Mechanical support strip cleaner for cleaning support strips of work piece supports on machine tools

摘要

The cleaner (1) has cleaning member carriers (16, 17), each comprising a cleaning member. A parallel drive moves the cleaning members and a support rail (2) relative to each other and moves transversely relative to longitudinal axis (5) of the support rail to remove deposits from the support rail by the units of the cleaning member. A transverse drive periodically moves the cleaning member carriers and the support rail toward and away from each other and transversely relative to lateral longitudinal faces (6, 7) of the support rail. An independent claim is also included for a method for cleaning a mechanical support rail of a workpiece support in a machine tool.