Sustainable machining utilizing vegetable oil based nanofluids

Author

Rao, P.N. ; Srikant, R.R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Technol., Univ. of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, USA

fYear

2015

fDate

6-8 May 2015

Firstpage

664

Lastpage

672

Abstract

Machining industry utilizes cutting fluids to increase the performance of the metal cutting process. However, several environmental and health issues limit their usage. Minimum Quantity Lubrication (MQL) with nano cutting fluids is proposed in this paper as a better option for sustainable machining. In the literature, nanofluids are formulated, characterized and tested for their basic properties and performance in different applications. Nanofluids have been found to provide superior thermal and friction reduction qualities depending upon the formulation and application. Combination of vegetable cutting fluids with nanoparticles applied in the form of MQL will provide major environmental benefits without sacrificing the machining performance.

Keywords

cutting; environmental factors; friction; health and safety; lubricants; lubrication; machining; nanofluidics; nanoparticles; sustainable development; vegetable oils; MQL; environmental issues; friction reduction; health issues; metal cutting process; minimum quantity lubrication; nanocutting fluid; nanoparticles; sustainable machining industry; thermal reduction; vegetable cutting fluid; vegetable oil based nanofluid; Cooling; Fluids; Lubricants; Lubrication; Machining; Nanofluidics; Nanoparticles; MQL; Machining; Nano cutting fluids; Sustainability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Smart Technologies and Management for Computing, Communication, Controls, Energy and Materials (ICSTM), 2015 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chennai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-9854-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSTM.2015.7225495

Filename

7225495