COOLANT

[Fralex_francois]

I just bougth a new vf-2 and i don't really know the differant caracteristic of coolant. Can somebody tell me want would be better to machine alum & CRS???

 

 

Thanks

[Jammer™]

A semi-synthetic is good.

 

BTW, Welcome to the forum.

[Fralex_francois]

do you have some name/brand of coolant: wich one you use in your shop

[robk]

Blaser SwissLube is a very popular brand. We use Castrol Safety Coool 995 in here with good results.

[Fralex_francois]

And quality/price is good???

[robk]

Don't know about Blaser pricing, but Castrol runs us about $650.00 for a 55 gal. drum.

[gcode]

You should talk to a local dealer.

Out here, the water is very hard and affects the performance of some coolants. Some coolants do not play well with hard water and form corrosive

compounds which will cause serious rusting in a matter of days.

Checking with some local shops might be a good place to start. I can't imagine Quebec having hard

water, but you never know.

[Fralex_francois]

thanks a lot!!!

gonna check for that.

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

We use Valcool, and it's about $450 a 55/ Gal Drum.

[Jammer™]

We use Valcool VNT 785. It's a good semi-synthetic coolant at a fair price.

[Fralex_francois]

Valcool is made by .... valonite??

[chris m]

Valcool VNT800 here

 

Swisslube at my '2nd' job

 

Both run pretty well

 

Coolant thread

 

Coolant thread #2

 

Check the above; including Andrew's Mr. Wizard analysis

 

C

 

Valcool is a Valenite product although I don't believe they make it anymore

[Roger Peterson]

swisslube, castrol, valcool, hangsterfers, etc... are all good brands. I would have each distributor come out and talk to you about your app and test your water. Each will have different requirements as far as oil skimming, pay very close attention and ask questions about this and follow them to a tee. Ask questions about recommended mixture rates for your app, life expectancy, and so forth. A cheaper brand with a cheaper oil skimmer may cost you much more in the not so long run. Some may provide a recycling service which you will be required to do by law, either that or evaporate it... This really gets into the Ford / Chevy argument thing, get informed and make your own decision.

 

 

Good luck,

[Philcott]

Salut Fralex,

 

I would take Roger's advice and get some suppliers in to discuss their products. We used to use Blaser SwissLube but found it too expensive. we now have some machines with Valcool VNT 650 and some with Cimperial 1070. Both are good coolants but they still need attention (like skimming) to prevent bacteria from growing and turning the coolant rancid.

 

Bood Luck et bonne chance,

 

Phil

[Barghest]

I have used many coolants over the years and I like the valcool. We cut many types of steel and it does pretty good in all.

[Dan Schnars]

We use that Cyntillo 9913 (Castrol) ... We have pretty good luck with that...

[Mgrenier]

Fralex,

 

Definattely get the supplier to come to your place and get them to make a water analysis so they can suggest you the appropriate coolant. Here, we used Valcool but had to change because the city changed the chlorine percentage in the water, We now use Cimcool 60C and it does a very good job.

 

Hope that helps,

[Fralex_francois]

I ask to people that are in the area and the told me that valcool would do the job.

 

So thanks a lot all of you and BTW I just got my new vf2 this morning so i'm so happy!!!

[MACHINEMASTERG]

we use valcool 650

but lately been noticing that aluminum has been getting discolored ?????

[MachineSMMC]

Blaser - BlasoCut 4000

 

Works realy well for us. Great finishes in aluminum.

 

Chris

[Fralex_francois]

sound like stupid, but what is skimming??

[McRae]

See here

 

http://www.zebraskimmers.com/

[Fralex_francois]

woah!!! so much thing to help keeping coolant longer

 

Thanks a lot man!!!