Apparatus and method for hydraulically fed cuttings removal and

Details Apparatus and method for hydraulically fed cuttings removal and Apparatus and method for hydraulically fed cuttings removal and

1992-02-07

1993-04-27

Howell, Daniel W.

Gear cutting, milling, or planing

Milling

Process

29DIG94, 29DIG102, 82901, 408 1R, 408 67, 409137, B23Q 1100

Patent

active

052056864

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for the hydraulic removal and collection of cuttings from machine tool systems. The present invention provides a cutting removal and collection system comprising a housing at least partially enclosing a machine tool and a plurality of trays at the bottom of the housing for collecting the cuttings as they fall from the machine tool. Jets of fluid, such as a liquid coolant, are used to direct the cuttings along the trays and into a rotating drum. The drum has a hollow annular structure with fins disposed in an axial direction along its interior. The drum also has a perforated surface for allowing drainage of the fluid off of said cuttings and back into a tank positioned below the rotating drum. As the drum rotates, the fins carry the cuttings in the circumferential direction of rotation. Once the cuttings are carried to a certain height, gravity causes the cuttings to fall onto a drop tray positioned along a horizontal chord of the rotating drum. The cuttings then slide off or are pushed off the drop tray into a collection drum.

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