Keep your coolants cool! 🥶

Bacterial activity increases dramatically at temperatures of 25°C and above, so it's vitally important to keep your sump as full as possible in order to allow maximum cooling and heat dissipation.

Here are two good examples from a machine shop, the sample reading 31.6°C (also significant tramp oil) needs fairly regular treatments with biocide to control bacteria levels, whereas the sump showing 22.9°C (with minimal tramp oil) has run for 12 months without any requirement for biocide treatments.

Our mantra for topping up is always "little and often"....please see the link to our website which offers further information regarding this - link in bio! 👌

So there you go......more free advice from Pennine! What are you waiting for.....go and top up your sump! 🪣💦

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Catena Lifting & Inspection have recently brought the machining of critical components in-house. 🏠

We were their first point of call when planning began so that they could get their coolant & it's management under control from the start.👌

✔ Catena installed 3 new XYZ machines, each running on our Ultrasol X-777 - perfect for soft water areas.

✔ They have also had a Mixtron soluble oil dosing pump installed so that the coolant is accurately dosed & maximum performance achieved.

✔ Catena are also taking advantage of PROCARE Self-Serv. As a Self-Serv customer Catena will benefit from full training for all operatives, helping them keep on top of the condition of their coolant & meet health & safety requirements. As well as receiving monthly reports from the samples they send into our testing lab.

Catena have big plans for their in-house machine shop & are continuing their investment by expanding further. We're pleased to be able to help them on their journey!

If you need advice on your coolant or want to up your monitoring, then get in touch - our advice is always free! 📞

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In order to assist our customers as a "one stop shop" for all of their lubrication requirements, we stock and source a variety of brands from manufacturers around the world 🌎

Today we are shipping a range of products from #castrol which certain customers need to meet OEM or customer specific approvals, including neat cutting oil for a orthopaedic implant manufacturing facility and control fluids for subsea valve applications.

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Our Technical Sales Engineer, Dale Fletcher, spent the morning at eglvaughan yesterday carrying out coolant monitoring training for their team.

EGL Vaughan have recently changed over to our products and PROCARE services and the training of their team forms an essential part of this.

The training is designed around the latest HSE and UKLA best practice guidelines along with our own experience and expertise.

All attendees receive a certificate of attendance for their training records but most importantly we notice a significant improvement in overall coolant quality after these sessions....meaning savings and improvements across the board!

If you think your machine shop would benefit from our experience and expertise drop us a line........our advice is always free!

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Nice action shots of Pencool Ultra S102 in action today on a milling application.

This product has successfully replaced an old technology heavily chlorinated coolant which means reduced disposal costs and cleaner machines for the customer.

Pencool Ultra S102 is very well suited to a variety of materials but is particularly useful in applications on sensitive aluminium and yellow metals where staining may be an issue with other coolants.

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Customers across Yorkshire & Humber will recognise this face.... today our Technical Sales Manager, Shaun Baggaley baggaleyshaun is celebrating his 50th birthday! 🎂 🥳

All the team at Pennine would like to wish Shaun a Happy 50th Birthday! 🎉

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When is a full sump not a full sump?

It's well known that we are advocates of keeping coolant sumps filled to capacity for a number of reasons; maximum cooling, improved heat dissipation, reduced risk of bacterial infection etc.

However, sometimes a sump that looks full might be anything but when you see what lies beneath......take these two short videos for example at a customer using our Pengrind 50 synthetic grinding fluid. Despite magnetic filtration being in place a significant amount of grinding fines remain not to mention the grinding wheel grit.....reducing coolant volume and increasing the risks outlined above......not to mention issues with surface finish, reduced pump life etc. To overcome this we'd strongly recommend periodically filtering the coolant with a freddyproductsltd unit.

If we can help you improve your coolant quality or processes drop us a line.......our advice is always free.

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New customer Apeks Marine Equipment are already seeing the benefits of becoming a PROCARE Ultimate customer....

Our Technical Sales Manager robertdulieu, returned yesterday to complete some remedial actions...

👌 Biocide was accurately measured to the dose rate detailed on the machine tool register, then added to the sump - used to help control bacterial & fungal infections & prolong the life of the coolant

👌 As well as results being recorded & presented on a Coolant Information Board, each machine clearly details readings taken & when the machine was last cleaned out

As a result of monitoring so far, you'll notice from the Coolant Information Board, each months results have improved - easily identified by the lack of RED readings in the most recent report! 🔴🟡🟢

We're on the end of the 📞 if you'd like some free advice on how to manage your coolant, so get in touch, our team of experts really do know their stuff 👍

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One of out Technical Sales Managers, baggaleyshaun, was out and about yesterday installing a new mixtron_srl_official unit for one of our customers.

Although very quick and easy to install, many customers ask us to install the units for them, which is no problem at all.

The Ultrasol X-777 on site can now be mixed perfectly for every top up, and adjusted quickly and easily to suit different operating conditions......it was left deliberately low to cope with the mini heatwave we're having this week! 🥵

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Why should you carry out regular pH checks?

pH is an indicator of the alkalinity or acidity of a fluid. Most modern coolants are designed to be mildly alkaline (8.5 ~ 9.8)as this is an unattractive environment for bacteria 🐛

If you have low pH readings, you're more likely to encounter;

🔴 objectionable smells/odour from the coolant
🔴Flash corrosion on machined components
🔴Corrosion inside the machine
🔴Increased requirement for biocides or full clean outs
🔴Reduced tool life due to compromised fluid quality
🔴Poor or dull surface finish due to compromised fluid quality

You can see from the videos it takes just a few seconds to check fluid pH.......but the potential benefits are significant!

If you need further help or advice drop us a message or get in touch.......our advice is always free!

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Just the 14 new bulk storage tanks put in place yesterday, ready to be piped up!

These will be used for the storage of lower usage base oils which will be pumped directly to the blending vessels and fast moving finished products, which can then be filled into anything from 1000 litre IBC's, 205 litre barrels and 25/20 litre drums.

This is further investment into our plant designed to make our production and distribution even more efficient 👊

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Our PROCARE Service Team are up and at it early today carrying out essential coolant checks, with the reports generated clearly displayed for all to see on our hugely popular Coolant Information Boards which display;

🔴 Historic reports
🔴 Safety Data Sheets
🔴 Machine sump sizes for safe and accurate dosing of system cleaners and biocide
🔴 HSE good practice guidelines

If you need information, advice or assistance to get your coolant monitoring and management under control feel free to get in touch, our advice is always free and we have a solution for you if you have 1 machine or 100. 😊

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Did you know?

We produce a carefully crafted range of Heritage oils suitable for vintage, veteran and classic vehicles.

The rane includes;

🟢 Detetgent free and low detergent monograde engine oils.

🟢 Non EP gearbox oils

🟢 Classic low detergent multigrade engine oils

🟢 Steam Cylinder oils both straight and compounded grades.

🟢 Flushing oils and Running In Oils

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