Implementation of green cooling/lubrication strategies in metal cutting industries: A state of the art towards sustainable future and challenges

• Published in: Sustainable Materials and Technologies 2023-07, Vol.36, p.e00641, Article e00641
• Main Authors: Korkmaz, Mehmet Erdi, Gupta, M.K., Ross, Nimel Sworna, Sivalingam, Vinothkumar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Carbon foot-prints; Energy consumption; Environment; Green manufacturing; Industry 4.0
• ISSN: 2214-9937; 2214-9937
• DOI: 10.1016/j.susmat.2023.e00641

While the metal cutting industrial sector is essential for global economic growth, it also has a major impact, such as cutting tools, cooling and lubrication environments, improved cutting parameters, etc., on the world's natural resources and ecosystems. The increasing demand for goods and services has resulted in a paradigm of linear production and consumption that cannot be maintained over the long term. The need to transition towards green or sustainable manufacturing is necessary for a variety of reasons, including issues relating to occupational health, legislation governing the environment, and hazardous or dirty working conditions for employees. However, the most important reason is the waste cost associated with utilising an excessive amount of cutting fluid in metal cutting sectors. As a result, this article examines a sustainable manufacturing system built in the metal cutting sector and offers a comprehensive guide for the industrial sector. Organisational tactics, indications, and potential roadblocks to execution are all given special attention in this review article. Further, the review article investigates the obstacles that stand in the way of environmentally friendly production. In addition to this, it investigates the criteria that are used to quantify development towards more sustainable production techniques and provides a new strategy for evaluating initiatives of this nature. It has been concluded that this in-depth analysis helps academics and researchers by detailing the green machining techniques that have been put into practise in many machining domains to ensure a clean and secure working environment.