Pneumatic Chip Handling

Industry: Aerospace
Application: Machining Centers
Material: Aluminum
Product: Wringers, Sludge Separators, Pneumatic Conveyors, Briquetter

Situation
A major aerospace manufacturer machines ribs for wing structures and landing gear and needed a full transport, processing, and filtration solution for the fines and chips coming off their machine tools

Solution

• VBU2000 Wingers for separating chips from coolant
• MS50 Sludge separator for filtering fines and returning coolant to machine tool for reuse
• Pneumatic blowing-based conveyor, with three tools on each line, for transport of chips
• Briquetter to reduce storage space requirements and increase scrap value

Key Features
Under-the-floor pneumatic conveyor system allowed for extremely cost-and space-effective chip collection

Customer Benefits

• Improved product quality and machine up time through better coolant quality
• Reduced transportation costs

Outcome
System has been running for over eight years without a problem.