New Age Chemical, Ltd. was formed in 1985 and focuses its blending technology toward the metalworking fluids, hard surface cleaning, vibratory cleaning, and rust preventing segments of the manufacturing sector. Due to our expertise in technologies where plant based oils are preferred, we have developed many products for unique situations, such as soybean oil emulsions, soybean and canola oil based soluble oils, and soybean oil based hydraulic oils. We offer our customers a complete package including: product development, toll blending, warehousing, and shipping. A description of our capabilities follows:

New Age Chemical, Ltd. consists of a 22,000 sq. ft. state of the art building located in a convenient location in Delafield, Wisconsin. The blending area contains segregated blending kettles for each type of product manufactured. All additives are introduced into a product by weight to maximize blend accuracy, and drums are filled by weight to customer specifications. We also have inventory storage in the event the customer wishes to purchase additives themselves, and the New Age function is simply to blend. The facility has 3 shipping and receiving docks and a 20 ft. drive in bay.

BLENDING EQUIPMENT

The following blending equipment is available:

4 – 3,500 gallon ambient temperature mixing tanks with high shear propeller agitators and stainless steel pumps capable of handling high alkaline or acid water based solutions. Tanks are segregated into categories relative to pH and foaming characteristics. The categories of products that we blend are: alkaline products that are very low foaming, moderate foaming, and high foaming. We also have a segregated tank for making acid solutions such as burnishing compounds etc. The tanks are located below a mezzanine so that powdered additives may be added from the top.

2 – 1500 gallon ambient temperature mixing tanks similar to the above in design and use.

1 – 900 gallon stainless steel ambient temperature blending tank for solvent mixtures.

1 – 120 gallon stainless steel ambient temperature blending tank for prototype or small water based blends.

1 – 2000 gallon carbon steel ambient temperature blending tank with high shear agitation for soluble oil blends or micro-emulsions.

1 – 1000 gallon carbon steel heated tank for straight oil formulations.

1 – 1000 gallon poly blending tank with high shear agitation for vegetable oil based lubricants.

1 – Crepaco stainless steel colloid mill.

We also have a pressure washing facility for cleaning of returned totes for re-use if needed.

QUALITY CONTROL

Quality control checks are performed in the blending area Q.C. section. Tests are run on each batch of material prior to dispensing into a container. The tests performed are to the customers’ specifications, with a C of A sent to the customer on each batch. Retain samples of each batch are kept on hand for a period of 90 days for confirmation.

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

The New Age Laboratory is capable of developing proprietary products for customers wishing to solve a specific need. Our technical personnel will work closely with the customer to determine what the specific problems are, and the most cost effective way to provide a solution. Our expertise extends to metalworking fluids of all types, hard surface cleaners, vibratory compounds, mold releases, straight oils (mineral and vegetable based), and rust inhibitors.

Laboratory instrumentation and testing procedures include:

• Infra-red spectrophotometer
• Falex Pin and V Block tester
• Timken Load Tester
• pH
• Conductivity
• Salt Spray and Humidity Test
• Centrifugal Separation
• Vacuum Distillation
• Cadillac Rust Test
• SUS Viscosity
• Foam Stability and Reduction Tests
• Flash Point (Open and closed cup)
• Refractive Index
• Titration Tests

FIELD ASSISTANCE

New Age will send experienced problem solving personnel to the field to assist the customer with problem applications that require special solutions.