Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Why Use MQL

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.

The cost and negative effects of traditional flood coolant are exactly why MQL is the perfect alternative. For all of your lubrication needs, visit MagLube.com and shop our entire inventory of eco-friendly lubrication products.

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