Title: Effect of cooling methods on dimensional accuracy and surface finish in reaming

Authors: M.N. Islam; Brian Boswell

Addresses: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia

Abstract: In recent years there has been limited research conducted into effectiveness of using minimum quantity lubrication (MQL) during reaming, when compared to other metal cutting processes. To establish the effectiveness of MQL for reaming a design-of-experiment (DOE) methodology was adopted. The three independent cutting conditions to ensure robustness of testing were MQL, dry and flood reaming. The quality evaluation criteria used for identifying effectiveness of the cooling method were diameter error, shape error, circularity and surface roughness (arithmetic average). The results were analysed applying Pareto ANOVA, signal-to-noise analysis and traditional analysis. Findings revealed that the cooling method used had a significant effect on surface roughness, shape error, diameter error, and a small effect on circularity. This research found that MQL reaming test results were similar to traditional flood cooling performance, confirming that MQL can replace flood reaming as it is a much more environmental method.

Keywords: design-of-experiment; dry reaming; MQL reaming; flood reaming; Pareto ANOVA; signal-to-noise ratio.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMMM.2019.099487

International Journal of Machining and Machinability of Materials, 2019 Vol.21 No.3, pp.187 - 213

Received: 12 Dec 2017
Accepted: 13 Jan 2018
Published online: 07 May 2019 *

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