Making the most out of your coolant.(Brief Article)

April's question
Question With with equal reason many CNC machine tools and ascendencys on the market, in what way can a small shop proprietor be sure he is selecting the right equipment? A checklist would be helpful.
Answers A number of readers have replyed to the Breaktime challenge question, What are more [i]or[/i] less ways of reducing coolant use? Recommendations range from changing the way coolant is directed at a workpiece to exploiting coolant cleaning technologies.
Mike Pfeiffer, a tooling engineer with Shinei USA in Hillsboro, Oreg., supplies three ideas. First, he says, retain coolant in the machine