The Effect of Cellulose Nanocrystal-Based Nanofluid on Milling Performance: An Investigation of Dillimax 690T

Machining high-strength structural steels often requires challenging processes. It is essential to improve the machinability of such materials, which are frequently needed in industrial manufacturing areas. Recently, it has become necessary to enhance the machinability of such materials using different nanopowders. In this study, different cooling/lubricating (C/L) liquids were prepared with cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) nanopowder. The aim was to improve the machinability properties of Dillimax 690T material with the prepared CNC-based cutting fluids. CNC nanopowders were added to 0.5% distilled water by volume, and a new nanofluid was produced. Unlike previous studies, base synthetic oil and CNC-based cutting fluid were sprayed on the cutting area with a double minimum quantity lubrication (MQL) system. Machinability tests were carried out by milling. Two different cutting speeds (Vc = 120–150 m/min), two different feed rates (f = 0.05–0.075 mm/tooth), and four different C/L environments (dry, MQL oil, CNC nanofluid, MQL oil + CNC nanofluid) were used in the experiments. In the study, where a total of 16 experiments were performed, cutting temperature (Tc), surface roughness (Ra), tool wear (Vb), and energy consumption results were analyzed in detail. According to the test results, significant improvements were achieved in the machinability properties of the material in the experiments carried out using CNC nanofluid. In particular, the hybrid C/L environment using MQL oil + CNC nanofluid improved all machinability metrics by over 15% compared to dry machining. In short, using CNC nanopowders offers a good milling process of Dillimax 690T material with effective lubrication and cooling ability

Determination of machinability metrics of AISI 5140 steel for gear manufacturing using different cooling/lubrication conditions

AISI 5140 steel is mostly used in gear manufacturing for variety of industries. Those gears can be manufactured via casting, powder metallurgy or forging techniques. Nevertheless, machining (via turning and milling processes) remains the most common manufacturing method to fabricate them. Milling of gears made from 5140 steel can be challenging due to the excessive energy consumption, rapid tool wear and poor surface finish. Therefore, traditional and environmentally friendly coolants are usually applied during machining to improve the surface finish and prolong tool life. The current study aims to investigate machinability performance of 5140 steel under different cooling/lubrication conditions. Several machinability metrics were investigated and analyzed (surface roughness, cutting temperature, tool wear, chip morphology, and energy consumption). Milling tests were performed under different cutting speeds (75 and 100 m/min), different feed rates (0.15 and 0.2 mm/rev) and dry, minimum quantity lubrication (MQL), and cryogenic liquid cooling/lubrication conditions (dry, MQL and cryo-LN2). The results showed that using Cryo-LN2 cooling/lubrication tended to improve all the investigated machinability metrics compared to dry condition. The surface roughness was reduced by approximately 54%, while the cutting temperature was reduced by 87%. Similarity, the cutting tool flank wear was reduced by 20% thus energy consumption was minimized by 15%. The current study shows the importance of cryogenic machining in industry for difficult to cut materials

Investigation of the Effects of Cooling and Lubricating Strategies on Tribological Characteristics in Machining of Hybrid Composites

Engineering materials are expected to contain physical and mechanical properties to meet the requirements and to improve the functionality according to their application area. In this direction, hybrid composites stand as an excellent option to fulfill these requests thanks to their production procedure. Despite the powder metallurgy method that allows for manufacturing products with high accuracy, machining operations are still required to obtain a final product. On the other hand, such materials are characterized with uncertainties in the structure and extremely hard reinforcement particles that aggravate the machinability. One of the prominent solutions for better machinability of composites is to use evolutionary cooling and lubricating strategies. This study focuses on the determination of tribological behavior of Cu-based, B-Ti-SiCP reinforced, about 5% wt. hybrid composites under milling of several environments, such as dry, minimum quantity lubrication (MQL)-assisted and cryogenic LN2-assisted. Comprehensive evaluation was carried out by considering tool wear, temperature, energy, surface roughness, surface texture and chips morphology as the machinability characteristics. The findings of this experimental research showed that cryogenic cooling improves the tribological conditions by reducing the cutting temperatures, flank wear tendency and required cutting energy. On the other hand, MQL based lubricating strategy provided the best tool wear index and surface characteristics, i.e., surface roughness and surface topography, which is related to spectacular ability in developing the friction conditions in the deformation zones. Therefore, this paper offers a novel milling strategy for Cu-based hybrid composites with the help of environmentally-friendly techniques