Sustainability and cost savings in a single cutting fluid solution

A raft of innovations from Ometa’s Hycut range is now available to help take the productivity of machine shops to the next level.

As Oemeta’s bestselling product series, Hycut is a flexible, two-component system that optimises machining processes with next-generation coolant and lubrication solutions. According to the company, it can improve machining performance and tool life, while also demonstrating sustainability to yield cost savings.

Notably, Hycut is customisable to individual customer requirements. Oemeta says that whether a machine shop is producing aerospace-grade high-temperature alloys, manufacturing high-volume automotive parts, or processing intricate medical components, it understands the challenges of component staining, fluid longevity and performance, and conformity to regulated standards.

Hycut features a formulation that contains 72% pure ester. The result is significantly enhanced lubrication and performance, reports Oemeta, enabling manufacturers to increase machining parameters such as speeds, feeds and depths of cut to obtain cycle time savings.

Enhanced lubricity permits machining at higher performance levels while simultaneously improving tool life. Machine shops often have to walk a fine line between increased machining parameters and diminishing tool life, eternally searching for the optimal result. With Hycut, Oemeta says manufacturers can elevate machining parameters and witness tool life increases up to 300%, providing the best of both worlds by reducing cycle times, downtime and machining costs.

Hycut is compatible with a wide range of fluids, from wash fluids to slideway, hydraulic and neat oils. Indeed, oil contamination from the slideway actually enhances lubrication rather than deteriorates performance.

As a point of note, Hycut neat machining oils, and hydraulic or slideway oils, can be easily recycled into the Hycut emulsion fluid to create an environmentally sustainable solution. Not only does this reduce fluid consumption, disposal and the associated costs, but the cutting fluid is also made from 100% renewable resources and contains no mineral oil.

In addition, the lifecycle of oil significantly impacts carbon footprint, not to mention the cost of purchase and disposal. Oemeta reports that customers adopting the Hycut system have witnessed exceptional fluid life, with many machines retaining the same coolant after seven years of continuous operation. As Hycut emulsifiers are optimised for ester oils, foreign mineral oils are not emulsified into the coolant. Therefore, tramp oil is deposited to the sump surface for easy removal via oil skimmers.

The consultation process provided by Oemeta engineers introduces businesses to the added value that the company provides by delivering improved control over the entire machining ecosystem – from lubrication to corrosion protection and contamination management.