Hi All,
We run a small machine shop making mould tools and one off's etc, mostly in tool steels, but also some copper, aluminium and stainless on occasions.
We've just bought a new VMC to help things along and we're looking into which would be a suitable coolant to use. We currently run Castrol Cooledge Bl on our lathes and mills, which we are very happy with, ['Syntillo 22' on the grinding machines, which we are looking at changing... it seems to have a very poor tank life, despite being cleaned etc frequently!!] We wondered if we ought to look into something different for the VMC. There are occasions where our machines may not be run for several weeks at a time, but we do still try and run the coolant occasionally, as we have been told this helps.
What do you guys run or recommend, [that would be available in the UK]???
Graham. |