UNIST

How UNIST started to write the book on  non-friction.

The year was 1957. There were basically two ways to cool tools during machining and cutting: flood them with lubricant or use a venturi (syphon) system. Just as it does now, lubricant flooding and venturi systems posed several problems:

• It took lots of money to buy, store and treat high volumes of petroleum-based lubricants.
• Petroleum-based lubricants, known as water soluable oils, created a messy environment and time-consuming clean-up.
• Disposal costs kept increasing as governments worldwide controlled the environmental impact of petroleum-based lubricants and metal scrap.

Revolutionary idea! Reduce friction and heat without atmosphere pollution.

Two men in Grand Rapids, Michigan, began a new chapter in 1957 by employing the Low Volume, Low Pressure (LVLP) evaporative cooling principal. The result: friction was reduced and heat was removed without air pollution, inherent problems encountered when using venturi-type spray systems.

Read more about low volume/low pressure solutions for your machining operations

1. Stop excessive lubrication of your cutting tools

   MQL/NDM delivers coolants/lubricants when and where they are most effective.

2. Reduce tooling costs in your metalforming operations

   You will be amazed by how much smoother your coil stock and blank/sheet operations will run.

3. Tired of bearing and mechanical failures?

   So were we. So we invented the Air/Oil 24/7 wearpoint lubrication systems.

4. Find a solution for specific applications

   Order or download information from our Book on Non-Friction.

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