All major brands of coolant put to the test at by a major aircraft manufacturer. 

CHEMETALL:  NALCO –  TECH COOL – GARDOCOOL, BLASER SWISSLUBE, QUALICHEM and others.  All claiming to be the next generation metal cutting fluid.  Below is just one example of the test setup, parameters, matrix and the data.  Tech Cool 35052 came out on top of them all.

Goal: Find A Coolant That Meets All of These Qualifications

• Longer Sump Life
• Reduced MWF consumption
• Reduced Tooling Costs
• Clean Operation
• Reduced Maintenance and Down Time
• Lower End Use Cost
• Better Operator Acceptance
• Easier Chip Handling (Chips are dry)
• No Smoking
• No Misting
• Low or No foaming
• Improved Health and Safety
• Waste Reduction

Tech Cool 35052 and Tech Cool 35052CF both meet all of the qualifications above.

Coolant Qualification Process

Successful Example – A3250 Small Aluminum Block Cell

(4) Mazak VariAxis 5 Mills – Flexible Machining Cell*
Each Machine holds 100 Gallons of mixed coolant
27 tools in tooling package: $4,240 initial purchase cost
Stable production package – 777 & 737
Only Change in 6 month time periods was coolant

June 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008

Coolant: Blaser Blascocut 2000 CF
12:1 coolant mixture (8%)

6 month usage cost**

January 1, 2009 to June 30, 2009

Coolant: Chemetall Tech Cool 35052
15:1 coolant mixture (6.5%)

6 month usage cost**