b'Finer Times about spending extra for a finer level of filtration than what an appli-cation requires. Poppe said: They makes sense, he added. Its justlookatmeandsay,Youknow like designing a new home for your- what? We could probably get away self, compared to working withinwith 5m. We chose to go to 0.5m the confines of an existing home. for these reasons: Our machines stay cleaner, and less mist goes into Level Best the mist collectors; our fluids stay Anotherkeyconsiderationcleaner; we have a more consistent for metalworking fluid filtration isEbbcoprocess; grinding wheels last lon-matching the coolant to the equip- Evolution-series cartridge filtration systemsger, and we do less dressing; and from Ebbco allow filtration down to 0.5m ment specifications. A lot of inex- with multiple pre-filter options, such as thisour ways and covers dont get the pensive coolants will split whenunits magnetic pre-filter. wear they used to. You spend a lit-filteredbya10mcentrifuge,tle bit more money, but you see a according to Cassese. He recalledBecause end users have a goodlot of life expectancy.how one aerospace manufacturerfiltration system and a good man- And what customers of manufac-complained that an Eriez Hydro- agement system, we tell peopleturers with proper fluid filtration see flow system was causing coolant tonow is the time to buy premiumis a more aesthetically appealing split. The problem: The manufac- coolant, Cassese said. You wantproduct because of its finer surface turer specified 5m filtration for thea coolant that is going to last in thefinish. If you have two tools side by application but machined with cool- system and has high filterability.side and, lets say, the performance ant that split at 10m filtration. TheNow they dont feel so bad spend- and cost are the same, Kaage said, solution: A coolant that did not spliting the money. you are going to gravitate toward at 10m. At first, some companies feel badthe one that looks better.CTE54 MARCH 2018 Metalworking.indd 54 2/14/18 4:56 PM'