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Application of Life Cycle Analysis in Sustainable Machining of Aluminium 6061 Alloy Under Different Lubricating Conditions

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Aluminium is considered more precious than gold, most commonly used for different aerospace, automotive, and shipping industries. Boring is a critical machining method in assembly operations. This paper investigates the machining performance in machining aluminium 6061 alloy under different cutting conditions through a specially designed mixing nozzle for mist and flood lubrication. Experiments were performed with twenty-seven runs selected from Taguchi robust design and cutting parameters selected from the manufacturer’s recommendation. Results revealed an improved machining characteristic while machining the component with near dry machining compared to dry and flood lubrication. Life cycle assessment of selected functional unit is to investigate the ecological impact using CML baseline method. LCA analysis concluded that dry machining is a more sustainable approach than near dry and flood machining approaches.

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Abbreviations

v c :

Cutting speed

f n :

Feed rate

a p :

Depth of cut

FL:

Flood lubrication

C s :

Cutting time (s)

S t :

Standby time (s)

T r :

Tool return time (s)

T t :

Total time (s)

MQL:

Minimum quantity lubrication

LCA:

Life cycle assessment

FU:

Functional unit

AD:

Abiotic depletion

ADFF:

Abiotic depletion (fossil fuels)

GW:

Global warming (GWP100a)

ODP:

Ozone layer depletion

HT:

Human toxicity

FWAE:

Fresh water aquatic ecotoxicity

MAE:

Marine aquatic ecotoxicity

TE:

Terrestrial ecotoxicity

PO:

Photochemical oxidation

AF:

Acidification

EU:

Eutrophication

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India

    Kamal Hassan, Amardeep Singh Kang & Chander Prakash

  2. Department of Industrial and Production, Dr. B.R Ambedakar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India

    Gurraj Singh

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  1. School of Mechanical Engineering, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, India

    Chander Prakash

  2. Centre for Nanofibers and Nanotechnology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    Sunpreet Singh

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Opole University of Technology, Opole, Poland

    Grzegorz Krolczyk

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Hassan, K., Kang, A.S., Singh, G., Prakash, C. (2023). Application of Life Cycle Analysis in Sustainable Machining of Aluminium 6061 Alloy Under Different Lubricating Conditions. In: Prakash, C., Singh, S., Krolczyk, G. (eds) Advances in Functional and Smart Materials. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4147-4_10

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