Chip Chips Essay

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3.2 TYPES OF CHIP: There are different kinds of chips produced from machine tools and we should know what chips are produced so as to get the best use out of our machine by selecting appropriate components for the same. Types of chips The three types of chips produced from a single point cutting tool are: 1. Discontinuous or segmental chip: These are formed by continuous rupture at approximately normal to the tool face. Each chip element or piece passes along the tool face and might stick to each other slightly and thus become slightly longer. Since the chips are broken in smaller parts, the friction is reduced. These are the easiest to handle and dispose off. These are formed when one or more of the following conditions …show more content…

In our case, the conveyor running towards the upward inclination is best because the chips are to be disposed at the upper end of the conveyor. The machine will eject the chips at the lower end and these will be carried upwards and then disposed off in a storage area. The chip conveyor comprises a conveyor tank arranged to retain the cutting fluid containing chips, a continuous conveyor belt at least partly disposed inside the conveyor tank, and a filter box arranged between upper and lower flights of the belt such that upper and/or lower surfaces of the filter box are wiped by at least one wiper element arranged on the inside of the continuous conveyor belt, the filter box being provided with a filter plate having a thickness of less than 0.3 mm, the filter plate being arranged to be wiped by the said wiper elements, the step of providing the filter plate including a step of photo-etching or chemically milling an array of profiled orifices in the filter plate, such that the etched profiled orifices each have a minimum aperture dimension of less than 0.3 mm, and such that the sum of the aperture areas of the orifices in the array is at least 18% of the total plate area of the

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