Are You Using A Centrifugal Oil Mist Collector On Your Mazak Machine Tool?
Discover A Better Solution For Your Oil Mist Collection Needs
There are thousands of Mazak Machine Tools in use worldwide using some type of mist collection system. You will soon learn why using a Centrifugal Mist Collector may be costing you both productivity and profitability.
Yamazaki Mazak, parent company of Kentucky based Mazak Corporation, is the leader in global CNC machine tool sales. Mazak helps manufactures improve productivity and cost-efficiency with a broad and innovative line of machine tool production equipment. Mazak offers inventive metalworking solutions for customers in a variety if industries such as aerospace, automotive and electronics. Mazak’s remarkable product line includes CNC Turning Centers, Vertical and Horizontal Machine Centers and High Velocity Machining Centers.
If you’re using a centrifugal mist collector on one of these outstanding machines, there are some things you should be aware of. A centrifugal mist collector, also known as a centifugal separator, operates by spinning a drum and fan blades. The fan sucks air laden with coolant mist into the spinning drum. This system has 2 major design flaws that cause problems. First, this system has high-speed spinning chambers for the oil mist to pass through that cause the unit to go out of balance and to vibrate and shake violently. Not what you want happening when you’re trying to produce precision parts. Secondly, the oil mist contamination is blown through moving parts that become gummed up and require constant cleaning and parts replacement.
Costly Replacements for Centrifugal Separators:
- motor mounts and torque-limiting straps
- silencer
- drum & drum pads
- lid seal
- ducting
- flange adaptors
- stands and suspension kits
A better solution for your Mazak Machine Tool is an electrostatic precipitation (ESP) mist collector like the Trion Mini Mist Eliminator. The Mini M.E. requires very little maintenance, no costly filter replacements and can be bolted to your machine enclosure and plugged into a standard outlet. Or you can wire it to your machine controls if you desire.
Want To Get More From Your Mazak Tool Machine?
- More Productivity? Unlike a centrifugal separator, the Mini M.E. doesn’t require hours of labor from your maintenance department and doesn’t make annoyingly loud vibration sounds to distract your machine operator.
- More Profitability? By being essentially vibration free, the Mini M.E. doesn’t interfere with your production process, allowing you to make quality parts from your machine tool.
- More Reliability? The Mini M.E. doesn’t have to be disassembled and rebuilt regularly like a centrifugal unit. All you have to do is occasionally clean the collector plates. The rugged Mini M.E. is built to last in harsh industrial environments without requiring lots of expensive replacement parts.


