Application: Using coil fed auto lathes on 24 hour continuous manufacturing using neat oil.
This high volume manufacturer produces precision turned parts on 70 Swiss coil fed lathes on a 24/7 basis. Before the ScandMist installation, each of these lathes had a centrifugal oil mist collector in place.
The facility was suffering badly from the low efficiency of the existing oil mist systems, with wet ceilings, floors and walls, lighting dulled and high levels of oil mist present in the air.
Scandfilter engineers conducted a survey and produced a report that highlighted how bad the situation was. The mist was emanating from the sumps and not from the machining cabins.
Scandfilter’s recommendation was to use a ScandMist MA 200D unit, with a neat oil filter as the first stage, and to connect the sumps of a line of ten lathes to a main duct connected to the ScandMist unit.
The customer carried out the ducting themselves, but increased the amount of lathes connected to the ScandMist, to 24. The result was such a radical difference to the area, that another ScandMist MA 200D was purchased and a further 25 lathes were connected.
The difference is staggering; dry floors, walls and ceiling, and in addition, each ScandMist is currently returning 50 litres of oil per day, that was previously lost to the factory atmosphere.
When measured, the discharged air from the ScandMist units proves to be cleaner than the air outside the facility. This has resulted in better and safer working conditions, and cost savings of 100 litres of oil per day.
