Application possibilities of new AW/EP additive types in watermiscible metalworking fluids Available to Purchase

Metalworking fluids are applied in metal working operations in order to decrease tribological effects and increase economy. Primarily they are used for cooling the tools and the workpieces and also for lubricating the cutting edges. The components of metalworking fluids responsible for decrease in friction are AW/EP additives. To comply with the very strong European legislation for human and environmental protection, important compounds for metalworking fluids formulation are reduced. Based on this, chlorinated paraffin, a widely used AW/EP additive, should be replaced with less harmful compounds. The application possibility of new types of AW/EP additives as chlorinated paraffin replacements is investigated in this paper. These additives are synthetic esters of carboxylic fatty acids, phosphoric and dithiophosphoric acid derivatives. Watermiscible metalworking fluids formulations are prepared with the new types of additives and examined at laboratory test machines–EP‐Four ball, Wear‐Four ball machine and Reichert balance machine.