Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Swarf Removal

It would work for a lathe but I don't understand how you'd user it with a
mill. If you weren't cutting steel / iron then you could just stick a piece
of PVC tubing (A good cm or so wide) to the head on the mill and then hook
it up to the hover. If you used a wet and dry hover you could even use
coolant and then just put the contents of the hover through a siv when it
was full. Or you could fit the siv inside the tubing with some sort of dump
under it so it was like a gate. I've seen wet and dry over for £30 or so
over here from places like Clarke and all you could even have the controller
turn it on and off periodically. It'd take AGES for it to fill up, it takes
a minute or so to fill them emptying out a drain down their own hose. Be
pretty noisy though, but what are earmuff for if we don't have any noise to
muffle? You'd need to make a thingy to fit the PVC hose to the hover's tube
size (Technical hey?)

John

----- Original Message -----
From: "Marcus & Eva" <implmex@...>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 4:03 PM
Subject: 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
> >
>
>
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