MATERIAL COLLECTION METHOD AND MATERIAL COLLECTION APPARATUS

• Main Authors: JEREMY WILLEY, STEVEN SUPALLA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 06.02.2014
• Subjects: CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CLEANING; CLEANING IN GENERAL; COFFEE MILLS; COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOTDIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; DETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g.ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; FURNITURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; MACHINE TOOLS; MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OFPARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL; SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING; WELDING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent by-products produced as a result of machining from adhering to a workpiece or system optics and thereby from degrading quality of the workpiece and performance of the machine.SOLUTION: An apparatus for collecting material from a workpiece 106 being machined includes a fluid nozzle 200 for inducing a flow of a fluid, and a collection nozzle 202. The collection nozzle 202 includes a motive nozzle for accelerating a first portion of the fluid flow, and an induced-suction nozzle for receiving a second portion of the fluid flow. A suction force can be generated in the vicinity of the induced-suction nozzle one the basis of the accelerated first portion of the fluid flow. The suction force can be sufficient to carry at least a portion of the material away from the workpiece 106.