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News Release from: Castrol UK | Subject: Fluid management
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 27 April 2005
Supporting in-house fluid management
Castrol advises Callender Aeropart on many aspects of lubricant and fluid management, including oil analysis and waste treatment: this advice will save GBP20,000 a year and improve the environment
Although the machine shop at Callender Aeropart manages its own cutting fluids, it does rely heavily on Castrol support in areas such as stock control, customer trials, oil analysis and waste management Callender Aeropart, part of the RLC Engineering Group, is a subcontract engineering company specialising in the production of precision components for high integrity industries such as aerospace and power generation
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 22 Oct 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Callender operates its own fluid management programme but, as spokesman Alan Thorburn explains, to ensure that everything runs smoothly the company also has a long-term agreement with Castrol covering the supply of all cutting fluids, lubricants and greases, and encompassing agreed service levels, pricing, product delivery, technical support and technology improvements.
Castrol area manager Paul Rahman provides product and technical support, visiting the machine shop every week to check stock levels, deal with any issues and take coolant samples for analysis in the Castrol laboratory.
Alan Thorburn says the regular coolant analysis reports ensure that the optimum concentration is maintained to keep cutting fluids in peak condition.
Since changing from neat oils to water-based coolants for health and safety and environmental reasons the company now use three Castrol fluids which, according to Alan, have helped to make the machine shop much cleaner and the working environment much more operator friendly.
Callender uses Hysol ALS and Hysol EPS for the heavy duty machining of titanium, which represents a majority of the work of the machine shop, and Hysol X for grinding operations.
All the fluids have customer approvals.
When new components come into the workshop for machining Castrol is also involved, with Paul Rahman advising on coolant selection, arranging trials and seeking customer approval if required.
Quoting one recent example, he says a trial using Hysol EPS resulted in estimated improvements in tool life of between 15% and 50%, prompting further trials that are currently in progress to evaluate the improvements more closely.
Castrol also keeps Callender in touch with new developments in coolant management and equipment technology and has recommended a centralised coolant distribution system and a swarf management system.
A treatment plant for the separation of the oil component from waste coolant is currently being installed.
The waste water from this plant can then be discharged into the foul sewer.
As well as reducing waste and cutting disposal costs, Alan Thorburn says this plant has the potential to save GBP20,000 a year and provide real environmental improvements.
The new equipment will also make a significant contribution to the work Callender is doing to achieve ISO14001.
Other areas where Castrol has contributed to the day-to-day operation of the machine shop have included awareness training for operators covering health and safety and skin care issues.
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