Abstract
In the generation of new materials replaceing the metals, taking into account their characteristics and future perspectives, one should pay a special attention to the composite materials, which were named consolidated plastic materials, just a short time ago. This paper emphasizes that the quality of the drilling tools and the geometry of their active part, the dimensional precision and of geometric form and also the quality of the surfaces processed by drilling, depend especially on the nature of the composite material and of the reinforcing fibers. Keywords: composite material, drilling, machining, wear