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The research work is carried out to improve the performance of conventional insulators made from glass fibre and ceramic because they are not durable and under high voltage they failed or flash over. To replace conventional insulators of glass fibre or ceramic with some economical material needed extra advantage in manufacturing and processing. Glass epoxy material was chosen for this purpose, The study deals not only with checking the properties of this material but from manufacturing point of view the process parameter are also analysed and then optimized for optimum performance. The insulators manufacturing involves different machining and drilling operation and cutting forces is used as critical parameter for optimum performance. Experiment work has been done to manufacture the insulator washer with glass epoxy material on standard lathe and drill machine. Hence after manufacturing of washer, test have been conducted for checking insulator electrical properties which shows that washer made of glass epoxy are not only durable but they also have better electrical properties and performed under high voltage flash over test. An integrated effort in design, composition, process, tooling, quality and manufacturing is essential to become competitive with metals.