Experimental Investigation of Machinability Characteristics Under Minimum Quantity Lubrication Using Graphene Based Nano-Cutting Fluid.

Abstract

Minimum quantity lubrication (MQL) has proved to be a sustainable method which can replace flood cooling for the application of cutting fluid in the metal cutting operation. Addition of nanoparticles in the cutting fluid may enhance the cooling and lubricating properties of the base fluid. Present work deals with the experimental investigation of the effect of addition of graphene nanoparticles in the cutting fluid under MQL on machinability characteristics such as tool flank wear, surface roughness and cutting zone temperature. Response surface methodology (RSM) was utilized for the experimental design. The concentration of graphene nanoparticles in the base fluid, cutting velocity, feed rate and depth of cut were taken as cutting parameters. Regression analyses was employed to estimate flank wear, surface roughness and cutting temperature. ANOVA was applied to examine the influence of cutting parameters on cutting temperature, flank wear and surface roughness. Results showed that higher concentration of graphene nanoparticles played a significant role in reducing flank wear of cutting tool even at higher magnitude of cutting velocity and feed rate which has an immense potential of boosting the productivity of machining process. Minimum surface roughness was also obtained at higher concentration of graphene nanoparticles along with higher magnitude of cutting velocity and lower magnitude of feed rate and depth of cut. In case of cutting zone temperature higher concentration of graphene platelets was effective in reducing cutting zone temperature along with lower magnitude of cutting velocity, feed rate and depth of cut. Finally, the optimization of output responses was done in order to provide the ranges for best cutting conditions. …………………………………………………………………………………………………….... Introduction:-Today metal cutting is one of the most prominent operation in the production industry. Machining involves withdrawal of excess material from the workpiece by forcing of the cutting tool against the workpiece in order to obtain desired shape, size and surface finish of the workpiece. When ferrous materials are machined the cutting temperature increases with cutting velocity which results in softening of cutting tool leading to rapid wear and failure of the cutting tool (Bruni et al., 2006). Since high cutting speed is preferable for obtaining higher productivity so the generated heat has to be dissipated continuously around the cutting zone to maintain the sharpness of the cutting edge of the tool. If the temperature continues to rise then after a certain point of time tool becomes blunt

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“…They observed that feed was the most important parameter for roughness and MQL with nanofluid produced better result in comparison to other three cutting conditions. Singh et al [16] experimentally investigated the machinability characteristics of AISI 304 stainless steel under nano-lubrication using MQL technique. Various machining characteristics such as flank wear, cutting zone temperature and surface roughness were studied.…”