Case Study: Formflo [Synchro Rings]
Summary: Cleaning rolling fluid in patented cold rolling process.
Customer: Formflo
Application(s): Lubrication Oils Coolants
Industry(s): Steel & Heavy Metalwork
Notes
Magnom™ customer Formflo produce transmission syncro rings for a range of manufacturers.
Part of their production process is a patented cold rolling process during which small ferrous particles are produced which contaminate the rolling fluid and find their way into the bearings on the machines. This results in a loss of production and downtime.
Initially a Magnom™ unit was fitted to one machine to reduce the usage of consumable filter media, the increasing cost of which, (without the disposal costs), had become prohibitive.
In the first instance a Magnom™ Clear 5 unit was fitted which filled very rapidly, resulting in the need for more frequent cleaning than was anticipated. To extend the interval between cleaning the Clear 5 was replaced with a Magnom™ Clear 10 Unit.
Magnoms™ have now been fitted to all 9 cold rolling lines and due to the success in that application its usage is being extended to the broaching machines within the factory.
Customer comments
Matt Stubbs of Formflo said “Filtration of rolling oil has been a real problem for many years; customers are driving higher cleanliness levels which usually incur higher and higher costs. Magnom™ has provided a low cost solution to the problem with a payback in less than 4 months and no ongoing consumable costs! I will certainly be buying Magnoms™ again and am looking for other applications in the factory for their introduction”