Title: Sustainable machining practices adopted during milling process: a review

Authors: Sandeep Kumar Bhaskar; Manoj Kumar Sain; Praveen Saraswat

Addresses: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Swami Keshvanand Institute of Technology, Management and Gramothan, Jaipur-302017, India ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, Swami Keshvanand Institute of Technology, Management and Gramothan, Jaipur-302017, India ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, Swami Keshvanand Institute of Technology, Management and Gramothan, Jaipur-302017, India

Abstract: Traditional machining processes have a significant contribution in the production of various structural and machine components. In this era of competitiveness and globalisation, environmental and sustainability aspects are key concern for almost all the areas including machining processes. However, various non-traditional machining processes have been developed so far but traditional processes like milling are still relevant. The only requirement is to enhance these processes to achieve sustainability. This review article focuses on different aspects of adoption of various sustainable practices in milling process. During the study of literature, it was observed that researchers focused on incorporating ecological elements such as reducing cutting fluid consumption through automatic and variable flood cooling, minimum quantity and hybrid lubrication, cryogenics, etc. Improvements in the cutting tool life through tool modifications are also needed to be explored critically. These techniques may be taken up as the projecting domain of further exploration and research.

Keywords: sustainable manufacturing; sustainable milling practices; cooling techniques.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMMM.2024.143676

International Journal of Machining and Machinability of Materials, 2024 Vol.26 No.4, pp.362 - 388

Received: 16 Apr 2024
Accepted: 22 Jun 2024
Published online: 03 Jan 2025 *

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