A system for collecting shaving remnants and excess lubrication fluids emanating from a mechanical cutting machine, comprising a catch basin, drain filter, quick connection couplings, fluid reservoir, and pump system for reticulating captured lubricating fluid. The catch basin securely fastens to a cutting machine, while the removable backsplash is deployed at an upstanding angle relative to the catch basin in order to capture superfluous materials liberated from a pipe threading, reaming or cutting tool work piece. The backsplash doubles as a sealable lid capable of retaining the contents of the catch basin eliminating unwanted spillage and allowing for safe transport. The fluid is filtered and collected within the fluid reservoir, whereafter a pump draws the oil through a second filter element to reuse the lubricating fluid in the tool operation to create a closed loop system. Quick connect fittings compartmentalize the system to prevent leaks during maintenance or service.

A chip conveyor, which reduces the discharge amount of a cutting liquid by a simple structure, includes a storage tank in which chips and cutting liquid are stored; an endless conveyor main body which connects both end portions of a number of hinge plates in a front-back direction to each other by a hinge and circularly moves through a climbing portion from an inside of the storage tank by a driving mechanism; and a control device which controls driving of the driving mechanism, in which, in the conveyor main body, multiple scraping plates formed in a standing state with respect to the hinge plate are disposed with an interval in an advancing direction, and in which the scraping plates are formed along a width direction of the conveyor main body and have one or more through portions through which the cutting liquid passes within the width interval thereof.

Disclosed is a system for removing and collecting finely cut chips. The system can scrape and collect cutting oil and finely cut chips accumulated under a cutting apparatus using a scraper moving in a predetermined direction, separately discharge and reuse only cutting oil using a holed plate having holes smaller than finely cut chips, and separately collect and handle only the finely cut chips collected by the scraper.

The invention relates to a device for attachment to a metalworking device or a chip conveyor designed to capture fluid used in the machining process so that the fluid can be reused. More specifically, the cutting fluid catch mechanism provides a slanted surface such that the metal swarf, the pieces of metal or debris resulting from machining operations slides down the slanted surface but the cutting fluid is captured by the catch mechanism and directed to a cutting fluid reservoir where it can be filtered and reused.

A work machine includes: a bed having a table positioned on the upper surface thereof; sidewalls positioned to the left and right of the bed and projecting to the rear of the rear surface of the bed; support members for each supporting the bed in relation to a floor surface by using two points on the sidewalls to the left and right of the bed, and using at least one other point; a vertically moving body for moving along a pair of left and right vertical guides positioned in the vertical direction down to the vicinity of the floor surface on the rear surface of the bed; and a vertical drive means for moving the vertically moving body as one of the abovementioned relative movements, and having a pair of left and right feed screws positioned in parallel with the vertical guides.

To provide a cutting apparatus capable of effectively removing swarf that scatters in a machining space, while reducing cost.

A cutting apparatus includes: a machining mechanism on which a tool for machining a workpiece is mounted; a placement base that is disposed to face the machining mechanism in a machining space and that is movable in a first direction with the workpiece placed thereon; an open/close covering member that extends in the first direction thereby to contain therein the placement base and to form at least part of the machining space; and a drive mechanism that is isolated from the machining space and that moves the placement base in the first direction.

A screw conveyor that appropriately discharges chips inside cutting fluid includes: a main body in the form of a container provided with a storage tank; a screw rotatably assembled inside the storage tank; a discharge pipe formed at a rear side of the main body and connected to the storage tank; an inlet section configured to receive the chips and the cutting fluid into the storage tank at a front side; a guide plate configured to guide the chips and the cutting fluid to the screw; a screw cover provided with multiple fine holes configured to cover a space above the screw; and an opening formed in the storage tank at a position higher than the screw cover such that the cutting fluid enters inside the main body.

A scrap collection assembly for use with a fiber placement machine, including a scrap bin configured to receive scrap pieces of composite tape; a first roller assembly, including a roller configured to engage one side of a scrap piece of composite tape, coupled to the scrap bin; a second roller assembly, including another roller configured to engage an opposite side of the scrap piece of composite tape, coupled to the scrap bin, such that the rollers move to engage opposite sides of the scrap piece, pull the scrap piece from a fiber placement machine, and deposit the scrap piece in the scrap bin.

A machine tool includes a spindle to which a tool is attached, and a table configured to support a workpiece, and machines the workpiece by the tool by moving the spindle and the table relative to each other. The machine tool includes a box-shaped cover member placed on the table and configured to be open on the spindle side, and a lid member attached to a column configured to support the spindle, the lid member being configured to cover the spindle side of the cover member, the lid member including an insertion hole formed therein through which the tool can be inserted. Following the relative movement between the spindle and the table, the lid member and the cover member move relative to each other as viewed in a plane intersecting with the axial direction of the spindle.

A machining system with a configuration in which working machines, including a machine tool such as a lathe, are configured to be disposed in a line and multiple working machines perform operations on one work in order such that practical utility of the machining system is enhanced. The machining system includes a base; and multiple working machine modules which are mounted on the base and are arranged in an arrangement direction, and has a configuration in which each of the multiple working machine modules is capable of being drawn out from the base along a track extending in an intersecting direction intersecting with the arrangement direction.