Aluminum

A 4-hi intermediate hot reversing mill was producing over 3 million lbs of aluminum per day for can body and end stock, trailer roof, and building products. The aluminum producer converted to Quaker's rolling oil, ALUSHIELD® IHM-2000 and experienced a annual cost savings of $60,000. Read More...

An aluminum rolling mill with a conventional three mill hot line was looking to convert its coolant. Since converting to Quaker's rolling oil, ALUSHIELD™ RHM-2000, no biocide additions have been necessary and overall mill cleanliness has improved. Read More...

An aluminum mill was producing over 1 billion pounds of aluminum with a 150,000-gallon coolant system utilizing a single stand breakdown reversing mill feeding a four-stand tandem hot mill. Read More...

A major manufacturer of anodized, quality critical, hot rolled aluminum was looking for a way to increase tandem mill reductions using their existing equipment but without experiencing quality defects associated with lubrication failure at higher roll forces. The development of the QUAKERAL® THM Series of aluminum hot rolling lubricants resulted in total benefits equal to 5 times the rolling oil cost. Read More...