On the Lubricity and Comparative Life Cycle of Biobased Synthetic and Mineral Oil Emulsions in Machining Titanium Ti-6Al-4V at Low Cutting Speed
, Fathi Boud 1,*, Wayne Carter 1, Hirbod Varasteh 1, Urvashi Gunputh 1, Marzena Pawlik 1, Jenny Clementson 1, Yiling Lu 1, Syed Hossain 1, Matthew Broderick 1, Munusamy Raguraman 2, Andy Smith 3, Andy Mantle 3 and Jamie McGourlay 3
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Writting is great and theoretical treament is solid.
It is suggested to shorten a bit the summary, presenting the key conclusions.
1. It is suggested to rephrase the experimental details. The current format is a bit lengthy and chaotic. 2. Some of tables can be combined to reduce table number. 3. The format of figures should be consistent. 4. The manuscript is a bit lengthy. It is suggested to reframe the structure, highlighting the striking results with solid explanations.
Author Response
Thank you for the email dated 25th November 2022 enclosing the reviewers’ comments. We have carefully reviewed the comments and revised the manuscript accordingly. Attached is the revised manuscript with all the changes tracked using Microsoft Word’s ‘Track Changes’ option [red/blue/purple text and strikethrough for item deletion]. Below are our responses to the reviewers’ comments:
Reviewer 1:
Thank you for reviewing the manuscript. We appreciate the feedback. Below is our response to each comment with the respective changes tracked in the attached manuscript.
It is suggested to shorten a bit the summary, presenting the key conclusions –
Response: The concluding summary section has been shortened.
- It is suggested to rephrase the experimental details.
Response: The experimental section has been revised with complex sentences simplified. Table 4, 5 and 7 has been removed from the experimental section.
- The current format is a bit lengthy and chaotic.
Response: The total length has been reduced from 23 pages to 20 pages and complex sentences have been simplified.
- Some of tables can be combined to reduce table number.
Response: Table 4, 5 and 10 has been removed with the main data from the tables summarised in the texts. Table 6 and 7 have been combined. Figure 6(a) has been removed.
- The format of figures should be consistent.
Response: The figures have been formatted to maintain consistency. All the figure labelling has been made consistent as well.
- The manuscript is a bit lengthy. It is suggested to reframe the structure, highlighting the striking results with solid explanations.
Response: The paper length has been reduced by ~3 pages. This includes above-mentioned tables and figure removal. It also includes of contraction of the experimental (2.3, 2.6 and 2.7 mainly), results and discussion (3.0 mainly) and concluding summary sections.
Reviewer 2 Report
The manuscript presents a comparative study of different lubrication methods in the machining of Ti alloys. the research is well structured and the presentation is thorough giving all the necessary information and analyzing all the results in a scientific manner.
Author Response
Reviewer 2:
The manuscript presents a comparative study of different lubrication methods in the machining of Ti alloys. the research is well structured, and the presentation is thorough giving all the necessary information and analysing all the results in a scientific manner.
Response: Thank you for reviewing the manuscript.
