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DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS II
Series by Dom Ruggeri
October 2008 G I G O
Formulating Using Design of Experiments, Part II
METALWORKING FLUID CERTIFICATE COURSE
Series by John Fischer
December 5, 2007 MWF Certificate Course - Final Analysis
MWF Magazine provides its Top Ten List of Recommendations for improving the SME/STLE Metalworking Fluid Certification
Course, and a final analysis of the course itself.
August 2006 DOE or DOA
Formulating Using Design of Experiments
tribology and lubrication technology - articles FROM STLE
Series FROM STLE
The articles linked below are reprinted with permission from Tribology &
Lubrication Technology, the official monthly magazine of the Society of
Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, a not-for-profit professional society
headquartered in Park Ridge, Ill. [MFM]
March 2009 Challenges in formulating metal-forming fluids
A look at some of the issues with developing metal-forming fluids for specific applications and that also increase manufacturing productivity - Dr. Neil Canter
March 2009 20 minutes with... Dr. Maura Sheehan
Read this Q&A and find out Dr. Sheehan's 13-point plan for improving industrial health and safety - Thomas T. Astrene
May 2003 ADVANCED FORMULATING - PART
2
Dom discusses the Sodium Petroleum Sulfonate crisis, what your options might be
and what to expect from synthetic products v. natural sulfonates.
April 2003 ADVANCED FORMULATING - PART
1
This is the deep
end for serious swimmers only. All others, see the above articles.
In part one of this series, Dom the Bomb addresses the difficulties the industry
faces as Shell Oil exits the petroleum sulfonate business.
January 2003 CENTRAL SYSTEMS - PART 7
A simple, inexpensive, yet effective way to test for microbiological
contamination.
November 2002 CENTRAL
SYSTEMS - PART 6
SABOTEURS! Use skill, knowledge, and lab stuff to defend your product's
reputation from medieval engineering on the shop floor. Dom Ruggeri shows
you how.
October 2002 CENTRAL
SYSTEMS - PART 5
The Right Coolant for the System. Tired of the same old coolant?
Feeling pressure from the facility interior decorator to go with a different
color? Read this before you switch.
September 2002 CENTRAL
SYSTEMS - PART 4
Recycling: A cost savings or a cost nightmare? Dom provides a some
inside-insight into one of the great mysteries of the coolant industry - does it
live forever? Most of us believe the answer depends on if you sell the
stuff or recycle it. Truth unveiled behind this link!
June 2002 CENTRAL
SYSTEMS - PART 3
Dom Ruggeri explains why trouble shooting
managers need more than one measurement system to identify certain system
problems. Plus, advice on how to avoid a common mistake.
February 2002 CENTRAL
SYSTEMS - PART
2
Dom Ruggeri sifts through filtration systems to see what's getting through and
what's not. Systems range from the INS Model (anything can pass through
it) to the IRS Model (takes away more than it should).
January 2002 CENTRAL
SYSTEMS - PART
1
Dom Ruggeri begins a new
series discussing the ins and outs of central systems. Considering
one? We will share experiences with you from mud puddle to swimming
pool. There are significant differences in management and performance.
METALWORKING
FLUID FORMULATION
Series by Dom Ruggeri
December 2001 MWF FORMULATION -
PART 10 - CRITICAL SPECIFICATIONS?
You know, Dom Ruggeri is
just a little too honest sometimes, don't you think? Well, confession is
good for the soul, and it is that time of year. In the concluding article
of the Metalworking Fluid Formulation Series, Dom discusses the reality of
setting specifications for products, and the how and why about it.
October 2001 PART 9 - THE MODIFICATION GO ROUND
Dom Ruggeri deals with a tanker loaded with coolant
that doesn't like water. Learn more about the decision-making process your
coolant manufacturer might be using to develop your fluid, and the difficulties
surrounding customized fluid development.
September 2001 PART 8 - THE MODIFICATION GO ROUND
Dom Ruggeri blows the smoke away from the high tech
decision-making process of distinguishing new products from mere product
modifications. Who makes the decision? Maybe you do.
August 2001 PART 7 - SHOP
TRIALS OF YOUR METALWORKING FLUID - THE END OR THE END USER?
