Grinding of MMC using MQL based vegetable oil - Review

Grinding plays an essential role in obtaining high dimensional accuracy and surface finish. Therefore, a strategy to improve the grinding rate and surface finish is important for the economic production. Most important environmental hazards in machining operations are due to the use of cutting fluids. Nowadays to reduce the harmful effects coupled with cutting fluids, researchers have developed environmental cognisant machining such as dry cutting, machining with minimum quantity lubricant and Machining with vegetable based cutting fluids including other types of cutting fluids. In this review, the applicability of MQL based vegetable oil in grinding of MMC has been undertaken. The performances of with respect to the cutting force, surface finish of work piece and temperature of the cutting zone have been investigated. It has been reported in various literature that metalworking fluids, which are vegetable oil-based, could be an environmentally friendly mode of machining with similar performance attained using mineral oil-based metalworking fluids.