Almost everybody tries portable devices. However, in most applications they work poorly if at all. Spending money to treat just some of your coolant problems is costly and ineffective. Over time, this approach actually damages your coolants, as key coolant components not being treated become overwhelmed by contaminants. And this happens while you think you’re helping.
Skimming areas of coolant sumps are often further limited by access plates. Here only a small round hole is available. So much tramp oil has built up it has weeped up and out of the sump through all available pores. And you’re supposed to skim the entire sump through this hole? That’s what sump side skimming is supposed to accomplish. No way.
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- It’s tempting. Push some kind of box up to your sump, stick in a hose, and hope. However, hope is not a strategy. Our position is that your coolant sumps will remain contaminated until you get the grit, greases, oils and debris out. You can put all the new coolant you want into a dirty sump and you’re just restarting the same failure mode.
- There are 9 links below. Each leads to an analysis of a different problem associated with trying to keep your coolants clean using portable sump side treatment devices. Use this page as an index or scroll through using the NEXT button at the bottom of each page.
- First, analyze the problem
- Next, look at the problems of sump access
- Then, look at contaminant loading. Portable sump side units can’t typically keep up with production machining, in all but the smallest sumps.
- The problems of sump side skimmers
- The general problems of sump side separators
- The specific problems of portable media coalescers
- The specific problems of baffle type oil separators
- The specific problems of sump side coolant filtration
- Compare labor costs. Portable, sump side treatment versus a coolant recycling program
- Summary. Coolant recycling versus sump side treatment devices
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