Cutting Fluid Test Kit

The Cutting Fluid Test Kit is designed to optimize cutting fluid performance and ensure compliance with regional Health and Safety at Work procedures. Cutting fluids are required in metal machining to improve tool life, reduce work piece thermal deformation, enhance surface finish, and flush chips from the cutting zone. These fluids degrade with time due to bacterial growth and contamination with tramp oil. Testing is essential since health risks exist for lathe operators by both fluid contact and breathing of mist/vapour. The basic kit is supplied with tests for cutting fluid concentration (refractometer), pH, water hardness, Nitrite/Nitrate, and dipslides for monitoring microbiological activity. A deluxe version incorporating the DI 10 dipslide incubator is also available. A uniform incubation temperature for dipslides allows accurate microbiological trend analysis month on month.