To Keep Tool Life High, Consider Your Coolant: MMS Online's new Metalworking Fluids Zone addresses the challenges of coolant and cutting oil maintenance

摘要

So: Your cutters are wearing out too fast. Your tool life is not what you expect it should be. What do you do? Shops routinely take various steps to address this problem. One antidote is to reduce the cutting speed to extend the life of the tool, and in so doing accept a reduction in productivity. Another approach is to use a more wear-resistant cutting tool and accept an increase in cost. But there is a third factor shops often forget to consider: the metalworking fluid.