20140054244 | FILTERING CHIP CONVEYOR - A filtering chip conveyor comprises: a conveyor tank arranged to retain a cutting fluid containing chips; and a continuous hinge belt at least party disposed inside the conveyor tank, the belt being arranged to rotate and to make turns at a tail end and at a discharge end, leaving a space between an upper flight and a lower flight of the belt. The chips are arranged to be transported by the belt to the discharge end to be discharged off the conveyor. The conveyor further comprises at least one filter box for filtering the cutting fluid that is to be discharged off the conveyor through the filter box. The filter box comprises a filter plate having photo etched or chemically milled orifices having a minimum aperture dimension of less than 0.3 mm and an open proportion of at least 15%. | 02-27-2014 |