Going green by reducing oil consumption leads to reduced costs. Recycling/purifying oil saves money by reducing your fluid budget and eliminating expensive downtime. IFS can help you review your oil maintenance program and identify Cost Effective solutions that are also Green. Following are some examples of projects that are both Green and Cost Effective:

TRUFAST is a precision screw machine company that extended the life of its cutting oil by adding a micro-filtration system to their maintenance program. Service intervals were extended from 2-3 weeks to 8-12 weeks and oil consumption was reduced. Oil life was extended from 350 hours to 1,250 hours and the payback for the system is only 6 to 12 months. The Green part of this project is based on a reduction in waste, waste hauling, oil consumption and new oil deliveries.

RCO, a plastic molding company, collects oil that leaks from dies during mold changes and occasional machine leaks. The oil is collected in a 300 gallon container and when the container is full they process it. The cost to process the oil is typically less than half the cost of purchasing new oil. Reducing the amount of oil purchased and waste generated makes this application Cost Effective and Green.

Spindle oil contaminated with moisture and solids is recycled using a portable 2 micron micro filter cart. Test results show a reduction in the ISO numbers from 20/19/16 to 12/11/8 making the oil suitable for reuse. $18.50/gallon oil was recycled for $5.25/gallon in 54 gallon drums resulting in a 70% cost savings on oil and reduced waste hauling.

A welding wire manufacturer has increased the life of its forming oil by installing a high-speed centrifuge system. Sump life on the 3,000 gallon system has been extended significantly and the quality issues associated with contaminated oil (surface finish and slivers) have been eliminated. At $14.00/gallon for oil, the payback is less than a year just in oil saving alone making the project very Cost Effective. The environmental (Green) impact is based on doubling the life of the oil and the reduction in transportation of both new and used oil.

A 1,000 gallon reservoir in a large test facility became contaminated with water when a heat exchanger broke. Rather than dump the system and flush it with new oil several times, a vacuum dehydrator was rented to clean and dry the oil in the machine. The cost to rent a dehydrator was about seven times less than the $14,450 it would've cost to purchase new oil. Running in a circulation mode, the entire machine was cleaned including the oil reservoir. This solution was Green and Cost Effective.