An experimental investigation on effects of minimum quantity lubrication oil supply rate in high-speed end milling of Ti-6Al-4V

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 226, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1784-1792

  Cai, Xiao Jiang ^a   Liu, Zhi Qiang ^a   Chen, Ming ^a   An, Qing Long ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

end milling; Minimum quantity lubrication; oil supply rate; titanium alloy; tool wear

Indexed keywords

END MILLING; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HIGH SPEED END MILLING; MINIMUM QUANTITY LUBRICATION; OIL SUPPLIES; OPERATING PARAMETERS; TOOL WEAR; TOOL WEAR MECHANISM;

ALUMINUM; COMMINUTION; COMPRESSED AIR; CUTTING; CUTTING TOOLS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TITANIUM ALLOYS; TRIBOLOGY; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

ENERGY RESOURCES;

EID: 84875891763     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: 20412975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0954405412458492     Document Type: Article

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