Metalworking Fluid Selection: Houghton

  • Posted on: 14 July 2013
  • By: SandBlaster

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HOUGHTON is a century old name in the Metalworking Fluid Industry, now owned by GULF OIL, HINDUJA GROUP INDIA.  Hocut one of the famous old-timers.  Data available on their web talks more about the product features than application details. 

Page Test - Failed.  Products are not all located anywhere on a single page.

Chart Test - Failed.  No convenient Chart with all products listed by application.

Clicks Test -5  This is a mouse-over situation (grrr) where you wait for the menu of options to appear (twice) and then grab your before the menu fads away.  The last one is a double-drop down menu that just pisses you off, especially because it makes you choose between products you don't know anything about yet, other than their formulation family.

Organized by formulation type, they provide details in product data sheets but not in the format where the End User can quickly access it.  Houghton won the First Metalworking Fluid Magazine Death Match, but they get there ass kicked when it comes to helping potential customers understand which product might be used for a material-operation combination on their website.  We can at least get their several product names on a single page for you (excluding the neat oils):

Soluble Oils:

  • Dasco Sol™ 100 : Soluble cutting and grinding oil, free of chlorine and sulfur, Suitable for titanium operations that prefer soluble oils but cannot use chlorinated products due to stress corrosion concerns.
  • Dasco Sol™ 145A : For ferrous and non-ferrous metals and suitable for general machining, grinding, light forming and stamping operations
  • Dascool™ 2360 : For ferrous and non-ferrous metals, particularly stainless steels, cast and forged steels, cast and extruded aluminum and non-ferrous alloys. Suitable for applications like reaming, boring, threading, broaching, milling, drilling, turning, gun drilling, heavy duty grinding and sawing
  • Hocut® 787-H : For ferrous, non-ferrous and exotic metals, including automotive grade cast aluminum alloys 308, 319, 356, 380, 384 and 390, high- or low-carbon steels, alloy steels such as 4130 and 4140, cast iron, nodular iron and gray iron, and 300 and 400 series stainless steel. Suitable for applications like machining, grinding, reaming, threading, hobbing and tapping
  • Hocut® 795-B : For High- or low-carbon steels, alloy steels, cast iron, nodular iron and gray iron, 300 and 400 series stainless steel, including automotive and aerospace grade aluminum alloys, titanium, stainless steels, and exotic alloys. Suitable for machining and grinding
  • Hocut® 795-H : For ferrous and non-ferrous metals, including high- or low-carbon steels, alloy steels, cast iron, nodular iron and gray iron, 300 and 400 series stainless steel, including automotive and aerospace grade aluminum alloys, titanium, stainless steels and exotic alloys. Suitable for machining, grinding
  • Sitala™ Series: For ferrous, non-ferrous and yellow, including copper, brass, titanium and aluminum alloys. Suitable for metal cutting and grinding

Semi-Synthetic Oils:

  • Dascool™ 2357 : For ferrous, including aluminum alloys, most steels and aluminum, as well as non-ferrous alloys. Suitable for machining
  • Hocut® 776-RHS : For ferrous and non-ferrous metals, including cast iron, steel and aluminum. Suitable for grinding, light-duty machining
  • Hocut® 795-MP :  For Cast iron. Suitable for machining and grinding
  • Hocut® 797-CL : For ferrous and non-ferrous metals. Suitable for machining and grinding
  • Hocut® 797-E : For cast irons and steels. Suitable for machining and grinding
  • Adrana™ Series : For Cast Iron. Suitable for machining and grinding

Synthetic Oils:

  • Hocut® 763 : For ferrous alloys. Suitable for machining and grinding
  • Hocut® 767 : For ferrous, including low- and high-carbon steels, cast, nodular and grey iron, and 52100 bearing steel. Suitable for machining and grinding
  • Hocut® 769-D : For ferrous, including low- and high-carbon steels, 300 and 400 series stainless steel, cast, nodular and grey iron, and 52100 bearing steel. Suitable for machining and grinding
  • Houghto-Grind® 4255 : For cast iron and steels. Suitable for grinding
  • Metalina™ Series : For ferrous, including low- and high-carbon steels, cast, nodular and grey iron, and 52100 bearing steel. Suitable for machining and grinding