Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Swarf Removal

Hi Jeff:
The concept is good!
You will have a helluva time though, with chips getting snarled up in the
potato sacks.
Routing it to catch the bulk of the chips without interfering with the
machine is another problem.
Cheers

Marcus

PS: Sure you can ask!! That's half the fun for all of us; picking through
our problems collectively and hearing about all the possible solutions.
As one of our contributors says: "no problem too small to baffle this
expert" (I'd credit it, but I can't remember offhand who it is)
-----Original Message-----
From: rocketsmith@... <rocketsmith@...>
To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 2:29 AM
Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Swarf Removal

>As helpful as you folks are, I don't think I should ask for help
>without contributing, even if I'm new at this and can only submit
>ideas. That being said:
>
>One problem I've seen mentioned on several websites is the need to
>periodically stop a machine tool to remove cuttings or"swarf" which
>builds up on the ways of the tool and has to be cleared. I've been
>gutting a lot of old printers for steppers and electronics, and it
>occured to me that the tractor paper drive from an old printer would
>make a nice basis for a conveyor belt to remove swarf as it is
>produced. This would be especially adaptable to lathes, where a porous
>belt- made from a nylon mesh bag, say for potatoes- located under
>the bed would move the swarf out past the chip tray and dump it in a
>hopper. A porous belt would allow for coolant to fall through and be
>recirculated. The larger diameter rubber paper rollers might be useful
>if you wanted your swarf conveyor to go over the ways and return under
>the bed. A DPDT relay could turn on the conveyor at the same time the
>coolant pump is activated.
>
>
>Thanks for being here to help,
>
>Jeff Hayes
>