Wash Plant & Coolant System Installation

Wash Plant and Vivex Coolant System Increased Productivity

Supply, install and commission two large multi-stage wash systems, a Vivex Central Coolant System and secure a 5-year fluid management contract.

The Company

• One of the world’s largest off-road wheel manufacturers • Quaker Houghton have supplied metalworking fluids and fluid management for over 10 years • The company has recently announced a multimillion-pound investment program which will cover each of its seven manufacturing plants worldwide.

The Plant

• Formerly one large wash plant washing through several stages using Houghto-Clean 285 • Manufacturing process uses Houghto-Draw TD51 and Adrana D208 for wheel forming • Large volume of stock is stored at plant

The Challenge

• Old, expensive and unreliable wash plant that is expensive to maintain with a high energy consumption • Wheel cleaning has remained challenging due to lack of investment and poor maintenance • High rate of customer complaints due to quality-related issues • Lack of capital to make required improvements

The requirements of the wash line were extremely demanding:

• Continuous in-line wash cycle of wheel rims which must remove all residual oils and be touch dry in 30 seconds • Continuous in-line wash cycle of wheel inserts which also must remove all residual oils and be dry to touch • Coolant system to allow continuous uninterrupted supply of clean coolant to each of the forming tools

The Solution

Following a number of meetings and in-depth discussions, Quaker Houghton were able to present a fully costed proposal that offered a fully financed equipment solution, delivering the exact capital equipment requirements for the management team.

The offer comprised of two new high-tech multi-stage wash systems, specified to clean and process high volumes of wheels and rims as part of a continuous production process. Quaker Houghton also recommended a new Vivex Central Coolant System to support the modified wheel production line.

The Benefits

Quaker Houghton proposal has been 100% successful in helping to improve plant productivity and component quality. Due to the successful nature of the project, Quaker Houghton has been commissioned to provide 1st line response to support and maintain new equipment, alongside retaining the fluid management supply business for a further 5 years, whilst extending our reputation with the client globally. Production benefits include:

• Allow plant to make investment in much needed high-tech equipment • Reduce energy consumption with energyefficient pumps and heaters • Increased flow and quality of coolant through new centralised coolant system

About Quaker Houghton

Staying ahead in a changing world.

As your long-term partner in anticipating and overcoming challenges, we never stop testing, refining and innovating to deliver ever better, more effective solutions. Now with even broader R&D capabilities, expanded industry expertise, a larger portfolio of products and solutions, Quaker Houghton can support you move forward with confidence -for whatever comes next. Partners in progress

We take on your challenges as our own, bringing the right combination of science, engineering, and business savvy to get it done. Our chemists, engineers and industry experts are driven by a relentless commitment to improving your operations.

Applied expertise

Our experienced, committed experts work tirelessly to solve your toughest challenges, whether on your factory floor or in our own labs and plants. We are acknowledged authorities on industrial fluids and their application in your processes. Finding innovative solutions so that your operations run even more effectively and efficiently.

Boosting performance

In the past decade alone, we have saved our customers millions of dollars. With solutions tailored for optimized performance for each individual customer, site and process. Reducing your total cost of ownership. Boosting productivity. Driving competitiveness. And keeping you ahead in a changing world.

250 Combined Years Serving Our Customers:

Automotive Aerospace CNC machines

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The global leader in industrial process fluids. If it’s made of metal, if it’s rolled, cut, drawn or cast, Quaker Houghton is there, optimizing processes, reducing costs, advancing safety and sustainability… and driving progress.

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