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Originally Posted by thrown_hammer
Left field thread of the day!
How do you keep the powdery chips from getting in the coolant tray and mucking everything up? . We are looking at a conveyer system that pumps the coolant into a holding tank and filters the coolant thru a paper media. (kinda like a 911 dry sump.) The problem is the chips still get into the coolant tank and is passed thru a pump. I would like to avoid that if possible.
Any ideas?
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The conveyor filter system is pretty common on surface grinders and works well.
Cast iron is self lubricting so dry cutting is a option. It still makes a heck of a mess. Vacume systems like those used on carbon machines may help. No matter what we do the stuff still gets everywhere and is a big mess to clean up. I'd rather burn up inserts by minute, cutting PH 15-5 than the cast stuff.
Good luck