Analysis of cutting fluids
Cutting fluid analysis programmes help our customers maintain high product quality standards, improve equipment reliability and extend tool life.
Bureau Veritas’ metallurgy research programme addresses both metal removal and metal forming applications where high speed, high production rate, high friction, lubrication and cooling are critical factors.
Bureau Veritas designs metalworking fluid testing programs for both metal removal and metal forming applications, where high speed, high production and friction operations make lubricity and cooling critical.
Bureau Veritas’ metalworking fluid analysis programs help our clients maintain high product quality standards, improve equipment reliability and extend tool life.
Our programs for the metalworking industry:
- Monitor pollutants to inhibit corrosion and prevent microbial growth.
- Determinar el valor de pH para para estabilizar el fluido y proteger la superficie del metal
- Provide system flushing and filtration procedures to improve the performance of new fluids.
- To help prevent serious health and environmental risks from poorly maintained metalworking fluids.
Testing and sampling frequency depend on the application, the machining process – rolling, cutting or grinding – and the metal alloy being machined.
Shear fluid analysis software
Optimal equipment performance begins with constant testing and analysis of machine fluids.
Our metalworking fluid investigations provide a quick check for existing metals and contaminants.
The following tests and methods for the metalworking fluids test package are:
Cutting Analysis Programmes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Method | ||
| Chloride | Bureau Veritas Inc. | 10 ml | |
| Rust | Bureau Veritas Inc. | 10 ml | |
| Filtering | Bureau Veritas Inc. | 100 ml | |
| Mineral oil content | Bureau Veritas Inc. | 100 ml | |
| pH and Alkaline Reserve | Bureau Veritas Inc. | 10 ml | |
| Sulphate | Bureau Veritas Inc. | 50 ml | |
| Seepage Contamination | Bureau Veritas Inc. | 50 ml | |
| Water Hardness | Bureau Veritas Inc. | 10 ml | |