SmartSkim PR

SmartSkim at BOI Fair in Thailand

2011-12-23T15:16:00.000-08:00

SmartSkim is pleased to announce that it's Coolant Recycling Equipment will be on display at the 2011 BOI Fair located in Bangkok, Thailand. Originally scheduled for November, the BOI Fair was rescheduled due to the massive flooding that occurred throughout Thailand. The BOI Fair will now be held January 5-20, 2012, at the Impact Muang Thong Thani Exhibition Pavilion. SmartSkim is very pleased to be part of this important event.

For more informaton on the event go to:

http://www.boifair2011.com/view/en/home/home.jsf

For more information on SmartSkim and their coolant recycling systems, go to:

http://www.smartskim.com/coolant.html

SmartSkim Introduces New Portable Coolant Recycler

2011-09-27T13:14:00.000-07:00

SmartSkim, the global leader in oil separation and coolant recycling is proud to announce a new weapon in the battle of coolant maintenance. The Sump Caddy is SmartSkim’s new portable unit that can be easily moved between machines to clean coolant on the fly. This new unit is an effective recycling system, using modern and reliable technology to separate and remove tramp oils and filter small fines from coolants.

The Sump Caddy was designed to facilitate ease of use while still providing all of the capabilities on a smaller scale of the larger SmartSkim Recycling Systems to clean up the most contaminated machine tool sumps. The system includes a mild steel, 60 gallon processing tank with the industry leading coalescing technology and trusted performance that is expected from SmartSkim products.

Extend the life of your expensive machining coolants, reduce the costs of hauling off spent coolants, improve your tool life and eliminate odors associated with contaminated coolants.

SmartSkim Retrofits Existing Equipment

2011-07-13T06:42:00.000-07:00

Do you have an oil water separator that you don’t use to its capacity due to poor skimming techniques? Do you have a coolant recycling system that has been abandoned due to the centrifuge or coalescer not working or requiring too much ongoing maintenance? With the assistance of our SmartSkim technologies, you can greatly enhance existing equipment and make it a productive part of your facility again.

“As customers come to us looking for solutions to remove contaminants from their industrial fluids, we often find that they already have equipment in their facility that could be used in creating a solution with the assistance of some retrofitting from our technology,” commented Bill Gimbel, V.P. of Sales for SmartSkim. “We make the best skimmers and separators in the industry. However, if a customer has already invested in a previous piece of equipment, they usually don’t want to completely walk away from that investment. Oftentimes they end up buying our skimmer to use with the separator that they purchased elsewhere. While we would have preferred to sell them the entire SmartSkim system, we know that they are now utilizing their previous investment. When they go to buy that next oil water separator system, they will come to SmartSkim for the entire package. This also fits into our philosophy of having long-term relationships with our customers.”

In addition to bringing life to underutilized oil water separators, SmartSkim has done extensive work with equipment used to recycle machining coolants. SmartSkim has been able to re-start systems that were shut-down due to the high cost of maintenance. Coolant recycling systems with centrifuge technology often sit idle due to a maintenance staff’s inability to keep up with the constant cleaning requirements of centrifuges. “We’ll replace the centrifuge with our low maintenance, all stainless steel coalescer. Customers notice no real change in performance, but a significant reduction in maintenance,” commented Gimbel. “We also have rare-earth magnetic products that do a great job of removing metallic fines. Metallic fines can do extensive damage to tooling if not removed from dirty coolant. Many older recycling systems were built prior to today’s rare-earth technologies.”

To find out more information about SmartSkim and their products, check out their website at www.smartskim.com or call them at 1-800-663-2167.

SmartSkim Annouces Asia Pacific Partnership

2011-04-22T12:39:00.000-07:00

SmartSkim announced a partnership with C.S. Engineering of Thailand to promote and sell it's coolant recycling systems through the Asia Pacific region. "C.S. Engineering will be both a user and distributor of our coolant recycling systems. C.S. Engineering visited our operations and customers in U.S. and was extremely impressed with the results that our systems provide," commented Mark Kluis, CEO of SmartSkim.

SmartSkim is headquartered in Madison, WI.

SmartSkim Brings on European Distributor

2011-02-28T12:00:00.000-08:00

SmartSkim is pleased to announce the addition of European Filter Solutions Ltd. as their new distributor for Europe. European Filter Solutions is located in Doncaster, UK, and is headed up by Bill Dawson, a veteran in the filtration industry. "We are pleased to have Mr. Dawson and his organization representing our product line in Europe," commented Mark Kluis, CEO of SmartSkim. "Their organization works with many local and multi-national companies that have a tremendous need in their operations for our products."

European Filter Solutions will sell SmartSkim's line of coolant recycling systems, oil-water separators, and floating suction skimmers.

European Filter Solutions can be reached at +44 (0)1302 746545

SmartSkim Magnetic Filters extend tool life and reduce costs for coolant filtering

2010-11-05T10:56:00.000-07:00

Do sumps filled with sludge and swarf have you gasping for air? Breathe easier with a SmartSkim magnetic filtering system. Save money, save wear and tear on your tools, and help the environment all at the same time.

The SmartSkim high-power neodymium rare-earth magnetic filtering system will remove the metal fines in your coolant, and the potentially rancid bacteria they create, and your sludge will become one less conern for your operations and your workers.

Keeping coolant clean can be a daunting task. As coolant runs through machinery, it naturally picks up metal fines and other scrap. If left unfiltered, sludge and swarf will accumulate at the bottom of your sumps.

