Selecting the right cutting and grinding fluids

Cutting and grinding fluids provide lubricating and cooling effects which are absolutely essential to the economical production of precisely machined and ground parts. These precision parts, produced at high rates and low unit cost, are absolutely critical to the reliable, high technology lifestyle we take for granted. The type and degree of lubrication and the degree of cooling required for various metal removal operations vary according to the kind of operation, the rigidity of the part and its fixturing, the type of metal and its hardness and microstructure, the tool material and its geometry, and the speed, feed and depth of cut selected.