Experimental evaluation of the effect of minimum quantity lubrication in turning AISI-4140 steel

Author

Bandyopadhyay, B.P. ; Endapally, Kalyan R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

6-9 July 2009

Firstpage

1905

Lastpage

1910

Abstract

Industry and researchers are constantly looking for ways to reduce the use of cutting fluids because of ecological and economical reasons. This paper investigates machining of AISI 4140 steel with minimum quantity lubrication (MQL). The study compares the performance of MQL to completely dry cutting for turning of 4140 steel. The results show that there is a significant reduction of cutting force, as well as improvement in surface finish while machining with MQL compared to dry cutting. Chip morphology study reveals that the cutting temperature is less with MQL cutting compared to dry cutting.

Keywords

cutting; lubrication; machining; steel industry; AISI-4140 steel; cutting fluids; dry cutting; ecological reasons; economical reasons; machining; minimum quantity lubrication; Coolants; Costs; Environmental economics; Lubricants; Lubrication; Machining; Manufacturing; Rough surfaces; Steel; Turning; Minimum Quantity lubrication (MQL); chip morphology; cutting force; cutting temperature; dynamometer; surface roughness;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2009. CIE 2009. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Troyes

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4135-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4136-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCIE.2009.5223692

Filename

5223692