Overview

Maxion Wheels has been in business for over a century, and is the world’s leading manufacturer of steel and aluminum wheels for passenger, commercial & specialty vehicles, producing 55 million wheels a year in 15 countries across the globe. 

In the area of machining, they found that the use of synthetic coolant represented their highest raw material cost. Additionally, they detected that in the machining cells, there was oxidation in the mechanical parts as well as in guards and ball screws due to the contamination of the oil in the tanks of the machines, which ultimately would shorten their tool life. 

They knew they could potentially reduce their costs and extend the life of their equipment if they could find a recycling system with a proven tramp oil separator.