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Grinding performance by applying MQL technique: an approach of the wheel cleaning jet compared with wheel cleaning Teflon and Alumina block

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Characterized by the high heat generation, grinding has great difficulty in dry machining. As an alternative, it is proposed to apply abundant cutting fluid (conventional method) or a minimum amount of lubrication, which in turn dispenses with disposal costs and drastically reduces the volume of cutting fluid application during machining compared with the conventional technique. Despite this, the application of cutting fluids in MQL can cause clogging of the grinding wheel, damaging the workpiece quality. Against this, one of the techniques explored in the literature is the application of grinding wheel cleaning jet (WCJ), removing part of the layer adhered to the surface of the grinding wheel. Also, the present work proposes the cleaning of the cutting surface of the grinding wheel through the mechanical contact between Alumina (WCAB), and Teflon (WCTB) blocks with the cutting surface of the CBN grinding wheel, during cylindrical grinding of AISI 4340 steel hardened. Feed rates of 0.25; 0.50; 0.75, and 1 mm/min were applied under the following lubri-refrigeration conditions: conventional, MQL, and MQL with WCJ, WCAB, and WCTB. The parameters studied were roughness, roundness deviation, diametrical wheel wear, grinding power, acoustic emission, and microstructural analysis. The results showed that the WCAB and WCTB could improve grinding conditions compared with MQL without cleaning, mainly when applied with Alumina block. However, WCJ is the better condition associated with MQL. However, the conventional flood lubricant application remains with better results, indicant that it is necessary more effort to improve the MQL technique.

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The authors thank the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP - processes 2013/00551-7, 2015/09197-7, and 2018/22661-2), Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Level Education Personnel (CAPES) and National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) for their financial support of this research. The authors also thank companies Nikkon Ferramentas de Corte Ltda - Saint Gobain Group for providing the grinding wheel and ITW Chemicals for the donation of cutting fluids, and the authors thank all by support to the research and opportunity for scientific and technological development

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Ribeiro, F.S.F., Lopes, J.C., Garcia, M.V. et al. Grinding performance by applying MQL technique: an approach of the wheel cleaning jet compared with wheel cleaning Teflon and Alumina block. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 107, 4415–4426 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-020-05334-6

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