DEVELOPMENT OF IMMERSED MACHINE TOOL AND MACHINING IN THE STRONG ALKALINE WATER FOR REDUCTION OF CO2

Nowadays, eco-friendly manufacture has become common request in the manufacturing and production. The excessive electric power associated with the usage of large amount of oil for cooling and lubrication during machining can increase the CO2 emission which is considered as large problem for environment. On the other hand, the presence of the unwanted vibration during machine can affect the quality of production. The influence of immersed machine tool in strong alkaline water has been investigated in previous work for normal machine operation when no vibration occurred. In present research, the influence of immersed condition to the vibration of the bench lathe machine was investigated. Thermal deformations of the spindle when operating bench lathe coincide with machine resonances were also measured for evaluation of accuracy. The calculation of CO2 emission using immersed bench lathe machine was done by comparing with the conventional machining. It is concluded from the results that; (1) Excellent cooling efficiency can be achieved by using strong alkaline water added with microbubble, (2) Vibration of machine tool was reduced during immersed condition, (3) Thermal deformation of the bench lathe was very small despite no-forced cooling was used, (4) The large number of CO2 that released annually can be reduced by immersed of machine tool.