Q25.How to give consideration to both lubrication and cooling?
A:
Lubrication is used to reduce the resistance during cutting process and cooling is used to prevent blades from softening. However, bearable temperature of different cutters are different, for instance, cast iron shall be handled by dry cutting. As to materials with nickel-chromium elements which are difficult to be cut, they will generate high heat during the cutting process. The application of cooling via cutting fluid under such circumstance will cause hardening and further increase the difficulty of eliminating cuttings. Therefore, when cutting such kind materials, one shall focus on lubrication so as to enhance the chip removal. Sometimes, one might use high frequency or air injection to replace cutting fluid so as to facilitate chip removal and guard against the cuttings hardening. All these shall be adjusted according to different conditions.