When it comes to cooling your cutting machinery, coolant has
been the traditional route to flood the surface and keep the heat at bay. But
the better solution, for a number of reasons, is minimum coolant lubrication.
Petroleum or synthetic based coolants typically mix 10-20
parts with water to flood the work-piece and tool to prevent heat. These
traditional machining lubricants, or metalworking fluid/flood coolants, have
little lubricating properties.
One of the main downsides to the use of coolant is all the
extra steps involved. It requires equipment to recirculate, filter, test, and
treat coolant, with contamination from bacteria, tramp oil, and swarf being major
concerns. Spent coolant is typically classified as toxic waste and its disposal
is regulated. Therefore, the use of flood coolant requires additional fees of
its disposal. Another consequence of coolant is that it’s messy. Machines,
floors, and finished parts are often left wet from coolant, causing potential
slip hazards and often requiring part cleaning before secondary operations can
take place.
Our industrial
lubrication systems are environmentally safe organic oils that are as much
as 300-times higher in lubricity than conventional cutting oils. They work to
prevent heat from occurring by eliminating friction within industrial
lubrication systems. They are distributed directly to the cutting edge of the
tool before the workpiece cut is made with our precision delivery systems. This
eliminates the need for quenching due to the lubricating properties in which
heat is displaced through the chip, no fumes or mist are emitted, and there is
no cleanup because 99.9% of the lubricant is consumed in the cut.
