Have you seen the aerospace customer case study from Houghton: How Hocut 4940 showed Major Improvement Over Incumbent Product?
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Once HOCUTĀ® 4940 was introduced, there were a number of benefits achieved versus the incumbent coolant:
- Tool life increased by 150% from 20 minutes to 50 minutes
- Feed rates increased reducing machining cycle time per component by 1.5 hours yielding a 40% increase in productivity
- Coolant concentration of the working fluid was reduced to 7% versus the competitive fluid which was run at 15%
- Coolant usage reduced by 21 drums of concentrate per year