MMS – minimum quantity lubrication

DropsA MMS systems enable precise and environmentally friendly Minimum quantity lubrication for industrial metal processing. By specifically dosing minimal amounts of lubricant, you improve the efficiency, surface quality and service life of your tools - with significantly reduced lubricant consumption.

MaXtreme, MiQuel and other DropsA MMS solutions are ideal for milling, turning, sawing and drilling. With Minimum quantity lubrication Reduced costs for disposal and cleaning – with maximum process reliability and best performance.

Benefit from modern MMS technology for sustainable, clean and high-performance production – developed for the requirements of German industrial companies.

Minimum quantity lubrication from DropsA – your solution for future-oriented manufacturing.

Minimum quantity lubrication (MQL) brings tiny, precisely metered quantities of lubricant to the working point with compressed air, replacing large volumes of cutting fluid or pure oil flooding. The result is near-dry machining: the workpiece, chips and machine stay largely dry, and the cost of coolant, disposal and cleaning falls. DropsA offers a complete MQL family — from tool-side delivery through the spindle to portable units and container systems — so the right air-oil solution can be matched to the machine, the operation and the number of points.

Tool-side systems include H1 for air-oil lubrication through the spindle, 2C for multi-spindle machines, and MaXtreme for micro-aerosol delivery. Portable and flexible units such as Grip and the MLU bring MQL to machines without a built-in system, while VIP4Tools and VIP4Air provide container and air-oil supply with the mixing valve forming the air-oil flow. For chains, guides and bearings, MiQueL applies air-oil minimum quantity lubrication outside the cutting process.

MQL is used in metalworking and machine building — drilling, milling, turning, sawing and deep-hole operations — and for clean chain, guide and bearing lubrication. It suits production that benefits from dry chips and parts, a cleaner working environment and lower fluid costs, and underpins the move to near-dry machining.

The right MQL solution is selected by the operation (drilling, milling, turning), whether internal through-spindle or external lubrication is needed, the number of tools or points, and whether a built-in or portable unit suits the machine. Through-spindle work points to H1; multi-spindle machines to 2C; flexible, mobile use to Grip or the MLU; container supply to VIP4Tools. Our team is happy to help match the system to the application.