Development and Evaluation of Near-Dry Machine Tools for the Production of Aluminum Components--
Phase I (Near-Dry) Final Report April 2003

This report summarizes the first of a two-phases of The Development and Evaluation of Near-Dry Machine Tools for the Production of Aluminum Components (Near-Dry) project to determine if the near-dry machining (NDM) process offers enough technical and economic benefits to replace the conventional high-pressure through-the-tool coolant process—the WET process. NDM, which uses small quantities of biodegradable lubricant, circumvents most of the health and safety issues associated with conventional metal-cutting coolants and it is less expensive to own and operate than the WET process.
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