New Lubricant Additive for Hard Metal Cutting Applications.

Environmental pressure to reduce CO₂ emissions globally continues to pressure manufacturers to improve efficiency of vehicles and aircraft by reducing weight and increasing power density. Harder, lightweight and more heat resistant materials enable designers to do more with less material. Italmatch Chemicals, Lubricant Performance Additives, embarked on a partnership with The Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, UK (AMRC) to develop scientific, real-world representative test methodology and ultimately a performance additive to enable efficient manufacturing when using these materials.

Utilizing single point milling tests and Taylor curve analysis in titanium and high nickel alloys, significant tool life increases were observed in collaboration with AMRC and Italmatch LPA successfully developed a novel Polymer Phosphate technology that improves productivity when machining modern hard metal alloys used in today’s aerospace industry.