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How Do Coolant Recycling Systems Work, and Which One Fits Your Shop?

Published October 1, 2026. Last updated October 1, 2026. How do coolant recycling systems work? A coolant recycling system takes used water-based coolant from your machine sumps, removes tramp oil and suspended solids, controls bacteria, and returns the fluid to the proper concentration for reuse in the machines, rather than sending it to a waste hauler. Systems that handle all […]

What Is Centralized Coolant Management and How Does It Improve OEE?

Written by Paul Montgomery, Marketing Leader at PRAB.  Reviewed by Mike Proos, Director of Engineering &Field Service.  Published 6/XX/2026.  Last updated 6/XX/2026.   Q: What is centralized coolant management, and how does it improve OEE? A: Centralized coolant management is the practice of filtering, conditioning, and recycling metalworking coolant from one central system that serves every machine in a plant, […]

What Dirty Coolant Costs Your Machines and People | PRAB

There’s a smell that anyone who has worked in a machine shop knows. It shows up on Monday mornings after the machines have been sitting idle all weekend. Dirty Coolant Costs, and it smells somewhere between rotten eggs and sour milk, and by mid-morning, you’ve stopped noticing it — which is part of the problem. That smell has a specific […]