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Metalworking Fluid & Hidden Costs
The metalworking fluid (coolant) cost should account for 1% of the total cost of the machining process (the other costs when producing parts on a machine tool include the machine cost, material cost, tooling costs, [...]
Shutdown Preparation: What to do with your used Metalworking Fluid (coolant)
The shutdown period which typically runs for three weeks over the Christmas period is a time for relaxing and recharging the batteries after many long hours of production and stress. For many CNC machine shop [...]
The Importance Of Viscosity And Additives In Lubrication Recommendations
A customer that machines cast aluminium runs a high-speed drilling operation utilising a low viscosity neat cutting oil. The product in use has a viscosity of 10 cSt with chlorine as the extreme pressure additive [...]
Hydracut – One solution for your machine
The global trend in production facilities is rationalisation. Rationalisation of processes and the number of products required to run a process. Machines are being made to work harder and the requirement for lubrication has increased [...]