COOLANT AND CHIP SEPARATOR APPARATUS

摘要

A separator apparatus is provided for a cutting machine which separates chips from coolant, wherein the separator includes a fluid chamber into which an airborne mixture of chips and coolant driven by an airflow enters via an entry port, the separator apparatus being configured to: sufficiently slow the speed of the airborne mixture once inside the chamber so that the chips and coolant separate out from the airflow; retain the chips and coolant released from the airborne mixture in the fluid chamber; and allow air from the airborne mixture to exit the fluid chamber via an air outlet; wherein the fluid chamber includes a chip collector which captures the chips and enables the chips to be separated and removed from the coolant in the chamber; and wherein the fluid chamber includes a coolant outlet through which coolant, from which the chips have been removed, is able to exit.

主权项

1. A separator apparatus for a cutting machine which separates chips from coolant, wherein the separator includes a fluid chamber into which an airborne mixture of chips and coolant driven by an airflow enters via an entry port, said separator apparatus being configured to:
sufficiently slow the speed of the airborne mixture once inside said chamber so that the chips and coolant separate out from the airflow; retain the chips and coolant released from the airborne mixture in the fluid chamber; and allow air from the airborne mixture to exit the fluid chamber via an air outlet;wherein said fluid chamber includes a chip collector which captures the chips and enables the chips to be separated and removed from said coolant in the chamber, wherein the chip collector comprises:
a conveyor travelling within a chip conduit; and a least one tapered surface which captures the chips and directs them through an opening at the lower end of the tapered surface and through an opening in the chip conduit and onto the conveyor for exit from the fluid chamber; andwherein said fluid chamber includes a coolant outlet through which coolant, from which the chips have been removed, is able to exit.