Environmental friendly cutting fluids and cooling techniques in machining: a review

Owing to environmental concerns and growing regulations over contamination and pollution, the demand for renewable and biodegradable cutting fluids is rising. In this review paper, an attempt is made regarding of green machining including the cutting fluid type as well as the methods to apply the cu...

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Main Authors: Debnath, Sujan, Moola, Mohan, Qua, S.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier Science 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31581
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author Debnath, Sujan
Moola, Mohan
Qua, S.
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Moola, Mohan
Qua, S.
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description Owing to environmental concerns and growing regulations over contamination and pollution, the demand for renewable and biodegradable cutting fluids is rising. In this review paper, an attempt is made regarding of green machining including the cutting fluid type as well as the methods to apply the cutting fluids in machining process. Knowledge of the cutting fluid types and its machining conditions are critically important in order to maximize the efficiency of cutting fluids in any machining process.Generally, heat generation at the cutting zone due to the friction at tool-chip interface, and friction between the clearance face of the tool and work-piece is always the decisive factor on the surface quality of the work-piece. A good understanding of the methods to apply cutting fluid at the cutting zone may significantly reduce the heat generation in machining and thus improve the surface roughness. Surface roughness and tool wear are always used as a quality indicator of a finished or semi-finished product. This paper reviews the developments in bio-based cutting fluids by using various vegetable oils and their performances in machining. Undoubtedly, these bio-based cutting fluids have significantly reduced the ecological problems caused by mineral-based cutting fluids. An overview of the cleaner application techniques of dry cutting, minimum quantity lubrication (MQL), and cryogenic cooling is also well presented. These techniques largely minimized the amount of cutting fluids used in machining while providing similar or even better cutting performances compared to wet cooling methods.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-315812017-09-13T15:51:38Z Environmental friendly cutting fluids and cooling techniques in machining: a review Debnath, Sujan Moola, Mohan Qua, S. Cutting fluids Dry cutting Application methods Vegetable-based cutting fluids Cryogenic cooling MQL Owing to environmental concerns and growing regulations over contamination and pollution, the demand for renewable and biodegradable cutting fluids is rising. In this review paper, an attempt is made regarding of green machining including the cutting fluid type as well as the methods to apply the cutting fluids in machining process. Knowledge of the cutting fluid types and its machining conditions are critically important in order to maximize the efficiency of cutting fluids in any machining process.Generally, heat generation at the cutting zone due to the friction at tool-chip interface, and friction between the clearance face of the tool and work-piece is always the decisive factor on the surface quality of the work-piece. A good understanding of the methods to apply cutting fluid at the cutting zone may significantly reduce the heat generation in machining and thus improve the surface roughness. Surface roughness and tool wear are always used as a quality indicator of a finished or semi-finished product. This paper reviews the developments in bio-based cutting fluids by using various vegetable oils and their performances in machining. Undoubtedly, these bio-based cutting fluids have significantly reduced the ecological problems caused by mineral-based cutting fluids. An overview of the cleaner application techniques of dry cutting, minimum quantity lubrication (MQL), and cryogenic cooling is also well presented. These techniques largely minimized the amount of cutting fluids used in machining while providing similar or even better cutting performances compared to wet cooling methods. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31581 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.07.071 Elsevier Science restricted
spellingShingle Cutting fluids
Dry cutting
Application methods
Vegetable-based cutting fluids
Cryogenic cooling
MQL
Debnath, Sujan
Moola, Mohan
Qua, S.
Environmental friendly cutting fluids and cooling techniques in machining: a review
title Environmental friendly cutting fluids and cooling techniques in machining: a review
title_full Environmental friendly cutting fluids and cooling techniques in machining: a review
title_fullStr Environmental friendly cutting fluids and cooling techniques in machining: a review
title_full_unstemmed Environmental friendly cutting fluids and cooling techniques in machining: a review
title_short Environmental friendly cutting fluids and cooling techniques in machining: a review
title_sort environmental friendly cutting fluids and cooling techniques in machining: a review
topic Cutting fluids
Dry cutting
Application methods
Vegetable-based cutting fluids
Cryogenic cooling
MQL
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31581