Metal Working Fluids: How to Keep Them From Making You Sick

Metal working fluids (MWF) are fluids used during machining and grinding to prolong the life of the tool and protect the working surfaces of the work pieces. Workers are exposed to MWFs by inhaling mists and by skin contact with the fluid. Skin contact occurs by dipping the hands in the fluid, splashing, or handling the work pieces coated in the fluid. A substantial amount of scientific evidence indicates that workers routinely exposed to MWF mists have an increased risk of respiratory and skin diseases.

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How to Control Microorganisms in Diesel Fuel

Microbes in petrodiesel and biodiesel products can mean serious problems. They can cause product deterioration, sludge formation, and corrosion of tanks and pipework. The fuel that presents the most serious problems in terms of microbiological growth is diesel fuel, whether it is petro-diesel or worse, biodiesel. Conditions in diesel fuel storage containers are ideal for significant and rapid growth. Biodiesel is subject to even more microbial contamination than petrodiesel.

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Regeneration of Fuller's Earth: Does It Make Sense?

Fuller's earth is a general term for industrially used smectite or polygorskite-sepiolite clays with a large surface area and strong absorptive, binding, gelling, thickening, and decolorizing ability.

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Allen Continuous Filter System

An Allen ACM Series Continuous Filter System ACM Series

The Allen Continuous Filter system is capable of removing various contaminants from lubricating oil, hydraulic oil, gear oil and many other fluids.

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Allen Filters 2009-2010 Full-Line Catalog

Allen Filters Full-Line Catalog

Environmental stewards strive to sustain natural resources and our environment by managing, overseeing, and caring for the world’s natural resources.

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Concepts in Fluid Filtration

Cover for the Concepts in Fluid Filtration white paperFiltration is the separation of a fluid-solids mixture, involving passage of most of the liquid through a porous barrier that retains most of the solids contained in the mixture.

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