Wogaard Coolant Saver
TM
Manual
Version 1.2-Eng
Page
6
of
19
Introduction
The Wogaard Coolant Saver
TM
is designed to enable re-use of the coolant or cutting
oil that normally ends up in chip-containers when cnc-machines employ automatic
chip-conveyors.
When chips are removed from the machining process, the chip-conveyor carries
drops of coolant or cutting oil with it. The coolant or cutting oil also hangs onto the
large surface area of the chips and ultimately ends up in the bottom of the chip
container. From here the Wogaard Coolant Saver
TM
collects the fluid through a
vacuum cup, and returns it to the cnc-machines main reservoir.
General description
The equipment consists of a vacuum cup which is placed on the bottom surface of
the chip container, and a venturi-unit that branches off the pipe supplying coolant or
cutting oil to the machine tool.
The pressure from the machine tools coolant pump creates a constant flow through
the venturi-unit, which generates a vacuum at the vacuum cup. The vacuum cup is
connected to the venturi-unit using a 6mm PU hose. The vacuum cup collects the
coolant or cutting oil from the bottom of the chip container and leads it to the
venturi-unit.
The venturi-unit is fitted with a ball-valve so it can be shut off if needed. A 12mm PU
hose mounted on the bottom end of the venturi-unit leads the collected liquid back
to the machine tools main reservoir.
The vacuum cup is fitted with a filter mesh to prevent chips and small debris from
entering the system. The vacuum cup and filter is made from high quality stainless
steel.
The main components are listed on the following page.
