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Article Enhancing Machining Efficiency and Sustainability of Ti-6Al-4V Through Minimum Quantity Lubrication With Ester-Based Oils(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2025) Namlu, Ramazan Hakki; Kavut, Kuebra; Tom, Hanife GulenTi-6Al-4 V is known as difficult-to-cut due to its low thermal conductivity and high chemical reactivity. While cutting fluids aid lubrication and reduce friction, Conventional Cutting Fluids (CCF) have high consumption, limited efficiency gains and negative environmental and health effects. Therefore, there is an ongoing search for more sustainable alternatives to CCF that do not adversely affect machining performance. Minimum Quantity Lubrication (MQL), which delivers compressed air - oil aerosol, has emerged as a promising solution by drastically reducing fluid use and associated risks. Selecting the right MQL fluid is key to optimising machining performance. This study evaluates MQL fluids based on polyol and polymeric esters for Ti-6Al-4 V machining and compares their performance with CCF. Cutting forces, surface roughness and topography are examined. Results show that MQL reduces cutting forces up to 21.7% and surface roughness up to 57.6% compared to CCF, with more uniform surface topography. Among MQL oils, polymeric esters perform better than polyol esters, with a reduction in cutting force up to 14.6% and surface roughness up to 47.7%. High viscosity indexed polymeric esters showed the best overall performance due to their thermal stability. Moreover, according to the sustainability assessment analysis polymeric esters were identified as the most sustainable option.Conference Object Citation - WoS: 5Citation - Scopus: 6Investigation of the Effects of Axial Ultrasonic Vibrations on Chatter Stability in Milling with Bull Nose Cutters(Elsevier Science BV, 2023) Namlu, Ramazan Hakki; Kilic, Zekai Murat; Lorain, Raphael; Kilic, Sadik EnginUltrasonic vibrations-assisted machining has positive effects on the chatter stability and surface integrity of the process. Radial vibration-assisted milling is effective but it needs an advanced control of vibration trajectory hence is not easy to implement. The aim of this paper is to investigate the effects of axial ultrasonic vibrations on stability through disturbing the chip regeneration. A simple way of predicting the stability increase is proposed using missed-cut effect that reduces the effective number of teeth in cut. The axial vibrations are shown to introduce radial runout such that a regular cutter will show the characteristics of a serrated tool. For a 2-tooth bull nose cutter, the proposed method was verified by milling of Ti-6Al-4V material. The results showed that the axial ultrasonic vibrations increased limit axial depth of cut by more than 40%. Therefore, applying axial vibrations would be a simple solution to improve chatter resistance in machining difficult-to-cut materials while avoiding the cost and complexity of serrated rounded edges. The attention on using axial ultrasonic vibrations in milling is increasing, hence further research on modelling the machining dynamics combined with the velocity effects will be needed following this study. (c) 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0)Article Citation - WoS: 2Citation - Scopus: 2Feasibility Study of Chatter Suppression in Milling Through Internal Channels(Springer London Ltd, 2025) Dogan, Hakan; Ozsoy, Muhammet; Namlu, Ramazan HakkiMilling chatter significantly affects machining productivity, and methods to eliminate chatter caused by milling cutter dynamics are limited due to space constraints and the rotation of the milling cutter. This study investigates the impact of fluid-induced damping effect on chatter stability in milling operations and proposes it as an easy to implement and effective method to improve chatter stability caused by a cutter's vibration mode. The approach utilises a viscous fluid, silicone oil, filled into internal coolant channel of the cutting tool to improve stability by increasing the damping. Both modal and milling tests were conducted for the tool with and without silicone oil. The results show that stability can be significantly increased by this method presenting it as a viable chatter suppression technique. The results show a significant improvement in stability by presenting the method as a practical and cost-effective chatter suppression solution. Its ease of implementation makes it attractive for industrial use.Article Citation - WoS: 1Citation - Scopus: 1An Experimental Study on Ultrasonic-Assisted Drilling of CFRP Composites with Minimum Quantity Lubrication(MDPI, 2025) Namlu, Ramazan Hakki; Sagener, Mustafa Burak; Kilic, Zekai Murat; Colak, Oguz; Kilic, Sadik EnginThe increasing use of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites in industries such as aerospace, due to its high strength-to-weight ratio, durability, and resistance to corrosion has led to a growing demand for more efficient machining processes. However, the multilayered structure of CFRP composites, composed of densely packed fibers, presents