A common problem with any metalworking fluid is using them at wrong concentrations. Users either use it too low or at times higher than required and blame comes on the poor, innocent metalworking fluid formulation. Even in today's high-tech world, fluid is mixed manually and handled by less qualified fluid handlers. Dosatron mixing systems helps you address these issues.
How do you wash your hands after working with metalworking fluids? Most commonly by using a soap or hand wash. But COSHH recommends against it. Enquirer has been told that due to COSHH they cannot leave hand wash they have purchased themselves in the restrooms and they cannot use any of their own cleaning materials e.g. furniture polish.
While the 2014 Conference Season is just kicking off, it's not too early to start looking at what will be happening 2015. IMTEX series is the largest exhibition of metal-cutting machine tools and manufacturing solutions in South and South-East Asia. IMTEX 2015 - 17th Indian Metal-cutting Machine Tool Exhibition with international participation from 22 to 28 January 2015 at Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC) in Bangalore, India.
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APPLICATION: Severe hardened steel and stainless steel machining
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One day in school, and the next day at Disney World. How do you say no to that? The Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) has released the lineup of 12 one-day education courses for its 2014 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, including 2 that are directed to metalworking fluids. The event is May 18-22 at Disney's Contemporary Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, about 19 miles from Orlando.
After being been selected as The Finalists for this year's Training Journal Awards in the month of November 2013, Frost & Sullivan and Houghton received the SILVER award for the HELIX programme at the Learning Awards in the "External Learning Solution of the Year" category. The awards were sponsored by the Learning and Performance
[Subscribers will find the Selection Guide attached below.] We are all about getting useful information in the hands of the end user. To that end, we spent a large part of last summer critiquing several websites of the metalworking fluid suppliers in search of the Holy Grail. We never found it. Maybe this year. There were some great selection charts out there and some terrible website that required 6 or more painful page passages to get to useful information.
The second Argus European Base Oils Markets conference will once again bring together key market participants representing the entire base oils and lubricants value chain at The Argus European Base Oils Markets conference on 19 - 20 March 2014, in Istanbul, Turkey. Attendees will have the chance to network with refiners, lubricant manufacturers, additive companies and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), as well as shipping, logistics and storage companies.
The metalworking industry is constantly undergoing change, driven by the demand for superior performance products to provide improved productivity at lower cost.
An opportunity to network with lubricant industry professionals and explore the Middle East. Conference Connection and Petrosil is arranging The 3rd Annual Base Oil and Lubes Middle East Conference (BLM 2014) at Dubai on 16-17 April 2014. The agenda is designed to provide a good spread of topics, premium networking opportunities and discussion for the base oil and lubricant industry.