Dom Ruggeri discusses some of the challenges associated
with the charge-up of a new metalworking fluid. The article is again, from
the formulator's point of view, and based on experience gained in facilities
just like yours.
May 2001 PART 6 - HYDROPHIL
LYPOPHIL BALANCE (HLB)
Surfactants and the
formulators approach to their use in the development of metalworking fluids.
Dom explores the relationship between surfactants and emulsifiers, and striking a
balance in their use.
March 2001 PART 4 - SYNTHETIC
WHAT?
Read this series and we guarantee you'll know more about metalworking fluids
than your favorite coolant salesman. Dom
Ruggeri provides an in-depth look at basic differences between Esters, Vegetable
Oils, Mineral Oils, and PAO’s in their role as base stocks.
February 2001 PART 3 - SEMI
OR SYNTHETIC?
Part 3 takes a look at semi-synthetic
formulation and the differences between semi-synthetic and synthetic
metalworking fluids. Dom Ruggeri writes the only series ever to offer end
users of metalworking fluid a fun, internet based introduction to formulation.
December 2000 PART 2 - THE
CUSTOMER WANTS WHAT?
Dom continues his descriptions of experiences from the Chemist's
point of view, when formulating customized metalworking fluids for customers.
Part 2 of the series, which is like none ever done before.
November 2000 PART 1 -
WHAT DOES THE CUSTOMER REALLY NEED?
This is my favorite of all of Dom's articles so far. Finally, we get an
inside look at how Chemists respond to our requests for customized fluids.
It's not all qui and dart boards after all. Part 1 of this series, which
promises to be one of the best.
mobile reclamation for central systems
by Robert Picek
August 2002 EMERGENCY RX FOR CENTRAL SYSTEMS
Mobile coolant reclamation services for
central systems. This article addresses central system system maintenance
from the mobile service perspective. Our thanks to Robert Picek of Lormar
for this excellent contribution.
January 2002 PART 1 -
WHY ME?
A low-tech, high-fun exclusive from METALWORKING FLUID MAGAZINE. Another
look from inside, this time from the perspective of the Metalworking Fluid
Manager. Compare experiences and solutions.
WASTE
REDUCTION
University of Tennessee
Summer 2000 TENNESSEE MANUFACTURING ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM - WRAP SHEET
WRAP Sheet is a publication of the University
of Tennessee, Tennessee Manufacturing Assistance Program. WRAP is short
for Waste Reduction Assistance Program. This special issue is dedicated to
Metalworking Fluids.
April 2001 PART 4 - CAUSES
AND EFFECTS OF WATER RELATED CONTAMINATION
Part 4 of this series, Mr. Eppert looks at water related contamination from the
view points of chemical effects, interacting effects, machining performance
effects, and health and safety effects.
March 2001 PART 3 - CAUSES
AND EFFECTS OF MACHINING PARTICULATE CONTAMINATION
Part 3 of this series, provides a clear and concise organization of the effects
of particulate contamination in metalworking fluids. This series provides
an excellent training tool for use in the education of your metalworking fluid
management/maintenance team. What? No team? Build one!
February 2001 PART 2 - CAUSES
AND EFFECTS OF TRAMP OIL CONTAMINATION
In Part 2 of this series, Joe Eppert, (graduate student, University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign) writes on the origins of tramp oil and the chemical effects
it has on the metalworking fluid and its performance.
December 2000 PART 1
- INTRODUCTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF CONTAMINANTS
Joe Eppert, a graduate student at the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, writes the first of a six part series on the
subject of contamination. The approach is a logical and analytic
assessment of problems and solutions, and Part I lays the ground work for
the series.
CHARACTERIZATION OF METALWORKING FLUIDS
by Pat Williams
February 2001 INTRODUCTION
A fascinating report on a non-culture based methodology developed for assessment
of microbes present in metalworking fluids. Characterization of the
metalworking fluid is based on DNA testing and Phospholipid Fatty Acid Analysis
(PLFA). This is technology designed to overcome the limitations of culture
based analysis in the study of health effects associated with chronic exposure
to metalworking fluids.
