Odor Suppression of Putrid Water-Soluble Coolant Using Home Ion Generator

Abstract:

This paper deals with a technique to easily suppress bad odor of water-soluble coolant (working fluid) by using a commercially available ion generator for home use. At the shop floor, water-soluble coolant is in heavy use, where putrid bad odor is apt to be generated from water since over 95% of the coolant component is water, leading to a short life of the coolant. Expecting an effect of suppressing putrid odor of water-soluble coolant, application of ion mixed air using an ion generator for house use was examined. As a result, bubbling with ion mixed air could achieve a drastic suppression of a bad odor generated from putrid water-soluble coolant, compared to a bubbling with air only. In addition, it was confirmed that by discharging ions into a machine emitting a bad odor, the odor level decreases drastically. From these results, a machine having an ion generator built-in can be proposed as an environmentally friendly machine tool.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 126-128)
• Pages: 441-446
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.126-128.441
• Online since: August 2010
• Authors: Shinichi Ninomiya, Manabu Iwai, Kazuyoshi Takano, Toshiharu Shimizu, Kiyoshi Suzuki
• Keywords: Home Ion Generator, Negative Ions, Odor Suppression, Putrefaction of Coolant, Water-Soluble Coolant

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