With the launch of its new coolant called Tresor, Motorex met with Michael Rocker, chemist, Berufsgenossenschaft Metall Nord Süd (BGM), Mainz and talked about skin disorders associated with the use of coolants. You can see the wholeinterview here.
Skin disorders caused by coolants – contact eczemas, as they are known – are generally multifactorial in nature. Depending on the damaging factors in each case, we refer to allergic, toxic, irritant or degenerative changes in the skin, and mixed forms are common. The period between first contact with the coolant and the appearance of a skin disorder can range from a week to 30 years. Allergic contact eczemas are characterized by the fact that the skin reaction persists throughout life, in many cases forcing the sufferer to give up their job if the allergen cannot be avoided.
Michael Rocker answers a few very important topics such as:
- Costs incurred by industry in Europe each year as a result of productivity losses due to skin disorders
- Future development of biocidecontaining coolants
- Future regulations mean for industrial companies and operators
- Future prospects for a product such as MOTOREX TRESOR PMC® 100, which is free of boron, amines and biocides and that limits microbial growth by other means
- Current position concerning coolants containing boric acid with regard to the Biocides Directive in 2014
- and more..
If the Green revolution interests you, you can discover the whole product here.
I’m going to meet Motorex tomorrow… I’ll come back to you as soon as possible with other news about this new era of cooling that just started.
Cheers py
PS: By the way, you can download the article about Tresor that is published in the current issue of Eurotec here.
