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Minimum Quantity Lubricants By: Ron Quaile Modern Machine Shop.com We have all been conditioned to keep cars cool by filling the radiator with coolant. Much the same preconditioning has been applied to manufacturing, where coolant is routinely used to address the thermal stability of the machine tool, cutting tool and workpiece, and also to remove […]

Article Post: 12/1/2018 BRENT DONALDSON  Senior Editor, Modern Machine Shop   At 5 a.m. on most days, Robert Robles begins his shift at a machine shop in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Like many other manufacturers of machined components, the floor of this shop, called Linda Tool, is laid out in rows […]