25 June 2009
Minimal quantity lubrication system offered
Micro Lubrication Systems made by Tecnolub of Belgium are now available in the UK through MacInnes Tooling Ltd.
The system's principle is that of using a lubricant in very small quantities, and it is generally used as a replacement for flood coolant.
Very high quality vegetable base cutting oil is held in a small container and fed by gravity to a Micro Pump. The output from the pump is adjustable from 0 to 30 cubic mm per stroke.
Oil droplets from the pump are carried in a stream of air to the nozzle on the machine and directed at the cutting zone. It is a droplet system not a mist system - no mist is created.
The benefits of the system include a huge drop in fluid consumption, typically up to a 90 per cent reduction.
Author
Andrew Allcock
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