Successful Partnership with Cwm Engineering

The savings achieved by introducing Oemeta’s NOVAMET 760 were realized gradually over a 12-month period. By comparison, the previous cutting fluid, which cost more than £2,600 per drum and required up to six drums per year, cost the company more than £15,000 annually. The Oemeta MWF cost half as much as its predecessor, resulting in an immediate savings of approximately £7,000. This would at least be the case if it were used at the same rate: thanks to the remarkable extension of the metalworking fluid’s service life, Cwm Engineering now only needs two to three barrels per year—an excellent MWF lifespan that will improve even further once the remaining MWF from the previous supplier has evaporated from the machines.

However, our customer is not only saving on metalworking fluid costs and the associated weekly tests and labor hours, but also on metalworking fluid disposal. Cwm Engineering previously had to dispose of two 1,000-liter IBCs of MWF two to three times a year, amounting to costs of up to £2,400. With a more than 70% increase in MWF lifespan, disposal costs will inevitably drop by 70% as well—it is estimated that Cwm Engineering can save an additional £1,600 in disposal costs by switching coolants.

The cost savings achieved by implementing Oemeta’s NOVAMET 760 were overwhelming for the family-owned business, but the benefits extend even further. As Andrew Ritchie adds: “We have water taps near every machine, and we have a drum of NOVAMET 760 with a mixer on a cart that can be rolled up to any machine. Once the drum and mixer are connected to the tap, we can easily top up the metalworking fluid in any of our machines. Doing this alone has saved us hours every week, and with Oemeta—which monitors the condition of our metalworking fluids every two weeks—we’re saving a significant number of labor hours on MWF testing. There is also no longer any need to shut down machines for sump cleaning, which can be a major inconvenience for our business.”