Chip collecting apparatus for electrode tip dresser

摘要

In a chip collecting apparatus for a tip dresser of the present invention, the outer periphery of a dressing body is covered with a chip pickup case for taking hold of chips generated while electrode tips are dressed. A chip discharge port provided at the bottom of the chip pickup case is normally closed with a lid. The chips generated during the dressing operation accumulate on the bottom of the chip pickup case. When collecting the chips, an operator carries a chip collection vessel, opens the lid of the chip pickup case, and collects the dropped chips into the chip collection vessel. Even when a plurality of chip dressers is mounted, the chips can be collected together into the one chip collection vessel.