EFFECT OF MINIMUM QUALITY LUBRICATION ON VARIOUS PROPERTIES OF CUTTING PROCESSES

Abstract

In the last decades, the enhancement in coatings of carbide tools and in the chemical and mechanical property of tool materials, has caused the increase of tool working life in machining processes. This fact has permitted the use of the so-called dry machining technology and also machining with minimal quantity of lubricant. There are many important factors that justify the development of such technologies, including the high expenses of refrigeration, the ecological damages caused by the use of lubricants, the increasing law demands, related to the conservation of the environment, workers’ health, etc.