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US 12,564,892 B2Granted
System for cooling a cutting wire
AssigneeSMO bvba
InventorArne Drabbé
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Abstract
Systems for cooling and directing a cutting wire. The systems include a water cooling box which permits cooling a cutting cable without any loss of cleaning/cooling fluid or contamination of the driving elements of the system. The systems also include a plurality of cutting wire directing elements which permit multiple cutting directions without derailing of the wire out of the guiding pulleys.
Claims17
A cutting wire water cooling box comprising:
- three sections separated by two divider elements;
- a first proximal opening for letting a cutting wire enter the first section and subsequently the second and third sections of the box;
- air-wipe located at the end of the third section of the cooling box;
- wherein the box further includes a bottom mounted nozzle and a top mounted air outlet, the first section of the cooling box having a top mounted nozzle and a bottom mounted water outlet.
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A method of cyclically cooling and cleaning a cutting wire during a cutting operation comprising the steps of:
- a. receiving the cutting wire through into a first wire directing element;
- b. passing the cutting wire through an object to be cut by said cutting wire;
- c. passing the cutting wire through a second wire directing element;
- d. receiving the cutting wire in the water cooling box through the first opening;
- e. spraying the cutting wire with water sprayed through the top mounted nozzle;
- and,
- f. passing through the air-wiper located at the distal end of the water cooling box and out of the water cooling box through the second opening of said water cooling box.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.