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News Release from: Roschiwal + Partner Ingenieur | Subject: Cutting tools chip disposal system
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 29 December 2005
Chips disposed of at cutting tool area
Machine tool chip processing system compacts chips permanently right where they are generated, while at the same time separating them from the cooling lubricant.
At EMO in Hanover, Roschiwal + Partner Ingenieur presented its concept for a chip processing system for machine tools The system compacts chips permanently right where they are generated, while at the same time separating them from the cooling lubricant
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 28 Dec 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Due to their large size, conventional chip processing systems often have to be placed in a separate area, and they are generally made up of a number of disparate components.
In contrast, the device developed at Roschiwal and Partner has been conceived from the start as a compact auxiliary unit, and as such can be employed wherever it is needed.
Particular emphasis has been placed on compact construction and the use of low-cost components.
The system is fully automated, and all the operator has to do is care for removal of the briquettes.
Advantages for the user: * Reduced volume (because of the chips are compressed), reduced weight (due to lower residual moisture), and as a result lower storage and trans-portation costs.
* Chips can be sold for more money, since the scrap recycling firm no longer has to separate them from the cooling lubricant.
* Less burn-off, since the briquette form has a lower surface area than loose chips.
* The time-consuming process to drain the cooling lubricant is no longer required.
* Cooling lubricant is reclaimed, and can be recycled.
* Functional description - before being compacted, the metal chips are shredded by an electrically-driven roller crusher.
Then the crushed chips move upwards on a vibrating conveyor, while the cooling lubricant flows downwards.
When the chips reach the end of the conveyor funnel they drop into a press cylinder.
An electric press drive functions as a piston, which compacts the chips in the press cylinder.
The piston carries out several strokes to create a pressed piece or briquette.
Built like an spindle press the nut is directly driven by an electric motor, while the spindle is rotatively locked.
After the cooling lubricant is separated from the chips it is collected in a container on the floor of the machine, thus enabling it to be reused.
At the EMO machine tool show, Roschiwal + Partner was looking for users inter-ested in becoming co-operation partners or licensees.
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