A technology enabler for green machining: Minimum quantity lubrication (MQL)

Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 556-566

  Boubekri, Nourredine ^a   Shaikh, Vasim ^a   Foster, Phillip R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooling systems; Lubricating systems; Lubrication

Indexed keywords

BODY OF KNOWLEDGE; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; COOLING TECHNIQUE; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS; FLOOD COOLING; GREEN MACHINING; HEALTH EFFECTS; LUBRICATING SYSTEMS; MACHINING PROCESS; MACHINING SYSTEMS; MACHINING TECHNOLOGY; MINIMUM QUANTITY LUBRICATION; STATE OF THE ART; TECHNICAL ATTRIBUTES; UNDERLYING CAUSE;

COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; MACHINING; METAL DRAWING; RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGY; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

LUBRICATION;

EID: 77953086432     PISSN: 1741038X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410381011046968     Document Type: Article

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