Abstract
Applying large quantity of cutting fluids during cutting is characterized by problems in the immediate working environment and in waste disposal. These problems result in a large number of ecological problems and in a climate of increasingly strict work safety and environmental legislation. To reduce the quantities of cutting fluids, dry machining and near-dry machining should be replaced by a conventional oil supplying method. Near dry machining has been actually adopted in automobile manufacturing plant. However, mechanism of near dry machining had not been analyzed. It was proved by Kaneeda et al that near dry machining is able to realize using lubricant applying effect in ductile metal cutting. The purpose of this paper is to investigate lubricant applying effect during titanium alloy cutting.
