Multifunctional Application of a Synthetic Ester to Machine Tool Lubrication Based on MQL Machining Lubricants

Abstract

Machine tools generally necessitate a variety of lubricants. Since some of those lubricants are often contaminated with cutting fluids and disposed without adequate separation treatments, it must certainly be convenient to prepare a multifunctional fluid applicable to both machining and other lubricating parts. In minimal quantity lubrication (MQL) machining, synthetic polyol esters are the successful cutting lubricant. This study therefore proposes a certain synthetic ester as a base candidate of environmentally friendly multifunctional fluids. Several cutting and lubrication tests have demonstrated the successful multifunctional lubrication performance of this ester with a very small quantity of a highly effective additive.