Cooling system and method for machine tools
AssigneeJames Gosselin
InventorsJAMES GOSSELIN, JAKE HAGELSTEIN
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Abstract
A clamping system for machine tools includes a body portion configured to be received in a holding fixture of a machine, a tool holder integrally formed with and extending longitudinally from the body portion, the tool holder having a mounting mechanism on a distal end thereof for receiving a cutting tool, at least one fluid delivery vein extending through the tool holder from the body portion to the distal end of the tool holder, and at least one outlet at the distal end of the tool holder, the at least one outlet being configured to direct a fluid from the at least one fluid delivery vein toward at least one of the cutting tool and a workpiece.
Claims20
A clamping system for machine tools, comprising:
- a body portion configured to be received in a holding fixture of a machine;
- a tool holder integrally formed with and extending longitudinally from said body portion, said tool holder having a mounting mechanism on a distal end thereof for receiving a cutting tool;
- at least one fluid delivery vein extending through said tool holder from said body portion to said distal end of said tool holder;
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- at least one outlet at said distal end of said tool holder, said at least one outlet being configured to direct a fluid from said at least one fluid delivery vein toward at least one of said cutting tool and a workpiece.
A clamping system for machine tools, comprising:
- a body portion configured to be received in a holding fixture of a machine;
- a tool holder integrally formed with and extending longitudinally from said body portion, said tool holder having a mounting bore in a forward facing end thereof for receiving a cutting tool;
- a plurality of fluid delivery veins extending through said tool holder from said body portion to said forward facing end;
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- a plurality of outlets in said forward facing end, each of said outlets corresponding to a respective one of said fluid delivery veins;
- wherein said outlets are configured to direct a flow of fluid from said fluid delivery veins in a direction generally towards a cutting tool-workpiece interface.
A method for manufacturing a clamping system for machine tools, comprising the steps of:
- utilizing an additive manufacturing processing, integrally forming a tool holder with a body portion, said body portion being configured to be received in a holding fixture of a machine and said tool holder extending longitudinally from said body portion and having a mounting bore on a distal end thereof for receiving a cutting tool;
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- with said additive manufacturing process forming at least one fluid delivery vein within said tool holder that extends through said tool holder from said body portion to said distal end of said tool holder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.