Environmental adequacy of machining processes using Cleaner Production as strategy of environmental management

The need for the environmental adequacy of industry has induced many companies to review their manufacturing processes. Considering the effective legislations and the demand for "green" considered products and processes, it has motivated the search for methodologies of environmental management. The objective of this paper is to present Cleaner Production as one methodology that it aims the industries to obtain a good environmental management, showing as case study that the machining process can be adapt to environment through the reduction in the usage of cutting fluids or a good maintenance of their characteristics.

Cleaner production; machining; cutting fluids; environment; waste minimization