STLE's Metalworking Fluid Management Program
STLE’s Metalworking Fluid Management Program is a two and a half-day education program (typically held in February or March of each year) that offers a solid overview of metalworking fluid management and is tailored to provide industry professionals with a comprehensive look at the latest techniques and practices that are sure to improve their metalworking fluid operation.
Topics generally covered in the program include:
- Metalworking Fluid Operations Overview
- Metalworking Fluid Chemistry
- Tankside Additives
- Metalworking Fluid Microbiology
- Microbial Contamination Control
- Introduction to Metalworking Fluid Toxicology & Industrial Hygiene
- Straight Oil Metalworking Fluids
- Challenges in Dealing with GHS
- Metalworking Fluid Mist
- Microbe Health Effects
- Understanding and Controlling Metalworking Fluid Failure
- Metalworking Fluid Condition Monitoring
- Fluid Condition Management
- Metalworking Fluid Management Technologies
- Machine Tool Fluid System Design
- Waste Treatment
Registration includes the full training book with presentation slides as well as instructor notes, a 50-question exam to be conducted at the conclusion of the program, and three metalworking fluids case studies on the final day. Books are provided in either printed or digital format.
**Optional STLE Certified Metalworking Fluids Specialist (CMFS) exam sitting is held after the program
(not included in the registration and requires separate registration).**
The Metalworking Fluid Management Program does not prepare attendees to take the CMFS Exam! The exam requires much more in-depth knowledge of metalworking fluids topics than the instructors have time to cover in the two and a half-day education program, and therefore the exam is only recommended to those with an extensive experience in metalworking fluids management and applications.