“Companies consider metal working fluids to be a low-cost necessity and pay little attention to their purchase, management, disposal and the resulting costs.”

“The purchase, management and disposal of metal working fluids make up to an estimated 16% of mfg. costs in the UK engg. industry. However, many workshops are not getting the best out of their metal working fluids and could reduce their operating costs significantly by implementing fluid management”

“For companies with poor fluid management procedures, savings of 40 – 60% may be possible by implementing proven waste minimizing techniques. Even those with good fluid management programme still have the potential to achieve worth while cost savings.”

- Environmental Technology Best Practices Programme, UK.
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“Significant performance benefits and savings can be made by looking at coolants as production necessities and not as mere maintenance commodities.”

“Effective waste management plays an important role in the industrial environment and nowhere is it more significant than in the busy shop floors”

“For the m/c. shop manager, two key areas should influence the choice of cutting fluids – the potential for recycling and the total management of fluids’ use”

- Shell UK’s Neil Ardern

“A decade ago, companies were disposing hundreds of barrels of used coolant a month. That scenario is changing rapidly, alongside increased environmental awareness and the harsh realities of the cost and potential penalties associated with disposal.”

- Graham Venn, MD. Master Chemicals Europe

“Tramp oil is the biggest enemy of metal working fluids. Measures to prevent the build-up of tramp oil are essential”

“A fluid with three or more of the properties listed in Table 8*, should be considered close to, or at the end of, its’ working life.

“Good housekeeping, safe practices, fluid management, correct machine design, and operator training are the key elements in controlling the health and safety aspects of fluid use.”

- Environmental Technology Best Practices Programme, UK

“Lubricants are vital commodities for mfg. industry. Yet, they are often a most neglected resource. Poor management and disposal routines and inappropriate storages should be avoided at all costs.”

- Brian Wall, Consultant

“Of the more than 2000 known species of bacteria less than a dozen are of interest to us in the management of metal working fluids because their actions alter fluid by destroying lubes and corrosion inhibitors and produce corrosive organic acids and salts.”

- Excerpts from TRIM Technical Bulletin

“When mixed with water, biostable synthetic concentrates produce a clear, oil-free solution that rejects tramp oil and other contaminants, making them easy to recycle by filtration. They can then be reused after being brought up to the required strength.”

“Their (synthetics) long life provides significant cost advantage over traditional oil based coolants, while enhanced performance provides savings in both extending tool life and increased productivity.”

- Shell’s Metalina Magazine

“Before recycling, it was common for our sumps to sour every four weeks. Everyone had a theory about what was wrong. Operators complained to maintenance. Maintenance complained to the fluid supplier.
The biggest turning point for operators was fluid recycling.”

- Steve Burggraf, Team Leader, Ingersoll Cutting Tools

“Installation of recycling unit serving the whole machine shop reduced concentrate consumption by 75% and eliminated lost production time and labour costs for machine clean-out and topping-up.”

- Dana Spicer Specialty Axles division

“Fluid management program has major benefits. We have trained our operators to manage their own fluids. Regular checks are made for appearance, pH, Refractive index and bacterial activity. As a result we have benefited from extended tool life, no-disposal in the last twelve months, and tool life increase of 300%!”

- Wild Mfg. Group