Chip Grabber™ Receives Patent for New Approach To Remove Chips/Oil from Coolant Sump

New compact unit contains patented technology to create a lower-cost solution than existing skimmers or drag-outs

Cleveland, OH, April 5, 2005 – Abanaki Corporation, the world leader in oil skimming products, has received a patent for the technology innovation it uses to separate and remove chips from coolant sumps. Originally introduced in October, 2003, the Chip Grabber™ easily mounts to the side of virtually any machining center coolant sump. Using an existing opening or through a small access cutout, the unit's plastic collector tube runs through the surface of the coolant collecting tramp oil. It snakes along the tank bottom and picks up ferrous steel chips and swarf. The chips are collected in a waste container.

The secret to the unit is its proprietary tube technology. For the first time, a skimmer pickup media is both oleophilic (attracting tramp oils) and highly magnetic (attracting steel chips). Traditional oil skimmers just remove oil. Drag-out machines that had been used to address the problem are large and expensive, making them impractical for a single machine tool. The Chip Grabber is compact, designed for individual machines. Its size and effectiveness over other methods allows metalworking operations to save thousands of dollars.

The Chip Grabber features a fan-cooled continuous duty motor and collector tube allowing a reach of four feet; longer lengths are also available.

For more information about Chip Grabber or other Abanaki products, contact us at (440) 543-7400 or (888-ABANAKI), or by e-mail: skimmers@abanaki.com. See the full-line of Abanaki products and services online at www.abanaki.com\015.

About Abanaki Corporation: Abanaki, the world leader in oil skimmer products, manufactures a wide range of products to remove oils, greases, solvents, and related hydrocarbons from water. Skimmer models are available with removal rates ranging from 1 to 200 gallons per hour in both stationary and portable systems. Use of Abanaki equipment often allows water, oil and coolant to be recycled, thus avoiding contingent liabilities and costs associated with disposal. Besides off-the-shelf oil and grease skimmers, Abanaki supplies custom designed (turnkey) pollution control systems for a wide variety of applications. Headquartered in Cleveland Ohio, Abanaki has served a global customer base in industries as diverse as iron and steel, wastewater, paper, food processing, automotive, environmental remediation, and recycling for more than 30 years.