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Verificou-se a influência das técnicas de mínima quantidade de lubrificante, refrigeração otimizada e refrigeração convencional, com diferentes vazões e velocidade de aplicação do fluido de corte, na qualidade das peças produzidas com aços endurecidos, no processo de retificação cilíndrica externa de mergulho com a utilização de rebolos superabrasivos com baixa concentração de CBN. A análise da qualidade das peças foi realizada através da avaliação do comportamento da energia específica de retificação, rugosidade, tensão residual gerada e desvio de circularidade. Com a análise das formas de aplicação e das várias vazões e velocidades do fluido de corte utilizadas encontraram-se condições de lubri-refrigeração que propiciam a diminuição do volume de fluido de corte, diminuição do tempo de usinagem sem prejudicar os parâmetros dimensionais, o acabamento superficial e a integridade superficial. Em relação às diferentes formas de aplicação do fluido de corte notou-se o melhor desempenho da aplicação otimizada para maiores velocidades mostrando a eficiência de um novo conceito de bocal utilizado.The influence of minimum lubrication, optimized and conventional cooling at different flows and application rates of cutting fluids on the quality of hardened-steel pieces produced by external cylindrical plunge grinding with super-abrasive grinding wheels with low CBN concentrations was verified. The analysis of the quality of the pieces was performed through the assessment of the behavior of the specific energy of the grinding, roughness, roundness deviation, and the generated residual stress. By analyzing the application ways and of the several flows and application rates of the cutting fluid, lubrication/cooling conditions that enable the reduction in cutting fluid volume, reduction in grinding time without compromising the dimensional parameters (superficial finishing, surface integrity) could be found. Regarding the different applications of cutting fluids, the optimized application for higher velocities showed the best performance, thus showing the effectiveness of the new concept of nozzle used.

Grinding – the final machining process of a workpiece – requires large amounts of cutting fluids for the lubrication, cooling and removal of chips. These fluids are highly aggressive to the environment. With the technological advances of recent years, the worldwide trend is to produce increasingly sophisticated components with very strict geometric and dimensional tolerances, good surface finish, at low costs, and particularly without damaging the environment. The latter requirement can be achieved by recycling cutting fluids, which is a costly solution, or by drastically reducing the amount of cutting fluids employed in the grinding process. This alternative was investigated here by varying the plunge velocity in the plunge cylindrical grinding of ABNT D6 steel, rationalizing the application of two cutting fluids and using a superabrasive CBN (cubic boron nitride) grinding wheel with vitrified binder to evaluate the output parameters of tangential cutting force, acoustic emission, roughness, roundness, tool wear, residual stress and surface integrity, using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to examine the test specimens. The performance of the cutting fluid, grinding wheel and plunge velocity were analyzed to identify the best machining conditions which allowed for a reduction of the cutting fluid volume, reducing the machining time without impairing the geometric and dimensional parameters, and the surface finish and integrity of the machined components.La rectificación, proceso final de fabricación de una pieza, hace uso intenso de fluidos de corte con la finalidad de lubricación, refrigeración y remoción de astillas (imperfecciones). Sin embargo, estos fluidos son extremamente agresivos al medio. Con el avance tecnológico la tendencia mundial es producir piezas cada vez mas sofisticadas, con elevado grado de tolerancia geométrica, dimensional, con buen acabamiento superficial, con bajo costo y, principalmente, sin causar daños al medio. Para ello, al proceso de rectificación está intrínseco el reciclaje del fluido de corte, que se destaca por su costo. A través de la variación de la velocidad de avance en el proceso de rectificación cilíndrica externa del acero ABNT D6, racionalizando la aplicación de dos fluidos de corte y usando una muela superabrasiva de CBN (nitruro de boro cúbico) con ligante vitrificado, se evaluaron los parámetros de salida fuerza tangencial de corte, rugosidad, circularidad, desgaste de la herramienta, la tensión residual y la integridad superficial a través de la microscopia electrónica de barrido (SEM) de las piezas de prueba. Con el análisis del desempeño fluido, muela y velocidad de inmersión se encontró las mejores condiciones de fabricación propiciando la disminución del volumen de fluido de corte, disminución del tiempo de fabricación sin perjudicar los parámetros geométricos, dimensionales, el acabado superficial y la integridad superficial de los componentes.