Experimental Investigations on the Effect of Vegetable Based Cutting Fluid in Turning AISI 1040 Steel

摘要

Application of petroleum based cutting fluids in machining operation may cause many problems such as eye burn and skin inflation etc. Vegetables oils are good alternative to overcome such issues. In this work, experiments were carried out to study the influence of coconut oil on the performance of single point cutting tool insert in turning operation. Three cutting conditions viz. dry, wet and coconut oil were considered to evaluate the tool wear. Results obtained from the experiments highlighted the advantages of coconut oil, a considerable reduction in flank wear, crater wear and auxiliary wear was observed in the turning operation.