Lubrication in Metal Cutting

Abstract

The traditional position of the metal cutting process at the core of our engineering industry, is being changed by the rapid development of some of the established metal forming processes, such as die‐casting and extrusion, and in more recent years by the introduction of the novel electrical machining processes. In addition to this, the demands of the aerospace and nuclear industries for components manufactured from the rare metals and the very high strength alloys combined with the problems of economic manufacture in the mechanised automobile and household appliance industries have presented the metal cutting process with an exciting challenge. Under this stimulus of competition from other processes and the more exacting demands of modern industry, considerable effort is being directed towards the development of the metal cutting process by establishing a better understanding of the mechanics involved. In this article some thoughts are presented in an attempt to reflect the state of knowledge of an important branch of this study, namely, that of lubrication in metal cutting.

Citation

Cassin, C. (1965), "Lubrication in Metal Cutting", Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, Vol. 17 No. 11, pp. 13-16. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb052786