Minimum Quantity Lubrication: Environmental Alternatives in Processing
A special issue of Lubricants (ISSN 2075-4442).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (21 June 2023) | Viewed by 24175
Special Issue Editors
Interests: advanced manufacturing; additive manufacturing; systainabile machining; machinability of difficult-to-cut materials
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Interests: machinability investigation of difficult-to-cut materials; sustainable/environmentally friendly machining; development and optimization of custom-made cutting tools; computer-aided designing and manufacturing; additive manufacturing; sustainable automation with focus on Industry 4.0
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cutting fluid is used to cool and lubricate the cutting zone during machining operation. However, the environmental and health consequences of flood coolants have motivated manufacturers to seek alternative lubrication methods. Alternatives to conventional cooling may also have economic benefits, since flood cooling is inherently wasteful. This Special Issue aims to review the state of the art in machining studies using minimum quantity lubrication (MQL) to investigate recent advancements in MQL and to explore its benefits as an environmentally friendly lubrication strategy. This Special Issue will be the first of its kind and will discuss the latest developments worldwide in MQL, an environmentally friendly lubricant in machining.
Dr. Abdelkrem Eltaggaz
Dr. Salman Pervaiz
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- minimum quantity lubrication (MQL)
- environmentally friendly lubrication
- sustainable machining
- vegetable oil
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