The purpose of this article is to review the relevant literature in machining using minimum quantity lubrication particularly as it pertains to environmental, and health issues , and outline future potential research in this technology. The results indicate that the process of mist particles generation and their physical characteristics are yet to be determined for a whole class of machining pr...

Abrasive Jet Machining is an Unconventional machining process in which the metal is removed from brittle and hard material in the form of micro-chips. With increase in need of materials like ceramics, composites, in manufacturing of various Mechanical & Electronic components, AJM has become a useful technique for micro machining. The present study highlights the influence of different parameter...

Micro lubrication or also known as minimum quantity lubrication (MQL) serves as an alternative to flood cooling by reducing the volume of cutting fluid used in the machining process; but not without significant health concerns. Flood cooling is primarily used to cool and lubricate the cutting tool and work piece interface during machining process. The adverse health effects caused by the use of...

Abrasive flow machining (AFM) is an advance machining process which is used to machine complex shape and is used to deburr, remove recast layer and radius surfaces. This research uses a developed abrasive flow machine and an experiment employing abrasive flow machining was conducted on plunger body fabricated on stainless steel SS 446. In this research AFM parameters such as abrasive particle s...

Electro Chemical Discharge Machining (ECDM) is an emerging hybrid machining process used in precision machining of hard and brittle non-conducting materials. The present paper gives a critical review on materials machined by ECDM under the prevailing machining conditions; capability indicators of the process are reported. Some results obtained while performing experiments in micro-channeling on...

High speed milling is one of the recent technologies used to produce mould inserts due to the need for high surface finish. It is a faster machining process where it uses a small side step and a small down step combined with very high spindle speed and feed rate. In order to effectively use the HSM capabilities, optimizing the tool path strategies and machining parameters is an important issue....

Machining operations for freeform surface features usually include roughing, ®nishing for the bottom surface, tapering, and corner rounding. Strategies and algorithms to decompose the overall task into these operations are presented. The decomposition aims at minimizing machining time within the constraints of the speci®ed surface roughness and tolerance, and machine tool safety. The roughing o...

Force control is an effective means of improving the quality and productivity of machining operations. Metal cutting force models are difficult to accurately generate and, thus, there is large uncertainty in the model parameters. This has lead to investigations into robust force control techniques; however, the approaches reported in the literature include known process changes (e.g., a change ...