Title: Influence of boron nitride nano additives in cutting fluid for improving surface roughness with MRR

Authors: N. Manikanda Prabu; P. Maniiarasan; S. Nallusamy; S. Jeevanantham

Addresses: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Nehru institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, India ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, Nehru institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, India ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, Nehru institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, India ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, Nehru institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, India

Abstract: Surface quality is the essential requirement of industrial sector which depends on the certain machining parameters such as surface roughness, material removal rate and indirectly on frictional resistance and heat transfer characteristics during machining. Selection of cutting fluids enables the reduction of frictional resistance and heat generation between tool and work. At present, quality and machining characteristics of cutting fluids attain better focus to improve the surface finish using blends and additives, obviously nano additives are assumed to be a possible solution in betterment of machining outcome. Present work discusses the preparation of nano cutting fluids using boron nitride, characteristics and influence on machining parameters such as material removal rate, tool life particularly surface quality in surface grinding operation. The output results revealed that addition of boron nitride particles is providing greater surface finish when compared to the conventional cutting fluids.

Keywords: cutting fluid; surface grinding; nano manufacturing; boron nitride; surface finish; material removal rate.

DOI: 10.1504/IJNM.2020.104481

International Journal of Nanomanufacturing, 2020 Vol.16 No.1, pp.61 - 75

Received: 17 Nov 2017
Accepted: 19 Mar 2018
Published online: 14 Jan 2020 *

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