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Cut Costs By Keeping Coolant Concentrations Within the Correct Range
In the majority of machine shops, coolant delivery to CNC machines is still a manual operation. Machinists, however, tend to err on the side of using higher-than-necessary coolant concentrations, driving up what you spend on coolant each year.
Automatic coolant refill machines like our FullShop™ Automated Coolant Delivery System. overcome this challenge by keeping coolant concentrations within the correct range, meaning you spend less on coolant — and save money.
How Automated Coolant Delivery Improves ROI
To understand these savings better, let’s crunch some numbers. In the following scenario, the cost per tote of coolant is $9,500 for one machine shop. Multiply this cost by the number of totes used per year — in this case, 13 — and coolant alone is costing the shop roughly $123,500 annually. Keep in mind, the machinists are also using a richer-than-necessary coolant concentration, which is a common trend among machine shops.
Thanks to FullShop's™ systematized approach, each machine’s top-off ratio is optimized. In this example case, FullShop™ reduces the coolant concentration from 3 to 1.5%, all while keeping these values within the correct range over the course of each machine’s operation. The result: the machine shop saves over $49,000 annually compared to its ad-hoc manual tending. Based on these coolant savings alone, the machine shop will also make back its money on FullShop™ in short order.
Optimizing coolant concentrations is just one of the many ways FullShop™ can help you run a more profitable CNC shop. Our flagship system can automate shops with 15 to 120 CNC machines, delivering up to 5,760 gallons of coolant a day. It also handles coolant concentrations from 0.5 to 20%, all while taking human error out of the equation.
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