The influence of Zinc Ferrite nanoparticle based SAE50 oil as lubricant under variable machining conditions

Abstract

The present work focuses on the performance evaluation of zinc ferrite nanoparticles added to SAE50 oil as lubricant in turning operation. In addition , the minimum quality lubricant(MQL) technique is adopted for turning of AISI1040 steel with uncoated carbide tool, under variable machining conditions and to study its effect on cutting forces, tool temperature and surface roughness of the machined component and also to find the best weight percentage of nanolubricant. After analysing the experimental results, it is concluded that the increase in cutting forces and tool temperature result in the increase in the surface roughness and thereby contributes for the decrease in surface quality.