The Effect of Machining of Nickel Alloys on Cutting Force under Different Cooling/ Lubrication Conditions: A Review

Nickel alloys have high resistance to corrosion at high temperatures and have high resistance to corrosion, and they play an important role in critical industry applications where safety and sustainability is very important, such as aerospace, petrochemical and nuclear power industries which working under high corrosion and heat effect. These advanced properties of nickel alloys result in high cutting forces, cutting zone temperature and some surface integrity problems during and after machining of these alloys. Some approaches have been developed to solve these problems that are highly related to each other. This study provides a review of studies which focus on the effect of the processing of nickel alloys under different cooling / lubrication conditions with different machining methods on cutting forces during machining. In most of the experimental studies, dry, conventional liquids, MQL (minimum quantity lubrication) and machining methods under cryogenic conditions were applied. A number of complex elements, such as cutting parameters, tool coating material, nozzle positions, must be considered for an effective application. Experimental studies have shown that the cryogenic cooling method is highly more effective than most of the other methods in reducing cutting forces. However, the cryogenic cooling method alone is not sufficient , alternatively, the use of a hybrid cryoMQL cooling / lubrication method, which is a combination of cryogenic cooling and MQL methods, has become widespread. As a result, The CryoMQL is concluded that nickel alloys can be an effective method in reducing cutting forces and cutting zone temperatures in machining