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easily recover that cost through our wash system where we only need to use soap and water, and use a much lower temperature. Also, we’re able to recov- er and reuse any lubricant that drips off of the part or the rollers. ”
Less Pit Pumping
Frauendienst—and everyone else on the pressroom’s maintenance team— notes other benefits from the switch from spray to roller application. “It’s definitely much easier and less costly to keep the shop clean now that we’ve eliminated the flooding of material and dies that we used to perform,” Frauen- dienst says. “We’re no longer tracking
“Next up for the firm: Tying the SPR-2000 programmable fluid controllers to its press controls (OmniLink units from Link Systems) using Unist’s press-control interface.”
lubricant all over the plant, and we also have significantly reduced the amount of time and expense required to pump fluids out of our press pits.”
Next up for the firm: Tying the SPR- 2000 programmable fluid controllers to its press controls (OmniLink units from Link Systems) using Unist’s press- control interface, so that the lube-system setup can become part of the overall job program developed for each die.
“Connecting the lube-system con- trols to the press controls will ensure that every job runs exactly as it was designed to run,” says Hanson. “It takes a certain amount of operator discipline (and time) to set up the system with every die change, and we’re trying to eliminate that extra requirement of our operators. That will free them up to perform other tasks, and ensure we deliver the optimum amount of lubri- cant for every part.” MF
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