Economy

What if the coolant would be paid by illness insurances?

May 2010

I went to the Motorex press conference today and that was very well done. We received a lot of information, results of tests and proofs about the new Motorex Swisscool Tresor PMC©. This new water-based lubricant is completely free of the usual aggressive chemical additives and uses the oligodynamiceffect of precious metal (silver in this case).

In machining, illness due to water-based coolant is not to be neglected. With its new Swisscool Tresor PMC©, Motorex works for user’s skin. There are no boron, no bactericide, no fungicide, no amine and no chlorine… just precious metal that does the job perfectly. With a far lower concentration of product, the result is just outstanding.

Motorex launched today the Swisscool Tresor PMC in Langenthal. From left to right: Ralf Binninger, Head of Water Based Coolant Dept. (Motorex), Peter Regenass, President of the Board of Directors (Motorex), Andreas Mollet, Head of Sales (Mapal), Adrian Schoch, Key Account Manager (Motorex), Michael Rocker, Chemist (Berufgenossenschaft Metall Germany) and Hugo Fisch, Head of Industry (Motorex).

More than 4 years of R&D and comprehensive tests for 9 months After all these years of hard work, the company presented today the results and they are impressive. With the use of Tresor PMC©, there is no longer some "biotopes" in the machine tools said Mr Regenass. The idea behind this technology is not new as remarked Mr Regenass. He told us:

"My grandma was used to put a silver coin in the vase of the flowers to keep the water clean far longer"

… Motorex’s job was to implement this idea into a product that not only works in that sense but also brings added value in every other aspects of production.

The results of the test are as follow:

Longer life of the product
Higher cutting parameters
Shorter cycle times
Longer life of the tools
Better surface quality finish
Higher average machining accuracy
Human friendliness

The product has been used by about 120 test customers for months and the results here above are largely documented.

Illness insurance then? Obviously in our world where the illness insurances pay to "repair" people, this idea sounds just insane. Nevertheless, the large use of the new Swisscool Tresor PMC© would reduces drastically the costs of treatment for contact eczemas and allergies whilst improving machining. Not only users are no longer absents but production is better. It is clearly a shift of paradigm that will change the water-based coolant world forever.

This new product is now available and the company’s representatives are eager to inform and show people how to produce better while also offering better working conditions (people that already suffered skin troubles know what that means).

You can find more information onSwisscool Tresor PMC© here.

MOTOREX Lubrication Technology Bern-Zürich-Strasse 31 P.O. Box 4901 Langenthal Switzerland Phone +41 (0)62 919 75 75 Fax +41 (0)62 919 75 95 [email protected] www.motorex.com

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