Influence of Mango Seed Oil on Surface Roughness and Cutting Temperature During Sustainable Turning of AISI 1525 Steel Under Minimum Quantity Lubrication Environment

¹ Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, 2006, South Africa.
² Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, 200005, Nigeria.
³ Department of Mechanical and Construction Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University, Newcastle, NE1 8ST, United Kingdom.

^* Corresponding Author: kazeemadebayo85@yahoo.com

Abstract

Mineral oil-based cutting fluids have several mechanical advantages. The use of mineral oil has been questioned due to its adverse effect on machinists and the environment. There is need for a sustainable and biodegradable cutting fluid that can perform the task of problematic mineral oil. This study considered a non-edible vegetable oil, mango oil, as a lubricant in the turning operation of AISI 1525 steel using an MQL mode of fluid application. The performance of mango oil was compared with commercial mineral oil using SR and CT as performance metrics. Experiments were conducted under three levels of SS (355, 500, and 710 rev/min), FR (0.10, 0.15, and 0.20 mm/rev), and DOC (0.75, 1.00, and 1.25 mm). Taguchi L9 orthogonal array was adopted for the experimental settings. Afterward, TOPSIS, a multi-optimization tool was employed to determine the best cutting parameters for machining the workpiece with the tungsten carbide tool. The finding showed that mineral oil outperformed mango oil lubricant in terms of both SR and CT. The optimum CT and SR can be achieved using an SS of 355 rev/min, FR of 0.15 mm/rev, and DOC of 1.00 mm for both mango and mineral oil lubricants.