Cutting Fluids: Functions and Selection | Industries | Metallurgy
It has been seen that the amount of power lost due to generation of heat varies from 20 to 30 per cent and hence to reduce it, the use of cutting fluids came into existence in the field of production-technology. Cutting fluids can also be considerably reduced by using suitable cutting lubricants when machining metals at speeds below 0.7 m/sec. [...]