Rolling Oils
At CHEM Group, rolling oils refer to a special class of lubricants utilized mostly in cold mill processing. Such oils are typically mixtures of paraffinic and naphthenic hydrocarbons to which various alcohols and esters have been added for optimum performance.
In use, such oils serve to increase roll-life and reduce mill power consumption by reducing roll loads and vibration. Over time, however, these rolling oils become contaminated with other oils and hydraulic fluids that are less volatile and can impact product quality issues such as staining.
Even though most modern mills include provisions for the continuous filtering of such oils to remove metal fines, filtering alone is generally unable to insure optimum fluid performance and so such oils must eventually be replaced.
At CHEM Group, we offer an attractive option to the replacement of such fluids through a distillation based reclamation process that returns contaminated rolling oils to their virgin specifications without thermal degradation and without the removal of performance enhancing additives.
With yields typically exceeding 95%, such reclamation services offer CHEM Group customers the opportunity to save from 35-65% over the cost of alternative replacement options. Unlike many other reclamation options, CHEM Group’s program includes residue disposal costs, requires no investment in on-site equipment, and requires the purchase of no additional additives.
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