MACH 2010 - Motorex launches anti-bacterial coolant
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Swisscool Tresor PMC (Precious Metal Catalyst) is the first cooling lubricant concentrate that impedes and limits bacterial growth using sustainable, bioactive, precious metals instead of biocides. Water, mineral oil and emulsifiers used in machine tools can turn them into incubators for bacteria and fungi. Up to now, chemicals such as boron, amines, fungicides or bactericides have had to be regularly used to check this persistent growth.
The emulsion underwent years of exhaustive testing and has been shown to improve production output by up to 20 per cent and eliminate skin problems caused by the working environment.
When the coolant circuit of a machine tool is filled with Motorex Tresor PMC, tiny particulates of precious metal that are invisible to the naked eye float suspended in the cooling lubricant flow. Bacteria that these particulates encounter are destroyed by catalytic action. The precious metal's catalytic properties do not weaken over time, a feature that significantly lengthens coolant life.
The formula for Motorex Tresor PMC contains no substances that are hazardous to humans or the environment. Not only is this cooling lubricant entirely boron-free, bactericide-free, fungicide-free, amine-free, and chlorine-free, it has also been ranked in the product category least hazardous to water quality, Water Hazard Class 1. Additionally, this formula already satisfies the even more stringent EU biocide regulations scheduled to come into force in 2014.