significant challenges during machining. Additionally, when cutting fluids are used to improve effective cooling and lubrication, the material tends to absorb the fluid, causing damage and leading to problem of weaking of composite structure. To address these issues, this study compares ultrasonic-assisted drilling (UAD) and minimum quantity lubrication (MQL) techniques with conventional drilling (CD) and dry cutting to improve the performance of CFRP composite drilling. The results show that using UAD and MQL together reduced thrust force by up to 27%, improved surface roughness inside the holes by up to 31%, reduced improved hole diameter, cylindricity, roundness, and delamination.Conference Object Citation - WoS: 12Citation - Scopus: 12Multi-Axial Ultrasonic Vibration-Assisted Machining of Inconel 718 Using Al2O3-CuO Hybrid Nanofluid MQL(Elsevier Science BV, 2024) Namlu, Ramazan Hakki; Lotfi, Bahram; Kilic, Sadik EnginInconel 718 is a widely used superalloy in the aerospace industry, owing to its exceptional creep and corrosion resistance, as well as its ability to retain strength at elevated temperatures. However, its machinability presents challenges due to its low thermal conductivity and high work hardening rate during conventional machining, resulting in inadequate surface quality. To address this issue, a recent technique known as Ultrasonic Vibration-Assisted Machining (UVAM) has emerged. UVAM involves applying high-frequency, low-amplitude vibrations to the cutting tool or workpiece. Additionally, Minimum Quantity Lubrication (MQL) has been considered as an alternative cooling technique to enhance machining performance. Optimizing the performance of UVAM can be achieved by employing various vibration axes. Additionally, the effectiveness of MQL can be enhanced through the utilization of nanofluids. This study investigates the combined application of multi-axis UVAM and Al2O3-CuO added Hybrid Nanofluid MQL (HNMQL) during the milling of Inconel 718. The evaluation parameters include surface roughness, topography, burr formations, and cutting forces. The results demonstrate that the simultaneous use of multi-axis UVAM and HNMQL significantly improves the machining performance of Inconel 718. This combination leads to better surface quality and overall process efficiency, offering promising prospects for the aerospace industry and other applications involving difficult-to-cut materials. (c) 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.Article Citation - WoS: 14Citation - Scopus: 17An Experimental Study on Ultrasonic-Assisted Drilling of Inconel 718 Under Different Cooling/Lubrication Conditions(Springer London Ltd, 2024) Erturun, Omer Faruk; Tekaut, Hasan; Cicek, Adem; Ucak, Necati; Namlu, Ramazan Hakki; Lotfi, Bahram; Kilic, S. EnginUltrasonic-assisted drilling (UAD) is one of the efficient and innovative methods to improve the drillability of difficult-to-cut materials. In the present study, the UAD of Inconel 718 was investigated under different cooling and/or lubrication conditions. The drilling tests were carried out at a constant cutting speed (15 m/min) and a feed (0.045 mm/rev) using uncoated and TiAlN-coated solid carbide drills under dry, conventional cutting fluid (CCF), and minimum quantity lubrication (MQL) conditions. The applicability of UAD to drilling Inconel 718 was evaluated in terms of thrust force, surface roughness, roundness error, burr formation, subsurface microstructure and microhardness, tool wear, and chip morphology. The test results showed that, when compared to conventional drilling (CD), UAD reduced the thrust force and improved the hole quality, tool life, and surface integrity under all conditions. Good surface finish, lower roundness error, and minimum burr heights were achieved under CCF conditions. MQL drilling provided lower thrust forces, better tool performance, and good subsurface quality characteristics. In addition, the simultaneous application of CCF-UAD and MQD-UAD showed significantly better performance, especially when using the coated tool.Conference Object Citation - WoS: 20Citation - Scopus: 26An Experimental Study on Surface Quality of Al6061-T6 in Ultrasonic Vibration-Assisted Milling with Minimum Quantity Lubrication(Elsevier Science BV, 2022) Namlu, Ramazan Hakki; Yilmaz, Okan Deniz; Lotfisadigh, Bahram; Kilic, S. EnginAl6061-T6 is frequently used in the automotive and aerospace industries, where milling is an essential process, due to its high strength-to-weight ratio. In order to achieve improved surface quality in milling, Ultrasonic Vibration-Assisted Milling (UVAM) has been introduced recently. Besides, Minimum Quantity Lubrication (MQL) is another advanced method to enhance the surface properties of the cutting by improving the coolant performance. However, the effects of simultaneous implementation of UVAM and MQL methods has not yet been studied sufficiently. This paper investigates the effects of applying UVAM in tandem with MQL in cutting of Al6061-T6. The results showed that surface quality enhanced with this combination. (c) 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0)
