Tim Stiers

Apr 25, 2023 | mscdirect.com | James Langford |Tim Stiers

Machinists and manufacturing facilities doing quality control on metalworking fluids traditionally poured samples into bottles, mailed them to a lab for analysis and waited—sometimes days—for results. The lag time could prove costly. While the results helped to flag equipment malfunctions or potential reductions in workpiece quality, they sometimes arrived after machines had broken down or workpieces had to be scrapped.