PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Vasilko, Karol TI - Tribological Mechanism in Machining and Its Use DP - 2018 Sep 1 TA - Manufacturing Technology Journal PG - 692--696 VI - 18 IP - 4 AID - 10.21062/ujep/162.2018/a/1213-2489/MT/18/4/692 IS - 12132489 AB - It is a well-known fact that during cutting there occurs an extremely high degree of chip plastic deformation [1,4,5,11] These deformation structures require attention as they influence technical and economical results of cutting (cutting forces, quality of machined surface, tool wear, cutting temperature) [8,9,15,21]. The paper analyses the options of influencing the deformation field in chip with the aim to improve cutting proces.