scholarly journals On Machinability of Titanium Grade 4 under Minimum Quantity Lubrication Assisted High Speed Machining

Author(s):  
T N Mathonsi ◽  
R F Laubscher ◽  
K Gupta
Author(s):  
Alexander Bardetsky ◽  
Helmi Attia ◽  
Mohamed Elbestawi

The disadvantages of conventional metalworking fluids such as disposal problems, health problems and economic factors have led to the development of strategies to reduce their amount in metalworking. Recently, Minimum Quantity Lubrication (MQL) technology was developed and it seems to be a suitable alternative for economically and environmentally compatible production. It combines the functionality of lubrication with an extremely low consumption of lubricant and has a potential to replace metalworking fluids application in machining operations. The MQL lubricants are formulated with two major groups of additives; anti-wear (AW) additives and extreme pressure (EP) additives. When such lubricants are applied to the cutting zone, protective layers are formed on the interacting surfaces of the workpiece and the cutting tool. These layers prevent direct contact between the tool and chip surfaces, and, therefore reduce friction forces and tool wear. In order to utilize MQL to its full potential, it is essential to select appropriate lubricant composition for particular work material and machining parameters. The experimental study of different compositions of MQL lubricants is reported. The effectiveness of the lubricants are determined in terms of their ability to protect the cutting tool in high speed machining of cast aluminum alloys, which are widely used in automotive industry. The main objective of this research is to quantitatively evaluate the ability of lubricant’s additive composition to reduce the tool wear. This is reached through the comparison between the tool wear rate measured during the machining of aluminum cast alloy with the application of MQL, and the tool wear rate obtained in dry machining of the same alloy. Two kinds of the lubricants are evaluated; vegetable and synthetic. The content of AW and EP additives in each kind of lubricant was varied on three levels in order to capture the effect of the lubricant’s composition on tool wear. The result of the MQL lubricants evaluation is discussed and the recommendations for optimal lubricant composition are made.


2020 ◽  
Vol 170 ◽  
pp. 02003
Author(s):  
Shrikant Gunjal ◽  
Sudarshan Sanap

Machining plays a crucial role in process of economy through the way it contributes around 5% of the country’s total economy. The method of machining has been changed through the last periods due to the competition within the market to urge more profit and High Speed Machining (HSM) plays the vital role to realize the equivalent. Hence, many researchers are working on reduction of the machining cost and consumption of energy. Hard to cut materials have long list of practical applications, which is the main reason to consider their research and development aspects. Thus, it’s important to review the consequences of process parameters mainly like cutting speed, feed rate and depth of cut so as to determine the correlation with reference to key measuring parameters like tool life, surface roughness and tool wear. The authentication of this approach must be proved in future, using different experimental data as high speed machining leads to extreme machining temperature, sudden tool failure and subsequent adverse effects on overall machining performance in all the aspects. Sustainable machining techniques have the effective answer to avoid the adverse consequences of HSM. This paper emphasizes upon the review of application of various sustainable machining techniques like Minimum Quantity Lubrication (MQL), Cryogenic Technique, and Compressed Gas into the high-speed machining of hard to cut materials. Further, the appliance of vegetable based lubricants is highlighted for better comparison.


2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 1222-1233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuda QIN ◽  
Linjing GUI ◽  
Hao LI ◽  
Bin RONG ◽  
Dongsheng WANG ◽  
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2010 ◽  
Vol 34-35 ◽  
pp. 1816-1821 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Su ◽  
Ning He ◽  
Liang Li

Cryogenic minimum quantity lubrication (CMQL) is a kind of green cooling/lubrication technique, which consists of the application of a small amount of lubricant (6-100 ml/h), delivered in a refrigerated compressed gas stream to the cutting zone. This paper experimentally investigates the effect of CMQL on cutting temperature and tool wear in high-speed end milling of titanium alloys. Comparative experiments were conducted under different cooling/lubrication conditions, i.e. dry milling, refrigerated air cutting, and CMQL. The refrigerated gas equipment was manufactured based on composite refrigeration method to provide the refrigerated air. The experimental results show that application of CMQL resulted in drastic reduction in cutting temperature and tool wear especially when machining titanium alloys at a high cutting speed.


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