Evaluation of palm kernel oil as lubricants in cylindrical turning of AISI 304 austenitic stainless steel using Taguchi-grey relational methodology

The disadvantages of the conventional cutting fluids such as mineral oil have prompted the search for eco-friendly cutting fluids. Vegetable oils have often been recommended as environmentally friendly substitutes for traditional mineral oil. The current study examined the performance of palm kernel...

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Main Authors: R A Kazeem, I O Enobun, I G Akande, T-C Jen, S A Akinlabi, O M Ikumapayi, E T Akinlabi
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Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:Materials Research Express
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/ad11fe
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author R A Kazeem
I O Enobun
I G Akande
T-C Jen
S A Akinlabi
O M Ikumapayi
E T Akinlabi
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I G Akande
T-C Jen
S A Akinlabi
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E T Akinlabi
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description The disadvantages of the conventional cutting fluids such as mineral oil have prompted the search for eco-friendly cutting fluids. Vegetable oils have often been recommended as environmentally friendly substitutes for traditional mineral oil. The current study examined the performance of palm kernel oil (PKO) and its mineral oil during the turning of AISI 304 steel using the minimum quantity lubrication (MQL) technique. Six litres of crude PKO were extracted from palm kernel seeds through a mechanical extraction technique. Taguchi L _9 (3) ^3 orthogonal array was considered for the experiment. The depth of cut (DC), feed rate (FR), and spindle speed (SS) are the cutting parameters while cutting temperature (CT) and surface roughness (SR) are the response characteristics. Experimental results showed that the mineral oil outperformed the PKO in terms of SR with an improvement of 48.2%. The improvement of PKO over mineral oil is approximately 0.89% in terms of cutting temperature. The highest turning temperature of mineral oil was 67.333 °C, while that of PKO was 67.8 °C. In general, the performance of PKO shows it can be a good replacement for mineral oil if produced industrially with adequate additives. The grey relational analysis (GRA) showed that the optimum DC, FR, and SS for palm kernel and mineral oils are 1.25 mm, 0.25 mm rev ^−1 and 870 rev min ^−1 , and 1.25 mm, 0.10 mm rev ^−1 , and 870 rev min ^−1 , respectively. The results of this study demonstrated an experimental basis for the application of PKO minimal quantity lubrication turning and validated the efficacy of the integrated Taguchi-grey relational analysis (TGRA) optimization approach.
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spelling doaj.art-0c79f024d61a4b8eb24bc271ce4867dd2023-12-13T12:11:38ZengIOP PublishingMaterials Research Express2053-15912023-01-01101212650510.1088/2053-1591/ad11feEvaluation of palm kernel oil as lubricants in cylindrical turning of AISI 304 austenitic stainless steel using Taguchi-grey relational methodologyR A Kazeem0I O Enobun1I G Akande2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6807-8539T-C Jen3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1743-4668S A Akinlabi4O M Ikumapayi5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9217-8476E T Akinlabi6Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ibadan , Ibadan, 200005, Nigeria; Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg , Auckland Park, Johannesburg, 2006, South AfricaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ibadan , Ibadan, 200005, NigeriaDepartment of Automotive Engineering, University of Ibadan , Ibadan, 200005, NigeriaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg , Auckland Park, Johannesburg, 2006, South AfricaDepartment of Mechanical and Construction Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University , Newcastle, NE7 7XA, United KingdomDepartment of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, Afe Babalola University , Ado Ekiti, 360101, Nigeria; Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Technology, University of Johannesburg , Johannesburg, 2006, South AfricaDepartment of Mechanical and Construction Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University , Newcastle, NE7 7XA, United KingdomThe disadvantages of the conventional cutting fluids such as mineral oil have prompted the search for eco-friendly cutting fluids. Vegetable oils have often been recommended as environmentally friendly substitutes for traditional mineral oil. The current study examined the performance of palm kernel oil (PKO) and its mineral oil during the turning of AISI 304 steel using the minimum quantity lubrication (MQL) technique. Six litres of crude PKO were extracted from palm kernel seeds through a mechanical extraction technique. Taguchi L _9 (3) ^3 orthogonal array was considered for the experiment. The depth of cut (DC), feed rate (FR), and spindle speed (SS) are the cutting parameters while cutting temperature (CT) and surface roughness (SR) are the response characteristics. Experimental results showed that the mineral oil outperformed the PKO in terms of SR with an improvement of 48.2%. The improvement of PKO over mineral oil is approximately 0.89% in terms of cutting temperature. The highest turning temperature of mineral oil was 67.333 °C, while that of PKO was 67.8 °C. In general, the performance of PKO shows it can be a good replacement for mineral oil if produced industrially with adequate additives. The grey relational analysis (GRA) showed that the optimum DC, FR, and SS for palm kernel and mineral oils are 1.25 mm, 0.25 mm rev ^−1 and 870 rev min ^−1 , and 1.25 mm, 0.10 mm rev ^−1 , and 870 rev min ^−1 , respectively. The results of this study demonstrated an experimental basis for the application of PKO minimal quantity lubrication turning and validated the efficacy of the integrated Taguchi-grey relational analysis (TGRA) optimization approach.https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/ad11fePKOmineral oilturningAISI 304 stainless steel
spellingShingle R A Kazeem
I O Enobun
I G Akande
T-C Jen
S A Akinlabi
O M Ikumapayi
E T Akinlabi
Evaluation of palm kernel oil as lubricants in cylindrical turning of AISI 304 austenitic stainless steel using Taguchi-grey relational methodology
Materials Research Express
PKO
mineral oil
turning
AISI 304 stainless steel
title Evaluation of palm kernel oil as lubricants in cylindrical turning of AISI 304 austenitic stainless steel using Taguchi-grey relational methodology
title_full Evaluation of palm kernel oil as lubricants in cylindrical turning of AISI 304 austenitic stainless steel using Taguchi-grey relational methodology
title_fullStr Evaluation of palm kernel oil as lubricants in cylindrical turning of AISI 304 austenitic stainless steel using Taguchi-grey relational methodology
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of palm kernel oil as lubricants in cylindrical turning of AISI 304 austenitic stainless steel using Taguchi-grey relational methodology
title_short Evaluation of palm kernel oil as lubricants in cylindrical turning of AISI 304 austenitic stainless steel using Taguchi-grey relational methodology
title_sort evaluation of palm kernel oil as lubricants in cylindrical turning of aisi 304 austenitic stainless steel using taguchi grey relational methodology
topic PKO
mineral oil
turning
AISI 304 stainless steel
url https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/ad11fe
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