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swarf

[′swȯrf]
(engineering)
Chips, shavings, and other fine particles removed from the workpiece by grinding tools.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Halliwell says that the silo has been filled with "all sorts of waste," predominantly from the original Magnox swarf reprocessing programme.
Effective swarf management is now of key importance and not just a side issue.
The vertical turning centres are equipped for grinding work and enhanced with a coolant and filtration system, hand-held wash wand, stainless steel bowl enclosure with extra side flush, covers over the column ways and a chip conveyor to handle grinding swarf. Full X-axis travel on the vertical turning centre provides room for a rigid dressing tool outside the work zone.
It can extrude, size, dry and cut a range of tube sizes without marking or swarf, under clean room conditions.
Flextraction will be responsible for the Marketing, Sales and After Sales Support for Delfin's complete range of industrial vacuum equipment, including single and 3-phase standard wet and dry vacuum equipment, 3-phase heavy duty vacuum equipment (from 7,5 to 25 Kw) for continuous and simultaneous suction of dust, liquids and solid materials, including ATEX certified versions and machines for the collection and separation of swarf, including the filtering and recycling of oil and coolants as well as fixed suction units for continuous duty and extraction on machinery.
By integrating Cutoff Technology into a sawing machine, Nishijimax has achieved reductions in operations (cuts from 50 to 7 sec.), high rpm with minimal kerf and swarf and greater chip load than other production saws.
The option introduces multi-surface 5-axis roughing and finishing; multi-surface 5-axis flow-line machining; surface edge 5-axis swarf cutting--trimming vacuum-formed parts; adaptable interface, based on part type strategy, showing only what is needed; advanced gouge protection for safe cuts in complex operations; and complete control over entry/exit, cut-to-cut, and between-cut moves.
For high swarf generators, the PAC system can be fitted with built-in dust collection that automatically captures exceptionally fine particles.
Ordinarily, a jet of high-pressure dielectric fluid must be aimed at the electrode/workpiece interface to wash away swarf and keep the cut accurate.
Wheel Striking Guard--This may be due to swarf buildup.

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