Device for holding and separating chippings and cooling liquid accumulating on machine tools (conveyance)

• Main Author: KROONEN WIEL E. H.,SIEBEN RENE M.,SOUREN RIMMOND H. B.,WELTEN WILHELMUS J. C
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 11.07.2007
• Subjects: COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOTDIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT; DETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g.ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING; MACHINE TOOLS; MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OFPARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; SEPARATION; TRANSPORTING

The invention relates to a device for holding and separating chippings and cooling liquid accumulating on machine tools, comprising: a holding tank (1) for holding the chippings and cooling liquid; a guide section (2); a discharge section (3), a chain-like closed conveying element (4), which is guided over return elements of which at least one is coupled to a rotating drive, and; a rotationally mounted filter drum (9) that is drive-connected to the conveying element. A covering element (11), which is invertedly channeled and which is parallel to the axis of the filter drum, is mounted in a fixed manner in the lower area of the filter drum (9), and extends at least over a portion of the length of the filter drum (9). The covering element (11) sealingly communicates, at its one end, with an opening in one wall of the drum housing, and the opening is connected to a suction line (17) that, in turn, is connected to a suction element (18), which is situated at a higher level and which discharges into a collection tank (19).