Cost savings at the plant level don't stop at the lower cost of the fluid and its disposal. Because water-based hydraulic fluid consists of 10 parts water and one part synthetic additive, 5 gallons of additive mixes with water to make 100 gallons of water-based fluid. A 50gallon container is certainly easier to handle than two 55-gallon drums, so warehousing is simpler, cleaner, and less cluttered. Transportation costs also are lower.5 o: p# a6 |% N! e! ]
Other potential plant-wide savings include improved safety for workers because the water-based fluid is non-toxic as well as non-flammable. These attributes can reduce plant insurance rates. Spills cost less to clean up because granular absorbents or absorbent socks are unnecessary. Water is "hot" again# g# D" W* z4 c8 O
The oil embargo in the 1970s sparked interest in water-based fluids as a less-costly alternative to oils. Even the most expensive water additives became attractive when designers learned that one gallon of concentrate would make 20 gallons of fluid." Y9 y7 q& ?* d, r



傳統(tǒng)上水基液壓系統(tǒng)已經(jīng)應用在鋼鐵廠煉鐵領域。 這些產(chǎn)業(yè)中水基液壓系統(tǒng)的明顯的優(yōu)點是它們的耐火性。 而且水基液壓系統(tǒng)在費用上也優(yōu)于油基的液壓系統(tǒng)。 首先，無毒的、可被生物分解的綜合性添加劑每加侖花費5到6美元。一加侖集中可生成20加侖的5%溶液，因此實際上水基液壓流體的費用可以比油基的每加侖少30分。
在工廠的水平下，考慮到相關費用、防止和清理環(huán)境的污染，水基液壓系統(tǒng)擁有節(jié)省巨大成本的潛力。液壓油的泄漏已經(jīng)成為一個非常重要的問題。它必須被收集、妥善控制。不過，含有合成添加劑的水，可以傾倒入工廠的污水系統(tǒng)。' j, L, ~( D2 b9 O( l* `
在工廠水平下，節(jié)省成本不停留在流體的較低成本及其處理上。因為水基液壓液由十部分水和一部份合成添加劑， 5加侖添加劑與水的混合物構(gòu)成100加侖水基流體。 50加侖的容器當然比兩個55加侖的桶更容易處理，因此儲藏更簡單、更清潔、更不凌亂，運輸成本也較低。. J0 _7 ]2 i: Z# a