A successful partnership with Cwm Engineering

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

However, our customer is not only saving on metalworking fluid costs and the associated weekly tests and man-hours, but also on metalworking fluid disposal. Cwm Engineering previously had to dispose of two 1,000-litre 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 are inevitably set to fall by 70% as well – it is estimated that Cwm Engineering can save an additional £1,600 in disposal costs by switching coolants.

The cost reduction achieved by implementing Oemeta’s NOVAMET 760 was overwhelming for the family-run business, but the benefits go even further. As Andrew Ritchie adds: “We have taps near every machine and we have a drum of NOVAMET 760 with a mixer on a trolley 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 – who manage the condition of our metalworking fluid every two weeks – we save a significant amount of man-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.”