Metal Shaping Process In Machining

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Machining is the most widespread metal shaping process in mechanical manufacturing industry. All over the world, machining operations such as turning, milling, boring, drilling and shaping consume large amount of money annually (Sharma et al., 2009). Material cutting also known as machining is one of the most used techniques for producing different components. In the machining processes a cutting tool removes material from a workpiece of a less resistant material. The removed material called chip or swarf slides on the tool face and leaves the workpiece material. As a result of this process the cutting tool would be subjected to high normal and shear stresses (Shokrani et al., 2012). Most of the mechanical energy used to form the chip becomes …show more content…

This can be achieved by machining at the highest cutting speed without affecting tool life, reducing the scrap parts and minimize downtime. During machining process, lots of parameters could affect the cutting condition. Although machining operations can be carried out “dry”, cutting fluids have been used extensively and play a significant role in machining areas. Cutting fluids affect the productivity of machining operations, tool life and quality of workpiece. Also, they prevent the cutting tool and machine from overheating. The proper application of cutting fluids provides higher cutting speeds and higher feed rates (Tazehkandi et al., 2014). A cutting fluid can be defined as any substance which is applied to a tool during a cutting operation to facilitate removal of chips. In the beginning, cutting fluids consisted of simple oils applied with brushes to lubricate and cool the machine tool. As cutting operations became more severe, cutting fluid formulations became more complex. Today’s there are several types of metal cutting fluids (MCFs) that can be extensively classified as straight fluids, petrochemical, synthetic, semi- synthetic fluids, soluble fluids and vegetable based cutting fluids (VBCFs) (Ozcelik et al., 2011). The cutting fluids are composed in their production phase of two components: base fluid and additives. Base fluids are either oil or water. Oil based cutting fluids consist mainly of mineral oil, alternatively synthetic or vegetable oils. Water based fluids can be divided into dilutions and emulsions. The water based dilutions are generally clear and chemically stable fluids composed of water and non-organic and/ or organic substances. A water based emulsion is a milky and stable disperse mixture. For example mineral oil, plant oil ester or animal fat esters can be emulsified into water (Winter et al., 2013). Cutting

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