Oil Application

Have you tried contacting the oil company? They will have a number of handling suggestions.

Re: fumes and atomisation - if you atomise you're going to get fumes - that's the way it works - fumes are made up of vapour and tiny (<20nm) condensed droplets.

An alternative approach would be to protect your operator - whether with an NBC-type suit or in a separate room.

In Eurpoe, we would not be allowed to have such a process "in the open". The spraying would have to be done in a sealed chamber, without personnel access, and there would have to extraction with condensing and collecting of the oil vapour, which would have to be a) recycled round the system and/or b) disposed of correctly i.e. not vented to atmosphere.

As a minimum - get your operator into a suit with its own air supply.

Same rules here, however, some companies are either ignorant of the law or too cheap to protect the workers from a known carciogen such as oil.

I bet the workers have not even read the MSDS sheets for the chemicals they are working with.

Try Castor Oil

Hi grryvg

I do not know where you are.....the mist spry system does not work...if you lift the lower plates you will see that the oil has formed small circles and at places there is just none the mass pushes it out.IS the product you cut into plates mild steel for pressing plants..there is a machine that has been used for many a year that does just what you are asking...one type is german and the second from the usa...ask Ian currin on 0825554989 to assist and I am sure he will.

best

Thanks I will give him a call today an see if can help

I've been thinking - what you need are a set of rollers - "foam" covered - foam is oil soaked - plate gets coated both sides as it passes through. Such a machine could easily be added to the end of your process line. Life of foam dependent on material chosen - perhaps felt would be better.

There is an application called vapour Phase Corrosion Inhibitors. These VCIs come in many forms and can be applied to sheets and even enclosed spaces. Check the Google search with vapour phase corrosion Inhibitor and you will get excellent suppliers of VCIs for your application. The application is simple and designed to last under salt spray corrosion also.

application called vapour Phase Corrosion Inhibitors. These VCIs come in many

These are "Volitile Corrosion Inhibitors" and are impregnated in to plastic sheets, paper and bars. They would not be applied to the steel sheets directly. However, there are a multitude of chemical rust ihibitors out there like the Castrol product. They are rarley put on full strengh. You don't have to atomize the spray for effective application. Reducing the nozzle pressure may help.

Have you looked into the possibility of using an electrostatic oiler?

Please can you contact me on 011 - 4885265 or 0834015265. Or alternatively, send me your contact details and I will get in touch with you. My e-mail address is satha.govender@castrol.com.

Kind regards.

Satha Govender

Technical Services Manager