September 2001 FACE OFF #3: ILMA - MWPSG INTERVIEW WITH DAN GOON, CHAIRMAN OF THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
Find out what it means, find out who they are. The MWFPSG is probably the
most politically powerful metalworking fluid organization in the world. We
interviewed Dan Goon, the Chairman of the Oversight Committee of this
organization. Not only does the MWFPSG have the political clout, but they
have some extreme technological expertise... and they want to share it with you.
December 2000 FACE OFF #2:
MOBILE RECYCLING - LORMAR RECLAMATION SERVICES AND
COOLANT MANAGEMENT SERVICES
The answers to questions you should be asking if you are even thinking about
mobile recycling. They will tell us what is different about their
services, who is better and why. Where else can you find industrial
competitors paired off in debate style interviews? No where. We
invented it.
March 2000 FACE OFF #1 ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT TECHNOLOGY COOLANT WIZARD AND TRITON THALLASSIC TECHNOLOGIES
Fundamental to the management of metalworking fluids is control of the microbe
growth in the fluid. One technology that is effective in the destruction
of microbes is ultraviolet light, or UV. In this Segment of Tech Focus
METALWORKING FLUID MAGAZINE interviews Bill Bettag of Coolant
Wizard, and John Coogan, of Triton
Thallassic Technologies.
SMALL
SHOP MAINTENANCE OF METALWORKING FLUIDS
Series by Dom Ruggeri
October 2000 PART 4
Part 4, the last of this series, focuses on foaming in metalworking
fluids, how to identify the source, and the difference between fixing it and
preventing it.
September 2000 PART 3
Part 3 of this series focuses on shop water quality, its importance to
metalworking operations, the differences in water source, what problems to
anticipate and how to identify and handle them.
August 2000 PART 2
Part 2 of this series focuses on small shop testing of metalworking
fluids for microbial growth. It is recommended that you read Part 1
first.
July
2000 PART 1
Part 1 of a four part series on maintenance of metalworking fluids.
Written by Dom Ruggeri, this series presents a practical approach to management
of metalworking fluid systems that is based on the likely available resources of
the small shop.
legal focus - the Death of a machinist
Series by John
Fischer
November 2002 WRONGFUL DEATH;
EXPOSURE TO CONTAMINATED MWF
Part 3 - Fact Summary.
A look at the basic facts of the case, as assembled from the various pleadings
and related documents. A sad and sobering reality of the potential hazards
of metalworking fluid exposure.
October 2002 WRONGFUL DEATH;
EXPOSURE TO CONTAMINATED MWF
Part 2 - The Parties.
Introduction to the litigating parties in the first ever wrongful death case in
Texas for exposure to metalworking fluid. Follow this case to learn how
you can prevent your employees from becoming victims, and your company from
becoming a Defendant.
September 2002 WRONGFUL DEATH;
EXPOSURE TO CONTAMINATED MWF
Part 1 - Introduction
Introduction to the most important personal injury case in the history of the
metalworking fluid industry. An employee died shortly after exposure to
contaminated metalworking fluid.
product & Industry focus
important contributions from our readers
April 2002 IWIG Meeting
International Working Industry Group meeting notes, January 2002.
February 2002 ASTM GUIDE ON BIOCIDE SELECTION
Fred Passman tells you why you need to read ASTM’s newly
released E-2169 Standard Practice for
Selecting Antimicrobial Pesticides for use in Water-Miscible Metalworking Fluids.
October 2001 ARC DISCHARGE DISINFECTION OF METALWORKING
FLUIDS
Scientific Utilization provides results of bench testing the
PulsePower® arc discharge disinfecting system for metalworking fluid.
Give it time to show up on the screen, the photos of plates are a slow load, but
impressive to see.
MATERIAL
SAFETY DATA SHEETS
We have been advised of a couple of sites that
offer publication of MSDS's.
1) MSDS
SOLUTIONS is a large, free on-line database for fast access to Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS's). Here is your link: www.msdssolutions.com
2) MSDS-SEARCH is
a comprehensive
address for free information related to Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS's),
providing access to over 1,000,000 MSDS's. Here is your link: www.msdssearch.com
We encourage all of our
manufacturers to include their product MSDS's in the Central Repository of these
sites.
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