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Coolant & Lubrication
Emulsions, oils, MQL, high pressure and cryogenic cooling; how to choose, maintain and measure a cutting fluid.
- Live
- 3
- Pages planned
- 18
- Subsections
- 1
- Release phase
- Phase 2 months 3–9
Live pages
- 08 Coolant and lubricationTypes of cutting fluidNeat oils, soluble oils (emulsions), semi-synthetics and synthetics: what each is made of, how it looks in the sump, what it does better or worse, and the health points that differ between them.
- 08 Coolant and lubricationCoolant concentration: measuring and correcting itHow to measure the concentration of a water-miscible cutting fluid with a hand refractometer and the product’s factor, why the reading drifts, when titration or an acid split is used instead, how often to check, what a sump that is too weak or too strong does, and how much concentrate, premix or water brings it back to target.
- 08 Coolant and lubricationMinimum quantity lubrication (MQL)A few millilitres of oil an hour, carried as an aerosol to the cutting edge from outside or through the spindle and tool: how much oil, 1-channel and 2-channel systems, what the tool needs, which oils, where it works and where it does not, and the mist and fire points.
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