Method for forming and applying an oxygenated machining fluid
OwnerDavid P. Jacksoninventor
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Abstract
The present invention describes a chemically-assisted machining process that converts conventional lubricant chemistries to produce reactive oxygenated species that accelerate the formation of friction-reducing boundary layer lubrication during cutting operations—termed “Ozonolytic Machining”. The new type of cooling-lubricant chemistry is based on chemical reactions between unsaturated bio-based oils and alcohols, and other types of machining lubricants, containing carbon-carbon double or triple bonds, with ozone gas to form variously reacted or polymerized ozonides—termed “super-oxygenated fluids, oils or alcohols, aldehydes or ketones,” “sulfurized ozonides” and “super-oxygenated gels.”
Claims17
A method for machining a workpiece employing an oxygenated lubricant aerosol with a metalworking tool, the steps comprising:
- a. reacting ozonated gas with an unsaturated liquid lubricant containing a dye to form an oxygenated lubricant, which contains reactive ozonide and ozone-reacted dye;
- b. monitoring and controlling oxygenation level in said oxygenated lubricant by color change;
- c. injecting said oxygenated lubricant into a compressed gas stream to form the oxygenated lubricant aerosol;
- d. applying said oxygenated lubricant aerosol on the workpiece;
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- e. simultaneously performing a machining process on the workpiece with the metalworking tool;
- whereby the oxygenated lubricant aerosol containing the reactive ozonide lowers friction during the machining of the workpiece.
A method for machining a workpiece employing an oxygenated lubricant aerosol with a metalworking tool, the steps comprising:
- a. reacting ozonated gas with an unsaturated liquid lubricant to form an oxygenated lubricant containing reactive ozonide;
- b. wherein oxygenation level in said oxygenated lubricant is monitored and controlled by a viscosity sensor or a digital timer;
- c. injecting said oxygenated lubricant into a compressed gas stream to form the oxygenated lubricant aerosol;
- d. applying said oxygenated lubricant aerosol on the workpiece;
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- e. simultaneously performing a machining process on the workpiece with the metalworking tool;
- whereby the oxygenated lubricant aerosol containing the reactive ozonide lowers friction during the machining of the workpiece.
A method for machining a workpiece employing an oxygenated lubricant aerosol with a metalworking tool, the steps comprising:
- a. sparging an unsaturated liquid lubricant with an ozonated gas to form an oxygenated lubricant containing reactive ozonide;
- said oxygenated lubricant having a measurable ozonide level between 0.1 percent and 10 percent;
- b. wherein oxygenation level in said oxygenated lubricant is monitored and controlled by a digital timer or a viscosity sensor;
- c. injecting said oxygenated lubricant into a compressed gas stream to form the oxygenated lubricant aerosol;
- d. applying said oxygenated lubricant aerosol on the workpiece;
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- e. simultaneously performing a machining process on the workpiece with the metalworking tool;
- whereby the oxygenated lubricant aerosol containing the reactive ozonide lowers friction during the machining of the workpiece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.