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...

This paper deals with the study of various machining process and show the effect of different cutting parameters on the properties of material. There are several important factors in the product quality which are surface finish, cutting temperature, tool life and coolant quality. The use of coolant generally causes life of tools and it also maintains work piece surface properties without damage...

The application of emulsion for combined heat extraction and lubrication requires continuous monitoring of the quality of emulsion to sustain a desired grinding environment; this is applicable to other grinding fluids as well. Thus to sustain a controlled grinding environment, it is necessary to adopt an effectively lubricated wheel-work interface. The current study was undertaken to assess exp...

& Minimum Quantity Lubrication (MQL) machining involves the application of a minute amount of an oil-based lubricant to the machining process in an attempt to replace the conventional flood coolant system. Understanding the correlations between fluid properties and MQL performance can help in selecting lubricants from a variety of choices without going through extensive machining tests. This st...

Abstract The requirement of cost-effective and ecological production systems is crucial in the competitive market. In this regard, focus shifted towards sustainable cleaner machining processes. Besides clean technologies, effective parametric control required for materials (such as High Strength Low Alloy Steels) specifically designed high strength applications having superior physio-chemical p...

This paper aims to find the key process parameters for machining different parts of an automobile gearbox, commissioned by a company that needs to replace with the MQL lubrication system their current machining process based on cutting fluids. It particularly focuses on the definition of appropriate cutting parameters for machining under the MQL condition through a statistical method of Design ...

The positive effects of nanofluid-assisted minimum quantity lubrication include improved performance during machining and environmental sustainability. In the present study two cutting parameters levels such as feed rate 0.05 (mm/rev)- depth cut 0.1(mm)-cutting speed 80(m/min) 0.15(mm/rev)-depth 0.3(mm)-cutting 200(m/min) has been used in hard turning D2 steel. It was determined that 0.3% ZrO 2...

Minimum quantity lubrication (MQL) based machining methods are widely used in industry now-a days as they environment friendly and save cutting fluid costs. In the present work to augment the advantages of MQL in turning, a bi-objective optimization of process parameters in MQL turning is presented. The optimum selection of process parameters in turning has a significant role to ensure quality ...