Near-Dry Machining Cuts the Heat

From: Manufacturing Engineering | Date: October 1, 2007| Author: Tolinski, Michael | Copyright information

Systems for supplying minimum quantities of cutting fluid are slipping into shops that use traditional flood-cooling-though slowly

"Metal working fluids are not costly in themselves, but they can run up the costs of production if poorly chosen or improperly handled and controlled." This is a reasonable observation for today, even though this statement appeared nearly 60 years ago in a booklet on cutting fluids from Standard oil. The emphasis on fluid handling and control shows how cons...

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