By David Nelson
In a world overrun by environmentally disastrous chemicals, fluids and byproducts, steel manufacturing and processing plants can let out a sigh of relief for LubeCorp, Inc's water based GreenCut® Cutting Fluid. This exceptional environmentally friendly, worker safe lubricant is free of oils and esters, and removes many obstacles from machine shops, steel fabricators and processors. Rather than pouring countless thousands of dollars down toxic chemical waste disposal holes, GreenCut simplifies the removal process to a cost-effective 18 cents per gallon on average.
Awarded the Synthetic Industrial Lubricant, Environmental Choice seal of approval through Environment Canada, where GreenCut is manufactured, this water based cutting fluid has been changing the way Portland's Service Steel machine shop has been milling, cutting, boring, and threading steel plates up to 8 inches thick and cooling their Kinetic Plasma Cutter.
Machine shop manager, Matt Pisha says, "It smells good and won't leave oily film on the parts. And there is no bacterial build-up. We had a machine break down and it took us four months to get it running. It was obvious when we restarted that the old oil-based coolant had gone sour (bacterial growth, odors) and all we did was dump the coolant and put in a fresh batch of GreenCut. The fresh GreenCut didn't support the growth of bacteria, which surprised us because usually, once you get a bug problem, you have to really sanitize the system to solve it. With GreenCut, we didn't have to do that which saved us time and money."
"There are no negatives with GreenCut. Fit and finish are the same as with a conventional coolant. GreenCut is now the third coolant we've used in our shop in all our machines, and it has the lowest disposal cost, at approximately $0.18/gallon, compared to $0.55/gallon for conventional coolants!"
Asked why he recommends GreenCut to others, Pisha said, "Because it works. Other companies who are buying Kinetic Plasma Cutters come to see what we're doing, and want the assurance that what we're using will work. There is no oily residue on our parts and our customers like that; it's easy to clean up. It is a clean product and won't go sour."
As pressure and temperature are increased, GreenCut establishes a constant, one molecule thick lubricating bond without risk of build-up, bacterial danger to workers, rancidity, or rust. This is a soft bond that cannot be removed by pressure or heat. The fluid thickness never changes! Once completed, removal of the GreenCut is done by simple water washing.
GreenCut is fireproof, contains no oils, releases no noxious fumes, assures a longer tool life and provides reduced tool temperatures.
GreenCut Cutting Fluid's official Ecotoxicity Classification is "Practically Non-Toxic" and "Absolutely Non-Toxic to Wastewater Treatment Plant Bacteria", which means that it is safe enough to drink - but tastes terrible, according to LubeCorp’s chemist.