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Coolant use and abuse
A new HSE publication regarding coolant sumps and bacterial contamination is intended to help manufacturers comply with COSHH regulations. |
24/04/2008
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Cleaner cleaning
The arrival of the SED on 31 October signalled a new dawn for manufacturing companies across the UK. The days of open-top solvent degreasing tanks are being confined to the history books, and written documentation detailing the restriction of solvent use in business practice by October 2008 should now be in place. If your company has yet to change to a safer alternative then you will be in breach of the new legislation and could face stiff penalties. |
28/12/2007
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Exotics machining
Manufacturing components from titanium demands certain specialist know-how, nowhere more than in the selection and application of cutting fluids. As the sole UK agent for Blaser Swisslube AG, the Swiss-based manufacturer of high quality mineral oil and vegetable oil-based water miscible cutting fluids and neat cutting oils, Jemtech (UK), says it is well placed to provide that knowledge. |
12/10/2007
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Environment Matters
Nearly three-quarters of the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) polled in a NegRegs’ commissioned YouGov survey released recently, believe good environmental practice is important to small businesses, and nearly four-fifths know more about environmental issues than they did five years ago. Respondents in manufacturing industry identified waste disposal as a real area of concern for the industry; more than three-quarters identify it as a problem, compared with two-thirds across all sectors. |
11/10/2007
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Power play investments
Progressive manufacturers demonstrating a proven track record of investment are finding reward in the UK’s burgeoning energy industry. |
29/08/2007
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Superficially green images
Carbon footprint, recycling, sustainability, alternative energy, work-at-home day – the media is awash with green issues and related commentary, and governments, countries, companies and individuals are increasingly keen to promote their green credentials. But sometimes you need to look through the green hype. |
10/07/2007
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Environment Matters
Degreasing, coolant use and abuse, swarf handling, waste disposal; not sexy, but they are issues that all metalcutters/metalformers have to tackle. A new, one-day event offers manufacturers answers and solutions.
Environment Matters (www.environmentmatters.co.uk), to be held at a venue near Warwick, easily accessed from the M40, on Tuesday 11 September this year will allow you to speak to up to 20 experts about all of the above. |
10/07/2007
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Ignorance won't wash
The Solvent Emissions Directive sees its final UK deadline on 31 October. Do you know what it means? If you clean metal components with solvents, you should. There are plenty of alternatives or even safe ways to continue using it. Find out what they are here. |
05/06/2007
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Coolants and coolant management
Selecting the right coolant and then maintaining it are key elements in machine shop efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
Oel-Held manufactures over 100 cutting oils/coolants, plus tailor-made blends. Correct choice is critical if performance and profit are to be maximised, it says. Arboga-Darenth is a coolant management specialist and says maintaining coolant rather than changing it pays dividends. It is promoting a new system which offers a cost-effective automatic answer. |
29/09/2006
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Watering down the rules
With water very much in the news, industry's treatment of waste water is similarly under the spotllight. But even the UK's relatively tolerant regime is being flouted, according to Wheelabrator Group's Colin Worthington. |
28/07/2006
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'Washing day' looms
This year (2006) brings the Solvent Emissions Regulations 2004 applications deadline - 31 October. Many still using solvent degreasing will need to have acted. So, what are your washing and degreasing alternatives? |
05/05/2006
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MSP cleans up its act
Sub-contract turned parts manufacturer MSP, Coleshill, has seen a 75 per cent reduction in component cleaning time, environmental improvement and more consistent product quality following the installation of a MecWash Systems aqueous cleaning system. |
03/02/2006
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Strength in breadth
Last year, seven individual surface finishing brands were brought under the umbrella of the Wheelabrator Group. So if you wondered what happened to those surface finishing firms previously sailing under the ISP, and before that the USF badge, as of last August, this is their new home. |
03/02/2006
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What does 'clean' mean?
A new standard originating in the German automotive industry sets out just how clean ‘clean’ is. For those supplying onto the automotive industry, it will become increasingly common. |
03/02/2006
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Grinding – coolant counts
Cutting tool maker ITC has recently purchased two new Rollomatic grinding machines to manufacture its small tools (from 0.5 mm diameter) and an additional Walter grinding machine. It has supported these with a new filtration system to ensure the machines perform to their full capacity at all times |
01/08/2005
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Cascade deburring debut
Iowa Engineered Processes Corp’s patented deburring Cascade process combines a controlled flow of media, liquid cleaning compound and high frequency oscillations to produce a mix of burnishing, peening and shearing actions. Offered in the UK by Ellesco, it proved to be the solution for Newcastlebased Rotary Power, part of the British Engines Ltd (BEL) group |
01/08/2005
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Help available for solvent addicts
The Montreal Protocol was negotiated and signed by 24 countries and by the European Economic Community in September 1987. The Protocol called for the parties to phase down the use of CFCs, halons and other man-made Ozone Depleting Chemicals (ODCs). Europe’s Solvent Emissions Directive (SED), introduced in 1999, follows on from that and a final deadline looms for those ‘addicted’ to the use of chlorinated solvents as cleaners on 31 October 2007 |
01/06/2005
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Less coolant can be more
The UK lags North America and Germany in MQL – minimum quantity lubrication. But this could change if plans to introduce a new transmission line at Halewood on Merseyside go ahead |
01/05/2005
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Producing ‘green’ gears
Dry cutting of gear-related products is without doubt the most significant advancement of technology in the gear industry worldwide during the last 10 years |
19/11/2004
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Keeping it clean
H+S Aviation eliminated the use of trichloroethylene (Trike) in 2004 which in turn reduced the use of solvents by 55 per cent at its workshop facilities in Portsmouth. The benefits have been a reduction in solvents to atmosphere, reduction in hazardous waste disposal, reduction in transportation, the removal of a class 2 carcinogen (which means it may cause cancer), a cleaner working environment and a safer workplace. This has been achieved by installing six aqueous Turbex multi-stage cleaning machines |
15/10/2004
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Environmental concern
Environmental negligence can devastate a business, leading to large financial penalties, operational shutdown, loss of customer confidence and brand damage – factors that threaten business continuity |
15/10/2004
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Quantifiably clean
The UK tops the European league table for landfill, disposing of over half its industrial and commercial waste in this way |
18/06/2004
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