Removing sludge from sumps is a laborious, time-consuming and frankly, distasteful task. Costs for the process add up quickly: production stops and old coolant must be removed before cleaning the sump. After the sludge is removed, it must be collected, transported and disposed.

SmartSkim has worked with hundreds of machining shops to provide our in-line rare-earth magnets that attack the small fines in your slurry before it becomes sludge or swarf.

Contact us today at 800-663-2167 to get more information.

SmartSkim Opens West Cost Office

2010-09-10T04:41:00.000-07:00

SmartSkim is pleased to announce the opening of it's new office in San Marcos, CA, to serve the Western United States. "We feel that there has been untapped potential for our product lines out West. While we have a base of customers on the West Coast, the lack of a physical presence has prevented us from gaining greater market share," indicated Mark Kluis, CEO of SmartSkim. "Regulatory issues such as SB14 in California have driven companies to find solutions to reduce the amount of fluid waste that they produce and transport offsite. Our products, such as our machine coolant recycling equipment, allow our customers to extend the life of their industrial fluids, therefore reducing their annual waste."

SmartSkim is a leader in oil water separators, machine coolant recycling systems, and floating suction skimmers.

SmartSkim can be reached at 800-663-2167.

Universal Separators, Inc. Featured in Fabricating and Metalworking Magazine

2009-03-07T15:49:00.000-08:00

Universal Separators, Inc. and it's SmartSkim product line were featured in the March '09 edition of Fabricating and Metalworking Magazine. The article discusses the partnership between Houghton International and Universal Separators that allowed for PHB Machining of Fairview, PA, to dramatically reduce operational costs. Between a new machining coolant from Houghton, and a new SmartSkim Coolant Recycler from Universal Separators, PHB was able to reduce its machine cover replacements by 75-80% and coolant usage by 75%.

For the entire article, click on the link below:

http://www.fandmmag.com/publication/article.jsp?pubId=1&id=3117&pageNum=1
(please note that there are 2 pages for the article)

SmartSkim Featured in Process Cleaning Magazine

2009-02-12T08:25:00.000-08:00

Universal Separators is please to announce that its large shop CoolantLoop 2000 Coolant Recycling System was featured in the Jan/Feb 2009 edition of Process Cleaning Magazine. The CoolantLoop 2000 is typically deployed in machining shops with a large number of machining centers (50 or more) or shops with exceptionally large sumps.

SmartSkim to Exhibit at Wisconsin Machine Tool Show

2009-01-05T16:52:00.000-08:00

Universal Separators, Inc., manufacturer of the SmartSkim Coolant Recycler, is pleased to announce that it will showcase it's newly released Small Shop Recycler at the Wisconsin Machine Tool Show. The show is scheduled for October 6-8, 2009, at the State Fair Park in Milwaukee, WI.

Universal Separators to Exhibit at FNA 2008 Show

2008-07-09T12:05:00.000-07:00

Universal Separators, Inc. will be an exhibitor at the Furnaces North America 2008 Show. The show will be hosted at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel & Convention Center, October 21-22, 2008 in Nashville, Tennessee. Universal Separators, through it’s SmartSkim product line, is a supplier to many furnace manufacturers in the heat treating industry. The SmartSkim oil separators are considered by many to be the most efficient equipment in removing contaminants from industrial fluids.
Universal Separators will be located in booth #509.

Coolant Recycling on the Rise

2008-05-01T12:03:00.000-07:00

Rising costs of machine coolants has caused more manufacturing firms to explore coolant recycling options.
Universal Separators, the manufacturer of the SmartSkim® coolant recycling systems has noticed a remarkable rise in inquiries and sales of their CoolantLoops. "Over the past 12 months more companies are realizing that coolant recycling programs have mulitple benefits and an extremely short pay back period," commented Mark Kluis, Universal Separators' President and General Manager. "In addition to reducing their coolant purchases by 50-75%, companies also reap the financial windfall of not paying for their contaminated fluids to be hauled away. Safer working conditions are an additional benefit of having machine coolants go through a filtration process."

Major Bangalore Heat Treater Places Additional Order

2008-04-18T12:03:00.000-07:00

Universal Separators, Inc. is pleased to announce that a large global heat treating company has placed a second order for the SmartSkim V3 Vertical oil separator. The order comes one month after the receipt and installation of their first SmartSkim V3. Both units will be used for their operations in Bangalore, India.

Major Southern California Aerospace Company Receives Shipment of Two Coolant Recycling Units

2008-04-02T11:40:00.000-07:00

A major aerospace company received shipment of two SmartSkim CoolantLoop Recycling Systems. The units will be used in the company’s titanium machining operations. In addition to taking receipt of the units, the company’s personnel also received on-site training from Universal Separators.

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Universal Separators Launches Small Shop Coolant Recycler

2008-03-14T12:02:00.000-07:00

Universal Separators, Inc. announces the release of their new SmartSkim® CL-S300 CoolantLoop Recycling System. "Over the past few years we have received numerous requests from smaller machine shops that are interested in recycling their coolant" commented Mark Kluis, Universal Separator's President and General Manager. "In an effort to meet their needs, we created a system with lower capacity and throughput, but with the same functionalities of our larger systems. The response from customers receiving our initial shipments has been extremely positive," commented Kluis.
Worldwide launch of CL-S300 began on March 1, 2008.