A sample grinder includes a base having a bowl and a rotating drive plate to operably support a grinding wheel. A head is configured to support a specimen holder and has a first drive for rotational drive of the specimen holder and a second drive for moving the head and specimen holder toward and away from the drive plate. The head has a sleeve that is larger than the specimen holder. A cover is disposed over the bowl and has an opening larger than the sleeve so that the sleeve fits through the opening when the specimen holder is moved toward the rotating drive plate. The grinding wheel is mountable to the plate in a single radial orientation only. A dressing system is operably connected to a controller to monitor the current of the drive plate motor and/or the and the head first drive actuates the dressing system based upon the current drawn by the drive plate motor and/or the head first drive motor falling below a predetermined value.

A sample grinder includes a base having a bowl and a rotating drive plate to operably support a grinding wheel. A head is configured to support a specimen holder and has a first drive for rotational drive of the specimen holder and a second drive for moving the head and specimen holder toward and away from the drive plate. The head has a sleeve that is larger than the specimen holder. A cover is disposed over the bowl and has an opening larger than the sleeve so that the sleeve fits through the opening when the specimen holder is moved toward the rotating drive plate. The grinding wheel is mountable to the plate in a single radial orientation only. A dressing system is operably connected to a controller to monitor the current of the drive plate motor and/or the and the head first drive actuates the dressing system based upon the current drawn by the drive plate motor and/or the head first drive motor falling below a predetermined value.

A device for supplying and recovering a minimal quantity lubricant in a magnetic field-assisted abrasive grinding, including a grinding wheel guard assembly, including a grinding wheel guard, grinding wheel, and wind deflector; a magnetic worktable mounted on the guard, and a magnetic clamp on the worktable; a controllable magnetic field assembly, including a permanent magnet and a first guide rail mechanism mounted on the deflector, the magnet being connected to the mechanism and to a recovering and filtering device; a controllable nozzle assembly, connected to the deflector on an opposite side of the magnetic field assembly, including a nozzle connected to a linear motion mechanism; and a controlling and monitoring assembly, including a vision camera on the worktable, connected to a system control box. The magnetic nanofluid can exert the optimal lubricating properties and cooling performance under the magnetic field-assisted abrasive grinding, and the magnetic nanoparticles can be further recycled.

A device for supplying and recovering a minimal quantity lubricant in a magnetic field-assisted abrasive grinding, including a grinding wheel guard assembly, including a grinding wheel guard, grinding wheel, and wind deflector; a magnetic worktable mounted on the guard, and a magnetic clamp on the worktable; a controllable magnetic field assembly, including a permanent magnet and a first guide rail mechanism mounted on the deflector, the magnet being connected to the mechanism and to a recovering and filtering device; a controllable nozzle assembly, connected to the deflector on an opposite side of the magnetic field assembly, including a nozzle connected to a linear motion mechanism; and a controlling and monitoring assembly, including a vision camera on the worktable, connected to a system control box. The magnetic nanofluid can exert the optimal lubricating properties and cooling performance under the magnetic field-assisted abrasive grinding, and the magnetic nanoparticles can be further recycled.

A constant-temperature liquid supply apparatus includes a circulation route for circulating liquid between an inlet and an outlet connected to a processing apparatus, a tank that accommodates the liquid supplied through the inlet, a pump that discharges the liquid in the tank, a temperature adjusting unit that adjusts the temperature of the liquid, an outflow quantity measuring section that measures the flow rate of the liquid, a solenoid valve that controls whether the liquid should be circulated in the circulation route, and a controller. The controller switches from a normal mode of supplying the liquid to the processing apparatus to a stand-by mode of circulating the liquid in the circulation route, when the flow rate is zero, and the discharge quantity from the pump is smaller than that in the normal mode, to thereby lower the power consumption of the pump in the stand-by mode.

A cutting fluid tank includes: a fluid ejection apparatus configured to eject fluid toward cutting fluid containing chips and to be capable of varying at least one of a direction and a position of ejection with time in an interior of a tank body configured to store the cutting fluid containing the chips flowed from a work portion of a machine tool. The fluid ejection apparatus includes an ejection head having an ejection port rotatable about an axis of rotation. The ejection port is at a twisted position with respect to the axis of rotation, and the ejection head is rotated by a reaction force of the fluid ejected from the ejection port. Part of the cutting fluid stored in the cutting fluid tank is used as the fluid to be ejected from the ejection port.

A cutting fluid tank includes: a fluid ejection apparatus configured to eject fluid toward cutting fluid containing chips and to be capable of varying at least one of a direction and a position of ejection with time in an interior of a tank body configured to store the cutting fluid containing the chips flowed from a work portion of a machine tool. The fluid ejection apparatus includes an ejection head having an ejection port rotatable about an axis of rotation. The ejection port is at a twisted position with respect to the axis of rotation, and the ejection head is rotated by a reaction force of the fluid ejected from the ejection port. Part of the cutting fluid stored in the cutting fluid tank is used as the fluid to be ejected from the ejection port.

A fluid supply pipe according to an embodiment of the invention includes an internal structure and a pipe body configured to house the internal structure. The pipe body has an inlet and an outlet and has a circular cross-section. The internal structure includes a first portion for diffusing a fluid flowing into the fluid supply pipe through the inlet radially from the center of the fluid supply pipe, the first portion being placed in the inlet side of the pipe body when the internal structure is housed in the pipe body, a second portion placed downstream from the first portion and including a plurality of spiral vanes to swirl the fluid diffused by the first portion, and a third portion placed downstream from the second portion and including a plurality of protrusions on its outer circumferential surface.

A fluid supply pipe according to an embodiment of the invention includes an internal structure and a pipe body configured to house the internal structure. The pipe body has an inlet and an outlet and has a circular cross-section. The internal structure includes a first portion for diffusing a fluid flowing into the fluid supply pipe through the inlet radially from the center of the fluid supply pipe, the first portion being placed in the inlet side of the pipe body when the internal structure is housed in the pipe body, a second portion placed downstream from the first portion and including a plurality of spiral vanes to swirl the fluid diffused by the first portion, and a third portion placed downstream from the second portion and including a plurality of protrusions on its outer circumferential surface.

A grinding apparatus includes a holding unit including a holding table having a holder for holding a workpiece and a grinding water suction part for drawing in grinding water outside of the holder, a rotational shaft having an end fixed centrally to a bottom surface of the holding table, a tubular rotary joint surrounding the rotational shaft, and a motor rotating the rotational shaft about its own axis. The rotational shaft has a first suction channel held in fluid communication with the holder of the holding table and a second suction channel held in fluid communication with the grinding water suction part. The rotary joint has a communication channel by which the first suction channel and the second suction channel are held in fluid communication with at least a suction source.