Tool cleaning – dry milling

REQUIREMENTS

In dry milling, especially of steels, forged and cast parts, the cooling lubricant that would clean the tools is missing. Heavy contamination therefore forms on the cutting geometry and at the insert seat, which has to be cleaned before changing the indexable inserts.

PREVIOUS TECHNOLOGY

Typically, the tools are cleaned with brush and cold cleaner. Washing machines are mostly ruled out, since the cutting geometry varies greatly. In addition, the milling heads are of different sizes, especially in large-scale machining.

OUR SOLUTION

The tools can be cleaned ideally in the parts-cleaning tray of the units of the SR family from ph-cleantec. With the help of the brush attachments, even stubborn contamination can be cleaned very well. In doing so, the brush dampens the anyway low splash-back effects.

Thanks to the mobility of the units, the tools can be cleaned directly at the respective machine. Thanks to the unique method – high temperatures and low pressure – the otherwise required aggressive cleaners can usually be dispensed with, so that these cannot be introduced into the machine tool either.

Compared with conventional methods, 80–90% of the working time is generally saved.

YOUR BENEFITS

• Quality: First-class cleaning result thanks to high temperature of up to 95°C combined with low pressure of 7.5 or 14 bar.
• Time saving compared with conventional methods generally 80–90%.
• Medium: Hot water, possibly with the addition of an alkaline cleaner, or deionised water. Hence no introduction of foreign substances into the machine tool.
• Environmental protection/resources: No or only very little chemicals, minimal resources (electricity)
• Universal usability of the hot-water cleaning units also for machine and parts cleaning.
• Economy: Low investment, low running costs, but high time saving and top quality.

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