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Benefits of Using High Quality Fluids in Your Metal Working Operation
The significance of high-quality industrial fluids in enhancing metalworking and metal stamping operations cannot be overstated. These fluids are pivotal in improving cutting performance, extending tool life, and achieving a superior surface finish. However, the prevailing misconception that “more is better” when it comes to fluid usage poses a significant challenge. The cost of investing…Read the rest of this entry »
The Environmental Impact of Industrial Fluid Waste and Reducing Fluid for More Sustainable Manufacturing
The use of fluids in metal stamping and machining operations is necessary, but with their use comes the corporate responsibility to collect and dispose of fluid waste properly. Used metalworking fluids become contaminated with oils, fines, metals, bacteria, etc. These fluids require treatment before disposal to meet local, state, and federal laws, and even then,…Read the rest of this entry »
Improving Process Efficiency in the Furniture Stamping Industry
The furniture stamping industry is no stranger to the woes of market volatility over the past few years. While steel prices are finally returning to normal after supply chain issues during the pandemic, with the increased expense of labor and post-production processes, there is no break in the rising costs of doing business. That is…Read the rest of this entry »
Reducing Industrial Fluid Waste for Environmental Compliance
How Industrial Fluid Reduction in the Stamping Industry Improves Environmental Compliance with the EPA, OSHA, and ISO 1401 As environmental concerns continue to grow and environmental regulations become more stringent, industrial fluid reduction is an essential strategy metal stamping companies can implement to remain compliant with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Occupational Health &…Read the rest of this entry »
The Benefits of Minimum Quantity Lubrication (MQL)
Flood coolant systems, where a constant stream of coolant is applied during cutting applications, have long been the choice of manufacturers to lubricate, disperse heat, and remove chips to prevent tool wear and improve part quality. Flood cooling requires enough fluid to immerse the entire cutting zone completely. While flood cooling works, premier manufacturing organizations…Read the rest of this entry »
Why More Isn’t Always Better
Top Three Benefits of Using Less Metalworking Fluid in Your Stamping Process There is a time and a place for friction. Without friction, we wouldn’t be able to walk, drive a car, write on paper, hammer a nail into a wall, or warm up our hands by rubbing them together. But too much friction in…Read the rest of this entry »
Purchase Price is Just the Tip of the Iceberg
Stampers would be well-served to close the loop on waste and increase awareness of and accounting for all of the soft costs associated with lubricant waste, in addition to the more obvious hard costs. The purchase price of the fluid is just the tip of the iceberg – ‘the costs above the water’, but you…Read the rest of this entry »