Coolants & Lubricants
“The 50% cost reduction is something that every small business wants to take advantage of”
The 200-litre barrel of ITW ROCOL’s TRI-Logic high-performance cutting fluid has been supplied with an automatic fluid mixer that accurately mixes and dispenses the correct dilution of cutting fluid and water. With a built-in double check valve and vacuum breaker that is WRAS (Water Regulations Advisory Scheme) approved, the system meets the most stringent of safety requirements for category 3 fluids and ISO EN: 1717 regulations. Fast, efficient and easy to use, the mixing station always ensures that Nerc Precision has the optimal fluid concentration in its machine tools. “For our business, specifying cutting fluid has been the hardest thing to get right and find an improvement. Unlike capital and ancillary equipment, the challenges with cutting fluid can be the most difficult aspect of the business to get right. The challenge of trialling new coolants has several implications. For example, emptying and cleaning machines to trial fluids can be time-consuming with machine downtime – and then there is the concern that the new fluid may not improve your productivity, fluid life and tool life; or it may not be compatible with the materials machined. There is also concern over tramp oil, foaming, residue on components, skin irritation, disposal and much more. Thankfully, ROCOL resolved all of this, and the results have been fantastic. ROCOL has an extremely honest approach – they said their fluids would work and they do. ROCOL doesn’t just ‘talk the talk’, their cutting fluids also ‘walk the walk’. The previous premium brands we tried improved performance, tool life and surface finishes over the first fluid we tried – ROCOL has exceeded the performance of these fluids whilst reducing our consumption and costs,” says Konrad. n www.rocol.com
was used to continually ‘top-up’ the fluid of the remaining three machines to limit the disruption to production whilst delivering maximum results for Nerc. From a results perspective, the fluid life has improved drastically, and oil consumption has reduced by over 50%. Logic would tell any engineer that a 50% consumption reduction would naturally reduce the fluid costs by 50%, yielding a huge saving. However, the ITW ROCOL TRI-Logic EP has a retail cost 50% less than its rival premium brands. With a 50% reduction in the purchase price and a 50% fluid consumption reduction, the savings are staggering. As Konrad beams with delight: “The 50% cost reduction is something that every small business wants to take advantage of, but when the consumption also reduces by 50%, the cost of coolant stops being a concern. The initial 55-litre barrel lasted from July to February and we have recently taken delivery of a 200-litre drum of TRI-Logic. Our initial projections were that ROCOL’s TRI-Logic would provide a cutting fluid consumption reduction of 25%. However, with the new aerospace work, we are running four machining centres up to 16 hours a day and we are busier than ever before. Running at optimal production rates, we are recognising that our cutting fluid consumption is at least 50% less.” The performance of the two previous premium brands far exceeded that of the first brand used by Nerc in terms of extended tool life, sump life, improved surface finishes, a reduction in foaming, tramp oil, oil residue on parts and skin irritation. The ITW ROCOL TRI-Logic has matched and even exceeded the performance of its rival brands in all areas.
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