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CASE STUDY

Achieving India’s

medical industry

cutting edge

Meeting the challenge of A edge to be profitable. Every phase of and tapping stainless steel, titanium,
HEALTHY INDIA the operation falls under scrutiny to Inconel and other nickel-based alloys,
The pandemic has underscored two optimize production. Focusing on proper and engineered composites common to
important missions for India: that coolant selection is a way metalworking medical device manufacturing. Reliable
of its ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ vision to manufacturers can eliminate production data has shown that with the right TRIM
create a healthy India with a universal issues, lower costs, reduce waste, fluid, customers have saved up to 30%
health care system; and the ‘Make in and increase profits. To that end, we to 40% on coolant cost, even doubled
India’ self-reliance initiative to reduce interviewed Master Fluid Solutions India or tripled sump and tool life, reduced or
dependence on foreign imports. Even for their feedback on this important issue. eliminated disposal costs, and decreased
as India’s medical industry rapidly costly downtime– all while producing
evolved in response to the COVID PROFITS FROM CUTTING EDGE flawless parts.
challenge, two-thirds of all its medical PRODUCTION, NOT CUTTING
equipment is imported. There is a new CORNERS ON PRODUCTION ‘MEDICAL MIRACLE’
era of enormous opportunity for India’s Metalworking manufacturers often NEOSYNTHETIC COOLANT
medical manufacturing industry to grow experience problems with dirty, unstable Master Fluid Solutions India’s
exponentially in the next decade. coolant and subsequently inconsistent revolutionary TRIM™ HyperSol™
parts finishing, costly parts rejection, 888NXT, a USDA Certified Biobased
PRODUCING PRISTINE foam, bacteria, fungus, foul odor, Product, machines titanium, alloys, and
EQUIPMENT AND parts shortened sump and tool life, and code stainless steel like never before. It lasts
For medical manufacturers the need compliance. Proper coolant selection can longer, makes production rates fly, and is
to produce the most pristine, reliable eliminate all these issues while lowering so lubricious it reduces costly tool wear.
parts to the most strict specifications fluid, tooling, downtime and disposal
is a must. The health, even the lives, of costs. Case 1: A European high-precision parts
patients depend on it. Though quality Master Fluid Solutions India produces manufacturer was looking to sharpen
can not be sacrificed, manufacturers a wide range of TRIM™ metalworking their competitive edge. Switching to
are needful of finding a competitive solutions for machining, grinding, drilling, HyperSol™ 888NXT for machining and

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