuum floors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carbon composites are widely used in high-tech industries. According to composite materials manufacturer Hexcel, these materials offer an excellent strength-to-weight ratio, which explains their use in the aerospace and automotive sectors. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":18060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"Carbon fiber dust for composite machining","_seopress_titles_desc":"Carbon composite machining: industrial dust and respirable fibers. 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