Device for chip removal for a machine tool and manufacturing system

A chip removal device for a machine tool, comprising:

• a movable chip cart having a receptacle for a chip basket,
• a chip cart bay for the chip cart, and
• a connector piece between an opening of the chip basket and a chip removal opening of a working space of the machine tool for removing chips from the working space,
• wherein the chip basket is removable from the chip cart,
• wherein the chip cart bay is arranged in an enclosure of the machine tool,
• wherein the connector piece is displaceable between a release position in which the chip cart is movable out of the chip cart bay and an operating position in which the connector piece and the chip cart are coupled for chip transfer from the working space into the chip cart,
• wherein the chip cart comprises along its vertical extension a chassis, a cutting fluid handling section, and the receptacle for the chip basket,
• wherein the cutting fluid handling section is disposed between the chassis and the receptacle,
• wherein the receptacle encloses the chip basket on several sides, and
• wherein the cutting fluid handling section has an operating opening that is accessible for an operator even with the chip cart being disposed at the chip cart bay.

A manufacturing system for machining workpieces, comprising:

• at least one machine tool, which is configured for multi-axis machining and which has a tool holder and a workpiece holder which can be moved relative to one another in at least three axes in a working space of the machine tool, and
• a chip removal device, comprising:
• a movable chip cart having a receptacle for a chip basket,
• a chip cart bay for the chip cart, and
• a connector piece between an opening of the chip basket and a chip removal opening of the working space for removing chips from the working space,
• wherein the chip basket is removable from the chip cart,
• wherein the chip cart bay is arranged in an enclosure of the machine tool, and
• wherein the connector piece is displaceable between a release position in which the chip cart is movable out of the chip cart bay and an operating position in which the connector piece and the chip cart are coupled for chip transfer from the working space into the chip cart,
• wherein the chip removal device is arranged at least substantially below the working space of the machine tool,
• wherein the chip cart bay is arranged below the chip removal opening of the working space so that a free, gravity-assisted chip transfer towards the chip basket along a chip removal path is enabled, and
• wherein the chip removal device further comprises:
• a movable cutting fluid pan, and
• an underfloor bay for the movable cutting fluid pan,
• wherein the receptacle of the chip cart is arranged above the movable cutting fluid pan, and
• wherein the cutting fluid pan is movable out of the underfloor bay when the chip cart is moved out of the chip cart bay.