Service for oil and water coolers

Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Mar 7, 2006

Service covers spares, complete systems and repairs for coolers in CNC machining centres, grinders, broaching machines, lathes, milling and EDM machines, reducing maintenance time and costs.

ZF Industrial has been awarded the UK distributorship for Habor Oil and Water Coolers and offers a complete service covering supply of spares, complete systems and on and off-site repairs across the UK.

The service aims to help customers with existing Habor coolers in CNC machining centres, grinders, broaching machines, lathes, milling and EDM machines reduce maintenance time and costs.

Available with or without tanks, the oil coolers provide high levels of cooling capacity with low space requirements while the water coolers maintain the correct temperature of spindles and cutting surfaces without exhausts or tanks.

"The new distributorship deal with Habor is the logical progression for ZF Industrial as we increase our presence in the machine tool market", said ZF Technical Sales Engineer, David Morgan.

"We are well known for supplying gearboxes, brakes and clutches to UK industries and have continued to expand our offering to include the supply of custom high precision gearheads and oil coolers".

"However, in response to the demands from our customers with existing Habor units fitted to their machines, we now supply both oil and water coolers backed up with extensive stocking of spare parts, a new system specification service, maintenance programme management as well as repairs both on and off site".

The service from ZF fills a gap in the market where manufacturers may be aware that their current coolers are under performing, but spares, repairs or replacements may not be available in the time scales required to avoid significant impact on output.

With constant demands in manufacturing for increased output and improved accuracy, machinery is operating at higher speeds, making monitoring and controlling the resulting effects of heat on spindles and tools ever more important.

ZF has a range of five oil coolers, which includes the HBO Series units for hydraulic and lubrication oil that control the thermal expansion of spindles in CNC grinding, broaching, punching, woodworking machines and high-speed lathes.

By reducing heat deformation and maintaining spindle centre, the units ensure output quality and a longer service life for the machine.

Compact, easy to fit and available with or without tanks for flexibility, units can provide up to 15,000kcal/hr cooling capacity.

The range of oil coolers also includes the HK series for cooling cutting and grinding liquid in CNC machining centres, grinding machines and laser and cutting machines.

By avoiding increases in operating temperature, the coolers prevent deterioration of the liquid and their open coil design reduces the risk of blockages and potential damage.

The HE series is more for maintaining stability of the fluid in electro discharge machining systems, reducing wastage of the electrode and improving output quality while reducing pollution and risk of fire.

There are four models in the water cooler range providing up to 15,000kcal/hr cooling capacity with a choice fixed temperature control operation of 10 to 40C or differential temperature control of -10 to +10C.

These are also available as vertical types without water tanks (HWV series) or with water tanks (HWK series).

For applications where space is restricted, ZF supplies the horizontal HWH series including models that provide 1000kcal/hr cooling capacity from units with the dimensions of 540 by 400 by 300mm and the largest horizontal model that offers cooling rates of 4500kcal/hr from a unit with dimensions of 710 by 540 by 570mm.