Ford Motor Company Limited

Ford-Werke Gmbh

Multimatic International Gmbh

Alexander Stoll

George Nordstrom

Ed Exner

James Eric Anderson

James William Perry

Thomas Loch

David Bednarek

Walter Jäger

A tool holder assembly including a cutting tool and a tool holder. The cutting tool includes at least one fluid passage. The tool holder includes a conduit and a bore adapted to receive the cutting tool. An adapter or adapter portion may be provided that provides a fluid to one or more fluid passages in the cutting tool.

Tool holder assembly

A tool holder assembly including a cutting tool, a tool holder, and an adapter. The cutting tool includes a fluid passage and an end portion. The tool holder includes a conduit and a bore adapted to receive the cutting tool. The adapter includes a tool receiving portion configured to engage the end portion and an internal fluid passage adapted to provide a fluid from the conduit to the fluid passage.

An apparatus for dislodging and removing contaminants from a surface of a machine tool. The apparatus includes an arbor, a vacuum source, a tube, and a cleaning member disposed proximate a distal end of the tube. The cleaning member contacts a surface of the machine tool to dislodge contaminants. The contaminants are drawn through the tube by the vacuum source.

Apparatus for dislodging and removing contaminants from a surface of a machine tool

A machining system having a machining envelope, a housing, a hopper, and a seal. The housing defines at least a portion of the machining envelope. The hopper has a top surface defining an opening. The seal is disposed between the housing and the top surface. The hopper is configured to receive particulates when positioned below the machining envelope.

Machining system with integrated chip hopper

An apparatus and a method for dislodging contaminants from a surface of a machine tool. A machine tool has a spindle and a housing disposed around the spindle. The apparatus includes a support plate, an arbor, and a cleaning member. The arbor is disposed on the support plate and is adapted to be attached to the spindle. The cleaning member is disposed on and extends from the support plate. The cleaning member contacts a surface of the machine tool to remove contaminants.

Apparatus for cleaning a machine tool

The invention relates to a method for the cutting or shaping working of metallic or ceramic workpieces and the use of a preferably submerged tool, whereby during the machining process a cooling agent, comprised at least mostly of carbon dioxide (CO), is supplied to the working position. The invention further relates to a tool for carrying out said method. According to the invention, the cooling in particular of submerges tools may be improved, whereby liquid COunder pressure is supplied internally through the tool and released from the tool in the direct vicinity of the actual machining position, expanding through a pressure drop to atmospheric pressure, to give a cooling flow, comprising cold gas and ice particles.

Method and tool for the machining of workpieces with cooling

An apparatus for dislodging contaminants from a surface of a machine tool. The apparatus includes a coupling, a housing, a cleaning mechanism, and a transport mechanism. The coupling is configured to be mounted on a spindle. The housing is disposed proximate the coupling and includes inlet and outlet openings. The cleaning mechanism is adapted to dislodge and direct contaminants into the inlet opening. The transport mechanism is adapted to move contaminants toward the outlet opening.

Apparatus for dislodging and moving contaminants from a surface of a machine tool

A tool holder assembly having a cutting tool, a tool holder, and a sealing portion. The sealing portion is configured to inhibit fluid leakage between the cutting tool and the tool holder.

A tool holder assembly for a cutting tool. The tool holder assembly includes a tool holder, a locating member, and a spring. The spring is configured to bias the locating member to engage the cutting tool to inhibit fluid leakage.

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Plymouth, MI, United States of America

Alexander Stoll