Canadian metal former Clover Tool Manufacturing hits a grand slam by switching from spray to roll-coater lubricant application. Lube consumption has dropped considerably, as have costs related to waste disposal. And not only is the shop much cleaner, but so are the press operators and toolroom personnel. A dozen new Unist programmable roll-coater lubrication systems installed on most of the presses at Tier Two automotive stamper Clover Tool Manufacturing Ltd., Concord, Ontario, Canada, have put a dramatic halt to the significant amount of wasted lubricant that once plagued its pressroom. Gone, too, are related downstream costs resulting from applying excess lubricant-items such as waste disposal and added die-change time spent setting up sprayers.
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