Course Description

Cutting fluids are vital to the success of most machining operations on CNC machines. It is important to understand the properties and proper maintenance of the various cutting fluids.

By the end of this course, you will be able to

• Distinguish between cutting oil, soluble oil, and synthetic cutting fluids

• List properties of cutting oils

• List properties of synthetic cutting fluids

• List properties of soluble oil

• List ingredients in soluble oils

• Understand how to use a refractometer

Estimated completion time (hours): 1.5