Parts Staining
Dear Editor,
I am having problems with my MWF staining the parts I make in my VMC. I only make part from QC-7 aluminum. I have been having trouble with this for over a year now. I have had may different brands a coolant in my machines, each time I would remove the old coolant and clean the machine and put new coolant in. Each time now with the same result. I use DI water with oil based or synthetic, I have sent countless samples to many labs and they all say everything is normal. I get a kind of hazy film all over my part. In the past the film would not start to appear for about a month, then I would change the MWF. It would go away for awhile and then come back. I changed the coolant yesterday and today I have stains. Surface finish is the most important part of the parts I make and the stains make the parts worthless. Some jobs I run have cycle time over 200 hours. This is a real big problem. I have contacted every company I have gotten coolant from and they put in additives try and help. Nothing ever has. I am at a loss. Have you ever heard of this problem when machining QC-7 aluminum? Any information you can offer would be great. Thank-you in advance,
JM
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Anonymous (not verified)
Fri, 2011-03-11 15:12
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RE: Parts Staining
Anonymous (not verified)
Fri, 2011-03-11 15:12
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RE: Parts Staining
In many cases when machining copper and aluminum, you will find a stain that looks like a grape juice stain or just an off-color stain. In many cases this is actually galvanic corrosion between 2 dissimilar metals. You may be using di water for nothing. First have your tap water analyzed. Then look into a top quality water-soluble product with a blended metal deactivator such as the Blaser 2000md. I've seen and solved this problem many times and in most cases the switch back to tap water is an additional cost savings.
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