Filtering unit for a filtering chip conveyor
AssigneeLns Management Sarl
InventorsLoic Pluvinage, Carlo Colombo
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Abstract
A filter unit, or more specifically, a filter box for a chip conveyor for conveying cutting chips that are produced in the operation of a machine tool, such as a lathe or the like. More specifically, the exemplary filter unit has at least one internally located brush that is used for removing different types of chips contained in a coolant fluid and/or cutting oil used in machine tools during metal working through mechanical brushing and jolting the surface of the filtration element(s) of the filter unit. A chip conveyor and a method of filtering cutting fluid in a filtering chip conveyor is also disclosed.
Claims14
A filter unit for a filtering chip conveyor, the filter unit comprising:
- a plurality of walls collectively defining an interior space of the filter unit;
- at least one filtration element comprising a filtration region having a plurality of first openings extending through a first wall for permitting cutting fluid to pass through the filtration element while not permitting chips with given dimensions to pass through the filtration element, the first wall having an internal side facing the interior space;
- at least one second opening extending through a second wall for allowing cutting fluid within the interior space of the filter unit to pass out of the filter unit through the second opening;
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- at least one brush located within the interior space of the filter unit, the brush being arranged to brush the internal side of the first wall to remove cutting chips from clogging the filtration element, wherein the brush is arranged to move from side to side within the interior space of the filter unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.