Central Filter (Cast Iron & Aluminum)

Industry: Truck
Application: Turning, Milling, Gear cutting
Material: Cast Iron, Aluminum
Product: Viavent Coolant Handling, Central Filtration System

Situation
This customer has recently automated their engine block production. To achieve better efficiencies in their layout, they came to us to design and build a swarf and coolant handling system under the floor, outside the production facility.

Solution

• Viavent system with pumping stations
• Vacuum filters for coolant
• Automatic loadout system for separating chips into two containers

Key Features
The complete automatic operation allows reduced labor
costs resulting in higher productivity.

Customer Benefits

• No swarf or coolant handling activities on production floor.
• Maintains cleaner facilities with improved material flow
• Better product quality through cleaner coolant and easy
  production extensions.

Outcome

• The optimum reliability of the system has low maintenance requirements and no unplanned production stops.
• Further phases in expansion of production are planned.