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hi all.
been having a bit of a dilemma when it comes to the coolant on the old cnc mill.
as i have been doing a few mods to the mill over the last few months, its chip rate has increased some what to the point that the coolant system i have a the mo cant clear the chips away. it's ok (ish) and will clear chips on lets say external cutting, but anything to do with a pockets then forget it. so i have been having a look at what the big boys are using.
high pressure flood coolant...
this is just a really big pump that will squirt coolant at the work at a phenomenal rate. i have seen a few on YT that are using pumps that can deliver up to 10'000lt/hr(2'300gl/hr) this will just blast the chips out.
mist coolant......
mist coolant uses a form of air brush type thing that will spray a fine mist of coolant using an airline and blows the chips away.
pros/cons.....
flood coolant is very messy.
trying to get 10000 lt/hr back into the coolant tank is an art in it's self.
will need to do a full enclosure.
will have to get a very noisy compressor that can do 14cfm and it will be running 95% of the time.
what do you guys think?
been having a bit of a dilemma when it comes to the coolant on the old cnc mill.
as i have been doing a few mods to the mill over the last few months, its chip rate has increased some what to the point that the coolant system i have a the mo cant clear the chips away. it's ok (ish) and will clear chips on lets say external cutting, but anything to do with a pockets then forget it. so i have been having a look at what the big boys are using.
high pressure flood coolant...
this is just a really big pump that will squirt coolant at the work at a phenomenal rate. i have seen a few on YT that are using pumps that can deliver up to 10'000lt/hr(2'300gl/hr) this will just blast the chips out.
mist coolant......
mist coolant uses a form of air brush type thing that will spray a fine mist of coolant using an airline and blows the chips away.
pros/cons.....
flood coolant is very messy.
trying to get 10000 lt/hr back into the coolant tank is an art in it's self.
will need to do a full enclosure.
will have to get a very noisy compressor that can do 14cfm and it will be running 95% of the time.
what do you guys think?