Case Studies

The customer conducts several operations with advanced stainless steel, including forming, reaming, ID boring, gun drilling, and small diameter, deep-hole drilling. While the previous cutting fluid was affordable and offered adequate lubricity, the oil was a high viscosity and was difficult to work with, especially in drilling operations. Its low flashpoint and high carryoff also prevented higher throughput and increased fire risk.

The customer ran a four-week-long trial of TRIM^® OE310 NS, an eco-friendly, heavy-duty straight cutting oil designed for hardened steel alloys and tough machining operations. Formulated with high lubricity renewable vegetable esters, OE310 is especially designed for high performance in deep-hole drilling environments.

The low viscosity of OE310 allowed the customer to install new small diameter carbide drills with internal coolant holes. What’s more, the higher lubricity of the OE310NS enabled machines to run at higher speeds, and the higher flashpoint reduced fire hazard. With the higher material removal rate, they successfully eliminated more than two hours of cycle time from each part. Given the customer’s burden rate of $150 for each hour of machine production, they were able to cut an average of $300 from the costs of each part.