STLE has kicked off it's Annual Meeting in Detroit. As of Tuesday Morning, 1,322 attendees have arrived. STLE Annual Meetings can certainly draw a crowd in 2013. Bruce Murgueitio reports that all is going smoothly in Detroit. Attached are some pictures from the 1st STLE STEM Tribology Camp, where STLE has invited local students from Cass Technical High School to the meeting. Thanks for the pictures Bruce!
Making choices in the face of hundreds of options can be frustrating. You want to make the best decision possible in a reasonable amount of time. We start Metalworking Fluid FILTRATION MONTH with the basics.
The webinar "5 Top Chemical Management Best Practices EHS Managers Should Implement" is designed especially for University Lab EHS Managers. Nevertheless, it has your favorite price tag, FREE. Besides, if this seminar can help make a lab safe for those crazy university students, there is probably a thing or two that will help protect those idiots working around the chemicals in your factory right now. Take a break and listen in.
Not up-to-date on the latest issues in the metalworking fluid industry? STLE's experts are here to help you look and sound smarter! In one easy read, you can be caught up on the hottest topics that are getting all of the attention in the business. The Hot Topics presentation has is origins in Atlanta, at the 2011 STLE course. I attended the 2012 version in St.
We kicked-off our Spring Cleaning with TANK MONTH in April. In May we are focused on cleaning the fluids, starting with FILTRATION. There are dozens of companies that want your filtration business. They are listed in our Company Directories. Just select Filtration equipment and search for a listing.
Keep watching for updates to our INSIDE BLASER SWISSLUBE edition. We have a number of interviews that provide an unprecedented view into the operations of a Metalworking Fluid Supplier.
United States demand for lubricant additives is forecast to increase 4.3 percent annually to nearly $3.9 billion in 2017. A recovery in volume demand combined with a continued shift toward new, high performance (and more expensive) additive products will support growth in market value. Key drivers for change will be the industry’s response to OEM performance requirements, fuel efficiency concerns, and emissions regulations.
We've featured several of the big beasts during tank month, but bigger isn't always better. You don't want to drive the BUSS between machines to clean out a 50 gallon sump. Meet the “Sump Caddy” from Universal Separators. It's a highly maneuverable sump-side coolant filtration and tramp oil separator system utilizing advanced coalescing technology Where portability is required, this is a machine to consider and no electrical power required.
METALWORKING FLUID MAGAZINE receives regular requests for design assistance and equipment recommendations from end users. It's time to go public and see which equipment manufacturer is capable of answering the call.
The NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information) USA has performed research to study the Factors Influencing Microbial Composition of Metalworking Fluids and Potential Implications for Machine Operator's Lung.
Let me be perfectly honest with you; in the many years I have been covering this industry, I've never been a big fan of Blaser Swisslube. Like most people, I didn't like the "good bacteria" sales pitch we heard back in the 90's. It was a misguided pitch that would be exaggerated into folklore. That's long gone, and I never had anything against them, I was just never a big fan. In recent years I have come to like some of their people that I would meet at 
