Lubricants, Coolants, Metalworking Fluids
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Don’t Play with Fire: Preventative Maintenance on Roll Formers Saves Money and Time
If you run your roll former 24/7 without maintenance, you’re playing with fire. Every maintenance program is a little bit different, but this general outline is useful for any metal roll forming machine. It includes some points of emphasis to consider, and some things that may get overlooked.
IRMCO Appoints New Sales Engineer
Mark Blankenbeker now supports sales in their Central Midwest region.
Fives Acquires Konecranes Machine Tool Service Division
Fives can now provide preventive maintenance, rebuild, remanufacture, retrofit, repair, and onsite support services for all types and brands of machine tools.
Why Fluid Lubrication is Critical for Padded Reaming
Correct set-up of the padded reamer is critical to successful reaming, but proper selection of a metalworking fluid is also crucial for sufficient lubrication and emulsion properties that efficiently carry fines, help minimize defects, maximize throughput and increase tool life.
New Tooling/Sales Engineer at IRMCO
David Moore is their tooling/sales engineer for the Southern region.
Lube-Free Roller Chain for Operations Where Lubrication is Not Possible
The Lube-free Lambda Chain from U.S. Tsubaki Power Transmission uses NSF-H1 high temperature, food-grade lubricant impregnated into the bushings for improved chain performance and extended wear life.
ILMA Names New Committee Secretary
Dr. Monica Ford will serve on the metalworking fluids committee of the Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association.
Long-Life Cutting Fluid Increases Feed and Cutting Speed on Tough Materials
Special EP additives in Coolcut S-50 soluble cutting fluid from Walter Surface Technologies provide extra lubricity to improve the life of saw blades and reduce heat buildup and friction on hard-to-cut metals such as high tensile steel, stainless steel, titanium, aluminum and copper alloys.
oelheld Opens New U.S. Facility
The 24,000 sq ft facility has increased production capacity and storage, an R&D laboratory and a state-of-the-art tanker unloading station.
No More Rework or Cleaning of Parts Due to Corrosion
Clear Pak BIO corrosion inhibitor (VCI) packaging film from Daubert Cromwell is flexible, puncture and tear resistant and uses proprietary, plant-based corrosion inhibitor chemistry to protect valuable metal components during storage and shipment.
DMG MORI and Fuchs Petrolub Collaborate on Technology
They are jointly developing new lubricant systems and services for machine tools and advancing the digitization of production processes and condition monitoring of machines and plants.
MQL Systems for Shops that are Tired of Dealing with Coolant
Ideal for the near-dry machining of steel, stainless, titanium, Inconel, tungsten and more, the compact, highly durable and modular Miquel pump from DropsA can be retrofitted to a machine tool’s existing coolant piping and mixed and matched with a compensation valve, independent solenoid control or both to optimize MQL for wide range of lubrication requirements.
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