DEVICE FOR RECEIVING AND SEPARATING CHIPS CREATED BY MACHINE-TOOLS AND COOLANT (DRIVE)

摘要

The invention relates to a device for receiving and separating chips created by machine-tools and coolant, the coolant being redirected in order to be reused and the chips being carried away. The inventive device comprises: a receiving tank (1) for receiving the chips and the coolant; a rising guiding section (3) which is connected to the receiving tank (1); a raised output section (4) connected to the guiding section (3); a chain-type, closed transport element which is guided at least into the region receiving the chips and the coolant, and into the output section (4), by means of deviation elements (6, 7), at least one of said deviation elements being coupled to a rotating drive; and a rotatably mounted filter drum (12) which is connected to the transport element in a driven manner. The aim of the invention is to provide a solution which enables the bearing load of the filter drum to be reduced in one such device, and to enable a filter cake to be formed on the outer side of the circumference of the drum in spite of the continuously rotating transport element, said filter cake positively influencing the filter action. To this end, the transport element is guided on guiding rails (13) along the filter drum (12), at a radial distance therefrom, and interspaced co-operating driving elements are provided on the transport element and on the filter drum (12), said driving elements only acting on the filter drum (12) in the circumferential direction.